Week in Steinhatchee Fl

 Monday 20 March 2023

   Day one with full hook ups. 😊 We went into town just to check it out, stopped at Roy's seafood restaurant for lunch. It was very good, I had grilled salmon and Diane had the grouper sandwich.  Kind of a slow day so the waitress brought us some hush puppies with Guava jelly to put on them, oh my, was that ever good.  The place had a lovely view of the water and is known for the best place to watch the 

The few from Roy's.

sunset. It was quite chilly with a stiff breeze, so we had to sit inside but still had a nice view.  We drove around town found a laundromat (well of sorts) I guess the place was still recovering from the hurricane 3 years ago. Diane talked to the owner who was working on several washers, and he says of the 40 or so washers only 5 worked.  We go back to the Moho Diane takes two big loads of laundry to town and puts another load in at home. After 8 days of dry camping, we had a ton of laundry. And another long showers 🚿.

Tuesday 21 March 2023

   What an interesting day this turned out to be.  I went to Grandpa's cafe for breakfast sandwiches. When I returned the neighbor lady came over to tell us their side wasn't working on their "Thor" motorhome and the repair guys were coming back for the fourth time to finally fix it this afternoon. We headed over to Cross City the nearest grocery store.  Of course, we stopped for lunch.  We walk into the Cypress Inn restaurant and there nowhere to sit.  A couple sitting at a table for six said we could sit with them, so we did.  You talk about a local hangout, everyone and I mean everyone in or out stopped to talk to the couple.  We learned more about the neighborhood in a hour there than days at the campground, including the best restaurants to go to.  Next was the grocery store.  It was so small the only thing Diane bought were spinach wraps. What a disappointment. Back the 20 miles to the Moho just in time for the workers to get started on the neighbor's motorhome.
   The work was well underway, they had put one bottle jack under the slide out to support it while they changed the motors.  I would have used two one on each end, but what do I know.  After about a hour they realized they only had the parts for one motor.  The helper left to go get parts the other guy kept working and that is when we heard the loud bang. The jack dislodged and the slide fell out being held precariously by the slide topper. We all ran out to help the best we could.  This guy got under the slide out to reinstall the jack with the thing literally hanging buy the threads.  See the pics.  He worked under there for some time alone but now using two jacks. His helper returned with parts, and they worked until 8:30 or 9 pm.  Check out the number of screws they used and the torn gasket and that is when they were done. Moral of the story, in my opinion, never buy "Thor".

A Glass of Merlot!!

Wednesday 22 March 2023

   The rest of the days not near that exciting.  We had breakfast and headed to Perry FL to another grocery store, about 30 miles up the road.  Now this will surprise you, we did NOT get lunch. I really mean it we had a breakfast bar and came right home. Now we had good reason, we were going to Kathy's Krab Shack for dinner.  We headed into town early so we could check out a Kayaking spot for Diane. It turned out to be a nice kayaking spot but is in tidal waters, so we need to keep a eye on the tides.
   We got to the restaurant sat outside to enjoy the now much warmer weather.  I had broiled shrimp Diane had blackened scallops. The best food we have had in a while. The scallops were the small bay scallops, but they were the best, shrimp was good too.
   I guess you can tell after eating all the junk food at the rally we thought we should change our diet and suffer with the broiled or blackened seafood for a week or so.  So far, we've been sticking with it. 😁😁

Thursday 23 March 2023

   Diane got another day of kayaking.  Only a couple hours but she enjoyed it.  Sticking with our diet we went to Grabby Daddy's Seafood bar and grill.  We opened the door and were hit with that smoky bar

A cute little village
up the creek!!

room smell. At least half the people at the bar were smoking...we left.  Went across the street to a restaurant on the water that looked great.  We ordered drinks and the waitress brought us drinks and a menu, you won't believe this.......no seafood, not even fried seafood.  So, we settled for wings, they were OK not very hot, we went home a little disappointed.  But we are still enjoying long showers. 🚿

Friday 24 March 2023   Happy Birthday Shari

   The weather has been warming up a little each day and today we get to the high 80's. Into town to the hardware store for a cordless drill and a few other things.   I am going to work on the refrigerator since

Waiting for our food!

we haven't heard from Classic Coach.  By the time we were done stopping and hitting all three stores in town, the hardware, dollar general and gas station, it was lunch time.  I know it just happens like that.  Stopped at a lunch truck, the Coastal Cantina, Diane had shrimp tacos I had shrimp burrito.  All healthy except for the wraps, I'll call it a tie. Back to the Moho, Diane did laundry while I started packing up the outside, they are calling for rain most of the day Sunday. As I packed things back into the truck, I realized we were missing the kayak paddles. Oh Crap,&*$#  To late now I'll have to check tomorrow.

