Saturday March 16, 2024
This morning I was up first and started the coffee. It was nice not to have to rush off before 9:00 a.m. to walk fit.
We had a relaxing morning, but shortly after breakfast, Jim started working outside packing up. Putting stuff away, trying to get the sand off of everything is the biggest part of the job in this site.
Jim noticed extra of these yellow rubber blocks, he had in storage compartment. The hitch only had 3, but room for 8. He put a few more on the hich. We did a little research on the hitch, they help to level it.
Later in the day we invited Neil and Nancy over for lunch. Today was the last day we could do it, or we wouldn't get to see them for awhile, as we leave tomorrow.
They arrived around 12:30 as Jim was still packing up. Then I realized, I didn't wanted it to look like we only invited them over so Neil would help Jim load everything again. WE Didn't Really, Lol.
Neil helped load the golf cart, and the Smart. He's the best. I told Jim now we have to do it without Neil here, the first two times, he's helped us now.
They're always a great help. We were just glad it wasn't as hot out today as it was yesterday, so humid. Today was a little cloudy so that even helped.
We came inside, I had made lasagna soup yesterday, Nancy brought garlic bread and Jim's favorite dessert, apple dumplings. We had a great meal together and discussed our plans. We thanked them again for helping us load the car. We just love our RV friends, they're so supportive in our new move to the HDT, and are so helpful in making all these changes.
New friends Scott and Pam, we just met, that were so helpful too, left the park the other day. Can't imagine getting the HDT without all their help.
Scott and Pam stopped by. They brought along Diana and Mark.
They are the HDT people that we saw their rig here, I had left a card at there site. They have an HDT with a heavy duty black tarp on it, that they carry a car, bicycles, tools Etc. It was nice to finally meet them. We had a nice chat all eight of us.
After they left we continued to pack up and Jim took a shower. Had some leftover chicken for dinner and then we headed over to play meat bingo.
We shared a table with Tammy and Russ, they're the ones that own the Super C motorhome.
Lady that won with Jim's card. lol
Also across from Jim was Sandie also from Pennsylvania, she's over 80, and a great line dancer and Brian and Lisa.
Meat Bingo is played a little different.
They call 3 playing cards to win Bingo
So halfway through, they play a game called, who has the worst card in the house. Everyone stands up. They start calling cards, if they call one you have, you sit down. Jim was the last man standing, with the worst card in the house. He won corn beef and cabbage for that honor. Corned beef for him cabbage for me. Then we played four more games and not a single one of his cards were called.
After every four games you can trade in your card if you want to. They play with four decks of cards, and people come up to shuffle after every four games. So he went up to trade it in.
And the very next game the lady behind us had his card that was the biggest loser. And she won the very first game after he traded it in.
It was so funny everybody in the whole place was laughing.
He also won a slice of ham as a door prize.
After I collected our winnings, we walked home.
It was close to 10:00 p.m.
What a fun, but busy day even though we had to pack.
Sunday March 17, 2024
Happy Saint Patrick's Day
This morning we got up and had our coffee I did work on the blog a little more than normal on a travel day.
We drank our coffee, and I remembered to do Waffle Sunday. Made him some eggs too and we got moving getting things ready for travel day. Pretty much had everything done inside, Jim worked on the outside.
When I was ready to go out and he was going to hook up the truck. He put the back up camera on. He went to start the Volvo, and it wouldn't start.
What's the first thing I do, I texted Scott. Don't know what I would have done without him. I told Jim, it had to be something dumb.
He figured it needed jumped. Scott said with showing people and loading the Smart, using the winch it drains the batteries quicker than you think. We have to remember to have the truck running when we're loading the smart and using the winch.
Really for two reasons, now we learned, it has to stay running to be able to dump air, and for the batteries.
I was also asking Neil to keep a key for the Ford.
He was on the way over, I was walking over to drive it back to use it to jump the Volvo. So I showed him where the key was, and I jumped in his truck, and we drove over to jump it.
That was an easy fix, once again thank you Neil.
We also have to remember that everything is going to take longer now.
Wanted to pull out at 10, instead it was 11 am.
But all is well.
It was great riding in the Volvo. So comfortable and I can stand up. Plus now I have a potty.
Since we lost the Garmin RV at the airport, we had to use GPS on his phone. He did alot of research again on the drive. It's all new roads we never traveled. All went well.
A stretch of road was really bumpy, didn't bother me. But Jim said the RV rocked back and forth, more than he thought it would. I eventually looked, and it did.
When we arrived he pulled into a parking area across the road.
It was infront of an apartment building.
Jim walked over met Rick and Jackie Hill, Switch Crew. So nice, we chatted for a bit. We had never met before, but we were at the same Huddle in Tennessee.
We came up with a game plan on how we were going to back all the way in under the car port. She invited me in, thanks, but I will try to help, keeping watch, and taking pictures. Lol
Jim did GREAT. I knew he would. There was alot more room than the pictures made it look.
Alot of green when you're looking at it.
Looks like a long way, heading to the car port.
We got close to the fence, when Rick said it's Jackknifed pretty good.
I REMEMBERED that Scott told me to watch the car ramps. Darn
All was good, Rick said he watched it too.
It definitely is higher since they raised the hitch and added the more yellow blocks to the hitch. Not sure which helped more.
Here we come.
This is it on GPS alot of very mature trees, so it's hard to see the roads from this angle.
The RV is parked under the roof where the red line is.
After we were in they showed us where everything was, FHU in here for Switch crew, with special pricing.
We can offload the Smart car later.
Better picture in front of the house that we backed through.
The back of our FW, and our neighbor for another week.
We continue to chat, such nice people, of course there Switch Crew.
After Rick and Jackie said goodbye and left. They don't live here anymore.
There is a caretaker in part of the house.
We did meet Richard and his cute puppy that Jackie told us about, 3 months old Mazey.
What a great place I think this will be. We had a great travel day too. I made dinner leftover chicken and I made spaghetti squash too.
I had onions and peppers with garlic, zucchini and butter with olive oil.
and we relaxed for the rest of the evening.
And they say old dogs can't learn new tricks. Not that you and Jim are old. But doing GREAT learning new tricks. Wait...... did I say you were dogs? Sorry. Love you both.
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