Day 7 Feb 22 Wednesday

Temp in RV at 7 AM was 64 F without ever running the furnace Yea-a! We went into the casino for their breakfast special and discovered they have gone up in price from $3 something to almost $5.00 and the food was much simpler, i.e. no sausages, bacon.  We finished breakfast about 9:00 and went out to the local Food 4 Less for assorted groceries.  Back at RV by 10:45 and hooked up & away by 11:05 @ 45380. We arrived at the Fountain of Youth RV Resort by 12:00 @ 45424.  We took a week in the dry camp to see how the batteries last with my small portable solar panel.  We can run the generator but it uses gas from the  main tank, (which is an 80 US gal tank)..  I’ll be able to calculate how much, because I noted that the speedometer said 443 miles to empty when we arrived.  Unfortunately camp regulations say generators can only be run 8-10 am, 12-1 pm & 5-7 pm, so no evening TV or DVD movies while we’re here.  

 It is sunny and hot here—83 F today. We met up with our friends, Les, Dorothy, Kevin & Leslie and had a great afternoon trading stories about everyone’s trip south.  It was a weird year for everyone.  About 4:00, we drove down to the pool area, and went on the computer to check our e-mail.  Nothing yet from the dentist Sheila e-mailed just before she left.  Then, while I hot tubbed, Sheila swam a few lengths.  Back to the RV for supper.  We had just finished washing the dishes when Les appeared & invited us over.  We had a pleasant visit while they showed us photos & told us about the various trips they had taken since they came down here in Jan. We were back at the by 9:00 pm so I could get today’s blog done. 

Short run today – 44 miles, 55 min on the road

PS Now that we are in a dry camp unplugged we may not be able to add each day, same day or so and I may have to add 2 or 3 days at once.