Saturday 25 March 2023

   Today our last day in Steinhatchee.  We packed, cleaned, and putz around the Moho until three or so in the afternoon.  I had more things to put away than I thought but finished up around 4pm.  Diane

A Margarita? 

poured us some wine and we took the long way to town, stopping to look for her kayak paddle. No luck. On into town to the Who Dat Restaurant, another one on the water. We stuck with our seafood menu and the food was OK, nothing to write home about.
   Back to the Moho.  A tent camper (Vance Lee), Diane met the other day was playing/singing on the pool side deck.  Turns out this guy is biking (as in bicycling) across the flat lands from Texas to Florida and entertaining at

Most of the Campers 
came to the show.  

campgrounds.  The owners had put out a nice spread of meats, cheeses, dips and even a couple bottles of wine. I headed in after an hour or so Diane stayed for the whole show. The guy was pretty good.

Sunday 26 March 2023

   Travel day today.  We were packed and ready for an all-day rain (so they said) never did rain I guess we were lucky.  Diane was backing the truck up, parked jumps out and is pointing up in the air, I put the Moho back in park, it appears I forgot to bring in the door awning.  Phew. 😮 I pulled out went across the street for fuel and to hook up.  As we were pulling out I looked in the mirror and there on the concrete laid the electric cord for the tow bar. Stopped in the middle of the gas station blocking most of the pumps while I hooked that up and we were rolling again.  We drove nonstop, the whole way without stopping, all 110 miles in just under 3 hours.  Mighty good for us. 😊 We arrived at the Countryside RV Park in Sumterville at 2:40. We had burgers on the grill for dinner.  I am getting things ready to pull the refrigerator out tomorrow.

Where have we been these two weeks?

Tuesday 7 March 2023

  Today was Diane's big day. She finally got to go kayaking!! 😁😁We have hauled the kayak 1500 miles, and this is the first time it hit the water. We went to Ichetucknee Springs and after lunch and gathering some info we went to the beginning of the springs to launch her kayak.  Didn't realize we had to carry it 150 yards down a trail to the water. We got her in the water and I went for a bike ride. Three hours later we met at the takeout spot. Diane paddled right up upon some Manatees, maneuvered around and was almost on top of them (see pic's).  A great trip down the river turtles, manatees and interesting people.  Beside the manatee she got a lot of sun, hoping she isn't sun burned. Back to the Moho for dinner, wine and some rest.

Wednesday 8 March 2023

   Our last day in Old Town. Just kind of hanging out in the campground while we pack and prepare for our trip tomorrow. It was another really nice day.  I deep cleaned the grill and Diane did several loads of laundry.  We have really enjoyed this campground and made reservations, on the waterfront for a week next year. We went to the Suwanee Belle Landing for diner. As we sat and ate dinner, Diane noticed a sign and said this is why I didn't kayak on the Suwanee River. Dinner was good, I had the "topped grouper" that was a portion of grouper with a crab cake on top, OH YUM. Diane had shrimp tacos (OK). Back to the Moho for a glass of wine.

Thursday 9 March 2023

    We were packed and ready to hit the road around 11:00 am heading to the Albany Ga Moose.  We had water and electric, for $15 a day that's not too bad. We traveled up route 19 most of the way but all two-lane roads, we love it. We went to the Moose to eat they have a full menu the food was good, and beer was cold. Diane walked around talking to sister Karen for a hour or so. A really nice evening.

Friday & Saturday 10& 11 March 2023

    Two days of visiting and eating with Gabe. Words will not do justice to his cooking and cooking skills. The meals weren't that special but the sauces he made were out of this world. He didn't just put ingredients together he bought the thyme, parsley, eggs separated by hand, chopped, blended and cooked for hours just to make the sauces.  One was called zhoug (yes that is a real thing) he made creme brulee for dessert. He has a little oven that controls not just the temperature, but the humidity and time cooked as well. It will turn itself off when the food reaches the desired temperature. We had steak sandwiches one day and salmon with some kind of blue cheese sauce the next day. The boy is smart and certainly didn't get that cooking skill from me.

   The other reason we stopped was to check out his house.  It is nice but needs a lot of sweat equity put into it.  I kind of wish we were a lot closer to help with that part.  We  could work and he could feed us.  I would probably gain 10lbs a week working for him.

