busy as usual

I should have prefaced the last entry by explaining it was Tuesday morning. We arrived here Monday afternoon and left again the next morning. Tuesday, Wed and Thursday were in Kissimmee or on the road. It is now Friday the 16th.

Checked phone ok, dsl not on, checked, later today. Very Muggy, 88 degrees until evening when serious rain and cold front started."Herman", our friend from the local gas company stopped by. He was in the neighborhood and saw our work order for gas restoration on Monday. He said, with the cold front coming we might like our furnace to operate. With temps in the 80's we pooh-poohed him but at least we would have hot water for showers etc. He lit all the gas appliances and checked out the a/c which is part of our gas pac unit. He said the unit is running but is low on refrigerant. He used to be able to do that, but now we have to call someone else.

It turned out that Herman was prophetic, in that we were using the furnace by Monday morning.

Hooked the dish receiver, which was a little different, and easier, now that some equipment had been removed by our invaders. called dish to switch to local channels.

During the day, we finally unloaded most of the stuff that we brought down in the motorhome.

Now we go to Saturday. We have a standing rule that we do not work on weekends, unless absolutely necessary. not necessary.

So we went to Deland to partake in some large community yard sales, then to Daytona to see some motorcycles, sinc it was Bike OCTOBERFEST weekend. There were quite a few bikes, but most of them were concentrated at Destination Daytona, where Bruce Rossmeyer built a huge motorcycle facility including the largest Harley dealership in the world. This location is on highway 1, right at the exit from 95 in Ormond Beach. There is regular traffic trying to get on and off I-95, combined with regular traffic trying to go straight thru on one, combined with thousands of motorcycles coming and going from Destination Daytona plus the setup across the road requiring lot of police officers to stop traffic to allow the throngs of bikers to cross the street and prevent total gridlock. I am sure the city fathers of Ormand Beach would like a second chance to approve/disapprove this project. It took about 30 minutes to pass through this area, which was no problem for us, since we knew about the situation.

Anyway, Bruce was killed this summer on a ride in Montana where he was passing a truck making a left turn. He owned several of the largest Harley dealerships, including Daytona, West Palm, Ft Lauderdale, along with several car dealerships.

Any, we picked up a new 27" tv, bought supples from Aldies, etc and returned home. Still no locals on dish. The temperature range was 59-74.

Sunday morning was 51 degrees, with a high of 54, quite a difference. We went to the local flea market, and then violated the above referenced rule, since it was nice cool working weather. I started to uncover the boat, dumped the motorhome holding tanks, and finally got Dish to change my local channels. It took 3 or 4 calls, one to Denver, one to W. Virginia, and one to India. The girl in India got it done within minutes.

Since we still have cable that was shut off years ago, we got to watch most of the Bills game against the jets, which had a surprise ending.

Now we go to Monday morning. We went to the pool for our aoerbics, but due to heater problems, it was too cold, so aborted. Upon leaving, we had a flat tire, so went to Walmart to leave the old tire and have a new one mounted. Then went to appointment with Dr Dew.
He did not like the way I was walking. He called it a "bent knee gait", because apparently I do not straighten the (previously repaired) knee enough. x-rays were good of the newly repaired knee and he gave me a cortisone shot to help loosen the joint. Back in a month.

At &T syas my internet will be ton sometime Wednesday. So Jim, next door, gave the password to his system , so I sat in the car outside his place, using our laptop to make our first report, since leaving Tennessee. Played cards with Bill and Sherry Levy, who arrived just hours after we did.

Tuesday, had an early appointment with Dr Ashouri, who wants me to have another PSA test. so will do that next week., then completed dis-assembling the boat cover frame and started preparations for boat to go in water. battery installed, lower unit filled, started motor.

Laura called AT & T. They promised to expedite so it would be on by 6:00 PM. sure!

Wednesday, we went to the flea market at Deland. Bought new plugs for the boat, came home and finished the boat and plopped it in the water. only had time for a short ride, but it is in.
I tried the dsl and it was not on. called again, and talked to a technical person, entered some info and after a short while, we were back in the computer age again.


Thursday was a working day, don't remember what we did, other than trying to get our printer system going. it seems we have a different printer at home and could not find the driver for the one here. So got on the internet and finally downloaded the correct driver so now we can print things.

Friday we went to St Augustine to do some garage sales, but primarily to visit the large RV facility to learn what we could about our problem with the motorhome propane system. They had some familiarity with the situation. but needed some info about the tank involved.
On the way back we stopped at the St Johns county Fair to watch the Robinson Family perform.

Saturday, we went back to St Augustine to deliver the info, have to wait until Monday to learn anything. More garage sales.

Now to finally catch up. We went to a flea market in Ocala. found some things we cannot live without. Discovered a new store called Humdingers, which is a lot like the old Don Gage operation. all kinds of stuff, at low prices. We have to go back to fully check it out, as we had to move on to Silver Springs. We renewed our passes at Silver springs and rode the 3 boat rides, and looked at some of the halloween stuff have set up. We pass by the Ocala National Forest and there are signs indicating bear crossings. For 21 years, we have never seen a bear. But Today was different. LAURA SAW TWO (2) GOOD SIZE BEAR(S) by the side of the road. They were alive and moving. I turned around as quickly as I could, but when we got back to them, I only saw the rear end of one of them going over the bank. Still we both saw a real live bear in the wild, if you will.

The other good thing about today is that, fot the first time in a long time I was walking quite well today. At the flea market I did very well. At silver springs. I was obviously getting sore, but walked the whole thing with no problem. Right now, at 11:26 PM my knees are sore, but I am excited that maybe the worst is finally over and I can walk normally again.

So now, after what seems an eternity, we have all our systems up and running, Lester and Sue are due in on Tuesday, and we should be able to visit Jane and Norma, and Janice and Don.