explanation for screwups

I was supposed to have some pictures up but they seem to have dissapeared from my picture file.  I messed up on a date and haven't been able to fix it.

Wed Jan 21 Day 11

Wed Jan 21 Day 11

We got quite a wind during the night and it is still a bit windy this morning.  I phoned ICBC to report the “incident”.  So far so good.  They did say that with my driving history I will not have any change in premium next year.  I’m down near the pool plugged in and am going to try to get internet, it is unbelievably slow and most people can’t get on at all after waiting & waiting.  Played volley ball in the pool, the wind cause some problems but the wind is not a cold wind and the pool is well heated so no problem other than the ball getting blown off course.  We had lunch at the Café here and Sheila is off to various classes & info meetings etc.  I have been at the computer trying to get on the internet and when I did it was very very slow and wouldn’t open some things at all.  We can’t operate like this, we have bills to pay at month end and I can’t get onto the net to see when & how much so we may cut our time short here.

Tues Jan 20 Day 10

Tues Jan 20 Day 10

We’re up and off to water volley ball from noon to 1 PM.  Back to the RV for a stir fry lunch and then we went down to Les Bullis’ rig to socialize.  Friends of theirs from Aldergrove were parked next doo, (Leslie & Kevin),  after a bit Leon & Mercy, (from Seattle area), dropped by.  As the Sun started to set we headed back to the RV for supper.  There was some cloud & we got a great sunset.  After supper it’s down to the main hall for TNT night which is a talent night put on by esidents on the park. The show is usually reasonably good.  It starts at 7 PM and goes to between 8 & 9.  Then back to the RV.

Mon Jan 19 Day 9

Mon Jan 19 Day 9  Woke to 58 F at 8:30, it rapidly rose higher and got to 75+ by mid-day.

Up and had my coffee.  Then took the RV out to the dump station to dump tanks

& top up with water.  Back at our site I worked on extending the solar panel lead

by attaching a set of jumper cables to the battery clips.  Seems to work and we

can get the panel out into the sun so now we will see how our batteries hold up, a

week should show results.  If they are still showing a full or almost full charge,

 then all is well.  Then we both went down for the noon water volleyball

game, (they play noon to 1 PM & 4 to 5 PM, Mon to Fri).  It was fun to be playing

 again. After that, a sit in the sun and hot tub & we came back for lunch in

 the rig. Sheila went for a nap and I did various little jobs & read.  We went down

 to Freddy’s Café on site here for their  “All you can Eat” soup & salad, incl. a

dessert for $7.50.  They offered 3 different kinds of soup, and a mini salad bar

One bowl of soup & 2 bowls of salad & I was full.  Sheila had two bowls of soup

& one bowl of salad.  Then, Sheila  went to do laundry while I went on rest

of the computer to try to get on the internet.  Their Wi Fi system is ridiculously

slow and sometimes I just can’t get on. Sheila started one load, but then realized

the rest of the quarters were in the RV so she drove up to get them. and then

realized she didn’t have her set of RV keys so, she drove back down, borrowed

 mine, got the quarters & returned to  the Laundry room!   She finally

got everything done an hour later than planned.. So went today.

Sun Jan 18 Day 8

Sun Jan 18 Day 8

The weather here is nice and warm in the daytime – mid 70’s & up, (that’s 25 C plus for you youngens).  Night time it drops to a bit below 60 so it’s nice for sleeping.

Today is the NFL final for one of the Superbowl participants.  Green Bay Packers VS Seattle Seahawks. Winner goes to the Superbowl.  Everyone was rooting for Seattle who won last years Superbowl.  Well, Seattle couldn’t do anything right the whole first half and it was 19 nothing for Green Bay at half time.  Seattle came out & pulled the rabbit out of the hat and the game ended in a tie and went to overtime. Then in the first play of overtime after Seattle won the coin toss and got the ball they went down the field for a touchdown to win the game. (NFL overtime is different from CFL overtime, basically they play a whole quarter & the first team to get a touchdown wins – sort of like NHL overtime, oh, and field goals don’t count to win).  During the game, we had a BBQ of hotdogs, and salads, snacks etc. There were about 8 or 9 people watching the game on a TV set up outside and hooked to CTV by satellite dish.  After the game we came back to the rig.  A bit later Les Bullis came by to ask if we were going to the entertainment. We went to Hayes Hall with him & Dorothy The entertainer was Sarah Getto, a blind singer/muscian who had been born with a cleft pallet and had taught herself to play piano by 3 and violin by 7. She had been travelling & entertaining for 7 or so years and is just 30 years old.  She has a university degree in musicology. She had a real nice voice too, Sheila got one of her CD’s..  After the show we returned to rig, picked up our dirty dishes from the last 2 meals and took them to a wash station the resort set up last year.  It has two huge sinks with side counters and lots of hot water.  After that it was home for the night.

Sat Jan 17

Sat Jan 17 Day 7 @ Fountain of Youth on the Salton Sea

We went into Spotlight 29 Casino for their breakfast special only to discover it only applies Mon-Fri.  However, on the regular menu they have a breakfast of 2 eggs any style, your choice of 2 bacon or 2 sausage, plus hash browns & 2 slices toast.  That sounds a lot like the seniors special at IHOP which is $7 or $8, here it is 4.79,  the special was 3 something).  We both ordered it and the deal got even better, when it came mine was correct but Sheila’s had scrambled not easy over & sausage not bacon.  We said that’s OK but the waiter brought 2 more easy over eggs & the bacon.  We were stuffed!  We then unhooked the car & went to Food 4 Less for groceries.  Then back to the RV, hooked up and away at 39433 @ 11:45.  We arrived at Fountain of Youth RV Park at 39476 @ 12:45. Got a spot for 1 week to see how the batteries hold out & the solar panel works. I tried setting it up ands discovered what I thought was a long cable able to reach from the battery area to the back and around, turns out it just barely goes from the battery area, (under the entrance stairs), to the front bumper.  Sheila went down for a swim & hot tub & checked out a few things. I vegged out in the chair until Ken’s call.  Sheila back after dark which is around 6 PM down here.  We started the gen for the microwave so I checked the hour meter – it’s at 112 hrs, the tech at Camping World said they should have a general servicing at 300 hours.  I’m still tired so we had a late supper & stayed in tonight. 

Fri Day 6

Fri Jan 16 Day 6 @ Orange Grove RV Park, Bakersfield

No hot water at all in the AM so called a mobile repair service who will be here about 10 AM.  Of course, then Sheila turns on the water and it comes out – what’s going on?  I went over to the office for coffee & donuts and we have a hold on our spot and now time will tell. …………. Time past and all’s well that ends well.  The water heater is operational and we are ready to roll by 1 PM.  We actually pulled out with Sheila driving at 1:20.  She quit driving at 2:45.  We did a gas stop at a Pilot station on hwy 395 just near the junction with Hwy 215. Even though we are in California gas is still just 2.25 a gallon, (actual pump price is 2.299 but I get 5 cents off with my Pilot/Flying J charge card).  We pulled in at 4:00 at 39328 miles & out at 4:20 – gassing up took 10 or so minutes, the rest of the time I am usually waiting to get at a pump, I need the full 2 pump island with my length. Traffic was thick on hwy 10 but it kept moving – slowly but moving. We pulled into the Spotlight 29 Casino at 39433 at 6:30.  With the traffic it took 2 hrs & 10 minutes to go 105 miles and that’s on California high speed multi-lane freeways non-stop. We went into the Casino for a nice supper. Sheila stayed to gamble with the usual results—she lost most of her gambling money.

Distance – 233 miles, on road time 3 hrs 50 minutes