   We had a great time visiting.  He explained his job at least three times to us and I now have half a understanding of what he does. It is always good to visit and have dinner with the kids especially with him cooking.

    Can't wait until we can come back through to visit him again.

Sunday 12 March 2023

   All good things must come to an end as the saying goes and today we had to say goodbye to Gabe to head out to the FMCA rally in Perry Ga.

   No pressure at all only going 73 miles. That was until we started out.  I filled the freshwater tank plumb full since we have no water or sewer at the rally.  I drove across the street to fuel up and when I got out of the Moho the fresh water was draining onto the pavement, fixed that. After fueling up I went another mile to a campground to dump tanks-- because we had no sewer. Parked got out fresh water running onto the ground, fixed that. Went to hook up the sewer hose and low and behold I have no sewer hose.  It is in the truck with Diane who is at the grocery store.  Called her, she came back 15 or 20 minutes later. Finally got the tanks drained, fueled up and ready to roll.  Half an hour down the road we have to stop (bathroom break). Back on the road. Did I tell you we were trying to get to Perry before thunderstorms and severe weather hit. We made it. Total time almost three hours and 4 stops to go 73 miles.  We pulled into the Perry fairgrounds before the storm, we are number one in line to park, we sit and sit and wait as the skies get darker.  They take us to park; it starts to rain and the wind blows. After we parked and just as I hooked up the electric the storm hits full force. Checked the fresh water we were down to 1/3.  We will never make it a whole week on that.

   We are parked, so we sat and watch the storm go through.

Monday 13 March 2023 through 18 March 2023

   Our first day at the FMCA rally. Without water or sewer, I might add.  Diane volunteered to head up the organizing and scheduling of the tram information personnel.  Her first meeting 10am Monday.  Monday was the last free time we had and of course the rally hadn't started so nothing was open yet.

    The rest of the week was kind of a blurrrr. She had to be at the starting shift each morning at 7:30, at each shift change (every 3 hours) and at the end of the last shift at 8:30-9:00 to pick up the radio. For six days straight she was up between 5:30 and 6:00.  Enough said.

    In between all that we still managed to go to 8 or 10 seminars, look at all the new Mohos on display, as well as visit all the vendors booths a couple of times. We did get a new tow bar; Diane took the old one over for the mechanic to look at and possibly recertify. He looked at her funny and said you're kidding me this thing is 15 years old at least. 

    A little bit of luck. The refrigerator replacement guy aka Classic Coach guy came in and parked right in front of us. He came over measured everything and should be sending us a quote soon. 

    With all the happening stuff, we ate fair food most of the week. Mostly fried, high calorie, high cholesterol and just terrible for you food. But we suffered through it. I think we went into carb overload somewhere around Thursday afternoon. Soft pretzels, peach cobbler (we are in Georgia), Italian sausages, BBQ ribs, French-fries, just to name a few. Hopefully back to normal next week.

   We had a good time and learned a lot.  Came close to information overload, as the rally came to a close. The seminars were given mostly by experts, tire engineer, Cummins engine specialist, generator specialist, and Oasis technician etc.  They threw numbers and data around like we all understood. 😕 I went to the Cummins seminar twice just to get the scheduled maintenance information.

   The rally wrapped up Saturday evening with a salute to all the veterans and a show with a group doing a John Denver tribute. Back to the Moho to unwind and pack for tomorrow.

   And yes, we did have to get water delivered once and we had the tanks pumped out once. Can't wait for full hook ups tomorrow.

Sunday 19 March 2023

   The show is over and time to move on down the road.  We were getting the Moho weighed this morning at 10:45 so no need to hurry.  We pack up, pull over to another site to dump the tanks and were still ready in plenty of time.  Diane went to the grocery store while I went to get the Moho weighed, about 10 miles from the campground.  The plan worked well, she was done just as I finished.  We couldn't find a place to hook up other than along I75 and that wasn't happening.  So, we had to drive separately about 25 miles to the first rest area. We hooked up, had lunch and were back on the road.  Down I 75 for 50 or so miles then on to a two-lane road for the last 125 miles.  That was a nice drive. We stopped in Perry Fl for wine and arrived at Piddlers Point RV Resort about 4:30. Don't let the "resort" fool you.  I think all they have is a total of 15 sites. Nice level sites, not the biggest but we are parked and have full hook up's. 😁😊

Photos:    https://photos.app.goo.gl/MezkoCWPzcdz7NxW7

Our First trip in the new to us Moho

 Tuesday 28 February 2023

    I went to Len's to raid his freezer, but darn he locked the doors. I went back home and Diane went to the grocery store.

