Kickin' Around

Cleverness is not wisdom.

The RV park we are in has a total of 60 sites in about 5 uneven rows. The sites are large, some are pull-thrus and some are back-ins. All sites have trees. Some have very few and others against the back make satellite reception something you have to work at. When we first pulled in here a couple days ago, we had to continue moving our RV forward one foot, two feet, three feet until we finally got our satellite to lock on for reception. We were almost out to the roadway but the good thing was that we did have reception!

Yesterday another site opened up. It was another back-in end site. It wasn't a big site. It was a HUGE site. We quickly moved our vehicle into it until we could move the motorhome. We were just in time because one 5th wheel pulled into the park and then a pickup camper came in right behind it. Whee!

Satellite is perfect ... we have a long, long driveway. Not only can we park our car in the driveway, we could also park another rig there. Or, we could park the two boats we still have in Washington here. Hmmm. All we need is someone to drive them down because we certainly can't pack them and ship via FEDEX like we do other things. Our son has already refused to ship. We'd probably have to sneak one out anyway because our son and grandson would probably chain themselves to it. However, have to admit that it sure would be nice to have a boat down here. It sure would be nice! (hint hint)

We didn't realize how close to the water we are. After all, you know the saying .. you can't see the trees through the forest. Well, that's kind of how it is here. We couldn't see the marina or the bay through the vegetation. We're not complaining. We discovered a couple of trails and within 5 minutes we were actually walking down the steps to the sand! WOW and for about $16 a night -- weekly rate. Duchess loves to run in the sand. When we head for the beach it's hard to hold her back. She knows the way and she's on a mission .........

Friday the park had a Mexican potluck for lunch. Now remember there are 60 sites here ..... but only about 18 people showed up! Don't know the deal with that but there are a lot of nice people here and very easy to meet them.

Today we've been searching for a screen room to put up outside. After all, the Finlay's have one so we must have one. (Kind of like keeping up with the Jones'.) We bought one at KMart but ended up taking it back because cheap meant really cheap. We weren't sure it'd even hold up. We want a great one at a cheap price.

There are some great buys out there and even though we didn't end up with a screen room we ended up with a few other things. Terry is addicted to diet cola. His absolute favorite is the Sam's Diet Cola. Well, we found it .... the price ... under 5 cents a can! Normally, we pay about 20 cents a can. Needless to say, we loaded up. Boy, did we load up. Just how much did we get? Let's put it this way --- they had no more to sell.

The other great bargain we found was 12 roll packages of toilet tissue for 63 cents!! I'm thinking of buying everyone toilet paper for Christmas. Look at this way -- it's cheap and would be very light to ship!

Either way, we're settled in for a while and just a short distance from the airport .... which is why we're actually in the area. Terry's hopping a jet plane for Phoenix on Sunday ... so, we need to be put for a few days. Well, at least until he comes back!!