    We have been a little worried about packing up the Moho for the first time, so today we practiced doing the bedroom.  It was a good thing because there were quite a few items we had on the floor that

The Fat Tiki Food Truck!

had to be moved.  We will get the hang of it after a few days practice.  Tuesday is food truck day here in the park and today was the Fat Tiki Food Truck.  They had seafood including crab cakes.  Now we have learned our lesson and never get crab cakes south of Maryland, but it turns out these folks are from Maryland, so we gave them a try. We were not disappointed.  Diane had the crab cake (fabulous) I had a grilled sandwich (very good) and we got a quart of seafood chowder for another day. Tasted it tonight and it was good as well. After finishing off the seafood we headed down to a campfire gathering a few sites down.  At least 30 people, with two fires, one gas and one wood, the circle was big, and the two fires kept the bugs at bay.  Wasn't too long after we arrived that the shots started to flow.  I think everyone cleaned out their liquor cabinets. Stuff we never heard off and a lot of sweet flavored drinks.  We had a few (passed on most) a headed home a few hours later.

Wednesday 1 March 2023

   I tried calling the appliance repair man and the RV frig replacement people but to no avail. Left messages and sent emails. 

   For lunch we headed out to The Freezer Tiki Bar over in Homosassa, for the famous steamed shrimp and to meet up with 6 other couples from our crew of years gone by. Anyway, they have a whole order and half order.  We remembered it being 1/2 pound or whole pound, so we ordered two whole orders.  You can always take the leftovers home, right. Turns out half an order is 1 1/4 lbs. and the whole order is two and 1/2 lbs. Yes, we had a lot of leftovers.  But it was really nice to see everyone and catch up. We really haven't all got together since before covid.  We were probably there about 3 hours anyway.

    We got back to the Moho, had seafood chowder and shrimp for dinner.

Thursday 2 March 2023

    Started out the same I called the appliance people etc. Trying to get something started.  Ended up with can't today and we will call you later. 😡But we are leaving tomorrow so you gotta just keep moving.

    We picked up some flowers and went over to the cemetery for probably the last time this trip.  Back at the Moho, Diane called to Chris to check up on Karen and see how her tests were going.

    Back to the Moho and seriously started to pack. I packed most of the outside stuff chairs, tire covers, magna shade, and rearranged the stuff in the back of the truck to make room for the kayak and the rest of the stuff that no

longer fits in the Moho. When I was done the truck bed was full as well as the back seat area. We look like the Beverly Hillbillies. Just needed a rocking chair on the roof. 😁

    Salad with shrimp for dinner.

A Turkey in the
cemetery!! 

Friday 3 March 2023

   The day of travel with the new Moho was here.  Now the weather has been warm and sunny for the last several weeks, until today when we have to drive.  It was still warm but cloudy with 20-30mph wind with higher gusts. We traveled two lane roads most of the day and trees blocked the wind but holy crap when I hit the open areas it about blew us off the road. But we made the 100-mile drive in 2 1/2 hour with no stops. We were parked and set up by 2:30pm, I even contacted the appliance repair guy. I took some measurement and photos and sent to the repair facility.  He says he will call next week. Traditional travel day dinner, burgers on the grill. We finally ate all the shrimp.

Saturday 4 March 2023

   Cold and windy and rain most of the night.  It let up this morning just as I took Rudy out but started again as we returned.  So, I put the awning out to have a dry space and then BANG the awning hit a tree. 😠 I forgot about the tree and Diane had pointed it out when we parked.  I rolled it back up it didn't go all the way in I hope it is just rolled up crooked. The wind and rain were on and off all day. (the forecast was a small chance of showers) We visited a couple of antique stores, but nothing said buy me.

Sunday 5 March 2023

   Woke up to a cool sunny and calm day in central Florida.  Just yogurt for breakfast then cleaned up and headed out to visit with our friends Jack and Sandy in a campground 10 or so miles away. They have a great lot with a permanent covered deck area. It got very warm as the afternoon sun hit us but still pleasant with the breeze.  We talked for a few hours had burgers and fixings then talked until 5:30 or so.  It was a great time catching up and meeting their new dog Max. Max is a 7-month-old golden retriever. He came over to sniff out Rudy, but Rudy wasn't in the mood he snarled a couple times and Max went over and laid down.  He weighs in at 80 lbs. already.  He will be a hand full for the two of them.

   Back to the Moho and we just had a snack for dinner and a nice walk for Rudy.

Monday 6 March 2023

The three manatees.

    Breakfast outside on the grill this morning.  Another sunny and very warm day. We fixed up a few things around the Moho, more of a readjusting of things. Since the ice maker doesn't work, I got ice from the campground, made iced-tea, filled the ice tray and filled two zip-lock bags for the freezer. And speaking of freezer I finally got a price estimate on replacing the frig. depending on which refrigerator it was $2500 to 3000. They are going to be at the FMCA rally and will measure and get us a final price. Diane was up paying for another night when she noticed three manatee swimming in a lagoon here at the campground.  I walked up to check them out and a gator came by checking us out, I guess.  I had to reel Rudy up close to me, we didn't want the gator getting him. After checking out a few kayaking places we settled on Ichetucknee Springs park about a half hour away. We will head up there tomorrow morning. Out to the Lighthouse Seafood Restaurant for dinner. The food was OK but no need to go back. The rating were 4.5 stars we gave it maybe 3.5. Salad bar was disappointing just iceberg lettuce and that was a little brown. We will find another place to go.

   

Getting ready to move

 Tuesday 21 February 2023

    Well I was back at it first thing this morning.  I started called the credit union and they still hadn't received what they needed. hung up called dealer they assured me everything was done Friday but after I assured them they would not get the title until they talked to the credit union.  They agreed to call one more time.  Somewhere around noon they called back told me the loan is paid off.  I checked and sure enough, it is done.  What a relief.  On to new things.  We spent the rest of day mapping our trip to Perry Ga and trying to make reservations.  It took a lot of time, surprising amount of campgrounds could not accommodate us.  But by wine time we were booked until the end of March. Also forgot amazon came through with Diane's bed side shelf I got that put up and she is happy.😊

Wednesday 22 February 2023

    Things are starting to fall into place.  We are packing and rearranging storage all the time.  We have two tubs of things ready for a yard sale.  Have some kind of schedule. We are staying here until the third of March then heading to The Suwannee River Bend Park in Old Town Florida. Diane cooked burger and sausage for the lasagna we are having tomorrow.  We were really kind of wore out and decided to walk Rudy before we ate dinner.  Well, we stopped to talk to Steve and Joanne from the Newmar Group and ended up they till after dark.  Ended up with a very late dinner.

Thursday 23 February 2023

   Diane spent most of her day making Keto friendly lasagna for Len and me.  It is so good but does take

We had a nice 
visit with Len.

a lot of work and time to make.  I went for a bike ride while she cooked.  Len finally came over around 6 just as the lasagna was done.  We ate and talked until almost 10pm.  It was really a nice visit with him even though he took all the leftovers.

Friday 24 February 2023

    The weather the past 10 days as been quite warm and the same again today.  The highs are in the mid 80's with a fair amount of wind.  We spent the day running some errands. It started with lunch I know everyone is surprised. We went to Fujiyama's steak house, the food was great, I had shrimp Hibachi and Diane had scallops with noodles both were excellent.   Then it was the hardware store, propane shop (to have grill tank checked), county recycle facility, and a quick stop for wine. We got back Diane's shoe rack showed up, so she put that together before dinner. But my ice maker did not arrive in time for pick up.

Saturday 25 February 2023

    Today was going to be the yard sale but after much deliberating we decided to go with a free sale.

This is a couple hours into the 
free sale, a lot has been
taken!!  

That went well by the time we finished breakfast half of the stuff was gone and by lunch we gathered the remaining items up and quit. I spent all afternoon working on reassembling the ice maker.  I had just finished by the time Diane got back from her walk.  I stood up and there on the ground was the first part I should have put in.  I tore the whole apart did it all over again this time with no extra parts. Overjoyed I put that puppy in the refrigerator and wait for the ice to roll out. Wasn't long after dinner we heard the ice starting to cycle. 😙 Back to making homemade iced tea and enjoying refreshing drinks on these hot afternoons.

Sunday 26February 2023

    Getting excited to be traveling again and we spent most of the day planning for the trip. That was until Diane came in and noticed water on the floor by the refrigerator.  I came in to take a look and sure enough water running out the bottom on the freezer compartment.😡😖 Long story short after an hour or so, it appears every time the ice maker cycles it spews water into the freezer. Turned off ice maker and called it happy hour. 

Monday 27 February 2023 

   As soon as breakfast was over, I got on the phone to the previous owner, an appliance repair man, and Newmar to see how to get the frig out to work on and finally to a RV repair facility that specializes in replacing refrigerators.  Long story longer yet I talked a lot but didn't get any questions answered.  We are leaving in 4 days. Just wanted to get a plan in place, but no, that just couldn't happen, everyone is going to get back to us.  Good news is it only leaks when the ice maker cycles. So turned off the ice maker!

 The refrigerator work space.
  This included the whole patio area.
 I stayed out of the way. 

                 

Our New Home!!

Monday13February 2023

Our new (to us) Moho.  

   Things are coming together; I'm still trying to find space underneath for my stuff, but Diane has made great progress. We noticed the ice maker doesn't work and I started looking into that. Watched a lot of U-tube videos and I hate to say it, but it looks easy enough to replace. Time will tell.  And Diane is having trouble with the wash machine sometimes it starts right up and sometimes she has to turn it on and off push all the buttons twice. Sometimes she wins and sometimes the washer wins.😞

Tuesday 14 February 2023 (Happy Valentine Day)

   I got up found the card I had for Diane and placed by her coffee cup. She got up later read her card and explained she had a card for me but somehow lost it while packing/unpacking. Yea right that never worked for me. We were down to just a few things in the trailer that I wanted to clean it out and so I could return it to Len. And you won't believe it, but as I was sorting through the last box or two, I found the Valentines Day card. So, she is off the hook, this time.

   I checked the credit union and the old RV loan is still not paid off.  I called the RV dealer and they had not sent the payment😡 but assured me it would go today and even sent me a picture of the Fed Ex label. The label wasn't attached to any envelope yet, but it was printed.

   But they couldn't ruin Valentines Day.  We opened a nice bottle of wine and enjoyed our steak and shrimp diner while admiring the progress we have made.

Wednesday 15 February 2023

    At least the weather has been great while we are carrying, sorting, and rearranging the Moho. Some days we didn't even shut the screen door during the day. Diane has even started redoing cupboards already and even ordered a shelf for beside the bed. I crammed the last items in the underneath bins.  I had two tubs of stuff in the bed of the truck. I got them out to sort, turns out all the stuff in them I need.  They will just have to ride in the truck until I home and sort out all the bins. We finally took an afternoon and went for a nice bike ride/walk. I felt so good I added an extra half mile to my ride.

Thursday 16 February 2023

    The Moho is really starting to feel like home.😊  We have been working on getting the place ready to go. I have been checking on a braking system for the Moho since the old one worked with the air brakes on the old coach.  I called our hitch installer to make an appointment and their next available time slot is the third week of March. We will be long gone by them.  So now checking out some other options.

    Back to the RV dealer and the old loan. Sure enough, they sent the check and the credit union received it this afternoon, but the title paperwork wasn't signed so they can't pay off my loan. This is 8 days after we settled. I was quite irritated and called the RV dealer and expressed my "disappointment".  They reassured me they were working hard and the paper work person is new. 

Friday 17 February 2023

    Diane has finally got the wash machine under control (for now) and we are back pretty much to the regular routines. Now, every time you want something you have to think hard look around to see what cupboard it may be in.

    We received an email from credit union stating our insurance has been dropped on the old Moho. Yes it was because we don't have it anymore. But since the loan isn't paid off they are going to take out insurance at our expense.  This is really starting to snowball out of control. Eight days now since settlement. I called the RV dealer, AGAIN.  The owner called back said they fired the title person and the previous title specialist was working on it and faxed everything to the credit union. 

   To work off some frustration we went for a ride.

Saturday 18 February 2023 (Happy Birthday to Shawna Kay)

   This would have been Shawna's 51st birthday. We went over to Nobleton to the New Riverside

Restaurant.  The food was ok, I had the shrimp diner and Diane had chicken cheese steak sandwich. But the restaurant is close to the cemetery. After visiting the cemetery and being all sad we drove down to check out a state campground at Silver Lake.  It was nice and a large lake to kayak on but as with most state parks non sewer.  We stopped and watched a turtle as she was crawling out of her nest.  It was a really nice day, temperatures in the mid 80's. 

   A friend of ours 'Brad' came over to see if he could help/fix the ice maker.  He tried several different things, but nothing worked.

The turtle crawling out 
of her nest!!

Sunday 19 February 2023

    Other than having to store the two boxes of stuff we are selling in the truck every night and getting them out every day we are done.  Trailer returned to Len. We do like the windows in this unit they are bigger and let a lot more light in.  We do have a doorbell that I like, Diane not so much. When I'm out grilling, I ring the doorbell for her to bring me stuff. Some reason she says it is irritating.  Diane

Nasty, Nasty

received her shelves yesterday and returned them today just didn't think they will hold up to the traveling.  I gave up on fixing the ice maker and removed the whole unit.  It actually wasn't that tough. Once I got it out, I'm glad I did it the ice mold itself is covered with some kind of flakey scale. 

 Monday 20 February

   As soon as 8:00 am rolled by I was on the phone to windle down the list of things to do.  First (after getting Diane coffee) was to order ice maker.  I called and they are in central time zone and not open.  As soon as 9:00am rolled by I called the credit union closed for presidents day.  It is now 11 days since settlement and the old loan is still not paid off.  I see how this day will go. After some more coffee I called and believe it or not I managed to get the ice maker ordered, batting 50% now.

   Next, I headed over to Len's to do a little work. First, I forgot to drop of Diane's prescription so back into town, then back to Len's.  As soon I got out I realized I forgot my chain saw, gloves, nippers and water. I knew the day would go like this.  Went into the barn and Len was out of chain saw oil. I managed to work a couple of hours and headed home around. 3:00pm.

   Back to the Moho ribs on the grill with a small glass of wine.😏

New (to us) Moho

 Wednesday 1 February 2023

    I went over to Len's and worked on clearing brush and sawing down several trees.  Len has the biggest chain saw they make (I think), and it is very heavy. It felt good to use the saw and sweat a little. Back to the Moho, salad for diner can't wait until Diane gets home.

   The neighbors made another trip to look at a Moho. They liked this one and will probably get it. I called the dealer buying ours letting him know we were ready to sell. Diane was watching Chase most of the day because day care was closed, a lot of the teachers were sick. Salad for dinner again.

Thursday 2 February 2023

  Randy called to say they were definitely getting this one and that they had made a down payment.  I went down took one final look at Randy and Vikki's and made a deal with them. The coach is a 2013 Newmar 3634 with 30,000 miles.  It is 5 feet shorter in length and 4 feet shorter wheelbase. Just about what we are looking for. I called Diane to let her know. Now all we have to do is figure out the logistics. We pretty much need to do the swap all in one day. Meantime Diane is just staying up north enjoying Chase, had lunch with Bev and enjoyed friends without concern for me sweating the load down here. Hot dogs for dinner.

Friday 3 February 2023

    I called the RV dealer to make the arrangements for closing and to see if they can do a title swap for us buying the Newmar.  They dropped the price by $5,000, said the first numbers he gave me was just an estimate, but we are ready to do this, so we accepted it.  By then it was time to head to Sanford and pick up Diane, finally, returning from PA.  It was a long day, after the phone call with the dealer I was stressed.  I left early enough to stop and get packing boxes at U-Haul, then just as I pulled into the cell phone, I get a text her plane was late arriving. Oh yea.

Saturday 4 February 2023

   The stress just keeps going up every day.  Talked with Randy and Vikki and we decided we would rent a U-Haul trailer to put all our stuff in and they were just going to put their stuff in their screened in room. I call Len to ask him something and he suggested that we just borrow his trailer and save the money.  I forgot he had one. We packed most of my items from under the Moho into the bed of the truck, I didn't realize now much stuff I accumulated over the past 4 1/2 years. We did have a guest who was passing through the campground, campers up and down our road made sure he made it out the other side.

Sunday 5 February 2023

 

We were going to wait until Tuesday to get the U-Haul trailer but now we decided to get Len's today.  That was one of the best decisions we made, as it turned out. I picked up the trailer and parked it beside the Moho. First thing was to unload some of the stuff out of the truck bed and into the trailer. The rest of day was just a blur of boxing up and carrying to the trailer. A glass of wine as we watched the sunset.

Monday 6 February 2023 

  Made the final arrangements with the RV dealer for Thursday morning at 10:00AM to swap titles, etc. That gave us 2 1/2 days to finish moving everything into the trailer.  With each passing hour our stress levels went up and our nerves were getting shot.  By afternoon we had to take a break and went for a bike ride and walk followed by an early happy hour. 

Tuesday 7 February 2023

   Pack, pack and pack. Everywhere we look and every door we opened was full.  Some of it we had forgotten we had.  Diane did make time to get her pedicure, even with all that was going on. Rudy and I

It's packed!

went for a walk up to the food truck (BBQ) to check it out.  We stood in line for hour and half until our food was ready. We barely walked in door and Diane was home. The BBQ was great, and we didn't have to cook.

Wednesday 8 February 2023

   I had to unpack a fry pan so we could eat breakfast, And then back at it. By the end of today we had to be done. Feeling the pressure and knowing Diane's mornings, I called the RV dealer and pushed the settlement time back to 11:00. We made frozen wings from the grocery store, so we didn't need any dishes or pans. Almost done our last night in the old Moho😔she treated us well for four and half years.

Thursday 9 February 2023

Joining us for lunch
at Burger King!

   Well, this is the big day.  Up at 6am without an alarm, nervous/excited couldn't sleep past about 4am.  We threw everything left bedding, towels, coffee pot into the trailer. Packed the refrigerator and freezer contents into the cooler and insulated shopping bags, waiting for Randy to call saying their refrigerator was ready for our food. It took forever to drive to the dealership arriving at 11:30 then waited. Signed a few papers and the guy says were all done and off we went. First order of business was lunch.  While having lunch at Burger King we realized we received no bill of sale or temporary registration or any paperwork at all.  Diane went in to order and I called about the paperwork, and they just said they could mail it to us.  It did not give me a warm fuzzy feeling.  While at BK we noticed a peacock walking and yelling around back, they sure are pretty.  We got back to the new to us Moho about 3pm. We walked in, looked around and started carrying in boxes and unpacking. Boxes all over the place and we couldn't find anything, Diane did find and unpacked the bread, so it was sausages for diner.  The place was still a mess at bedtime.

Friday 10 February 2023

   Started early carrying in box after box trying to fit a house full of belongings into a one-bedroom apartment.  It just WILL NOT fit. Boxes all throughout the Moho, nerves were shot, tempers were getting short, and buyer's remorse was hitting hard.  So, midafternoon to ease the stress we quit I went for a bike ride and Diane went for a long hard walk.  That helped a little. We settled in a bit and were feeling better about the Moho.  End of our first full day in the Newmar.

Saturday 11 February 2023

   Yogurt for breakfast, we only unpacked one box today. We spent the rest of day sorting things we already had sitting around the camper.  And that was a lot. Diane has changed the kitchen cupboards about 2 or 3 times already.  Knowing we had to move everything into the new Moho we've been eating all the food we had so we didn't have to carry it over.  Today Diane went to the grocery store to replenish the pantry and refrigerator. The bill was over $250 wow that hurt but at least we can eat again. I was checking the bank account and noticed the old RV loan was not paid off.  So, the panic set in a bit first they lowered their offer next we didn't get any temporary registration and now the old loan wasn't paid off.  I called the guy right away and he said not to worry. Easy for him to say.  We are going back over Monday to iron it all out. Felt much better about the trade.

Sunday 12 February 2023

   Day three. We both slept much better last night and ready to finish loading up the Moho.  I brought

The last of the boxes, but the
mess is slowly getting 
put away.

the last 4 boxes in this morning right after breakfast. By midafternoon we were well on the way to being done at last, at least for the start (Diane did a lot of creative packing).  We do have a pile of trash, a pile for donations and a pile I hope to put out for a yard sale. And I almost forgot we made a couple of boxes to go to the storage unit as soon as we get to Dillsburg. Looks like an early happy hour and burgers for dinner.

Diane goes home

24 thru 26 January 2023

   Not a lot going on this week.  We have talking to our neighbors about buying their coach if and when they find one they like. On Thursday we had the Moho washed and waxed by professionals wasn't cheap but was easy. Diane has been busy planning, packing and preparing for her trip home to visit Chase and other family members.  Thursday afternoon we went to visit Paul and Marlene, friends of ours from Canada, shared some wine and cheese while catching up on what everyone was doing. Back to the Moho left overs for dinner.

Friday 27 January 2023

   I took some left-over deer loin over to Len's and Rudy went along to get his check up and shots. He didn't know what was happening he got to ride over sniffing the loin but was surly disappointed when he didn't get any. And he was extremely disappointed when I put him up on the cold hard steel examination table. But he was a trooper, he got all his shot and didn't even try to bite Len this time. I have been trying to fix some of the overhead lights with new LED and finally got them working today.

Saturday 28 January 2023

   After trying several times to schedule another dinner with Len we finally got together today.  Of course, we went over early and I helped him replace the flooring in Gabe's old room. Diane made a Keto friendly baked chicken meal.  Len has lost like over 20 pounds this year. We had a great time visiting and working with him.  Back to the Moho. Diane continues to pack, measuring her one and only allowed carry-on bag. I can't believe her ticket includes nothing.  The neighbors called to say they were going to look at another Moho on Sunday.

Sunday 29 January 2023

   We spent most of the day cleaning up the Moho for a potential buyer but turns out they weren't all that

A nice evening.

interested.  But the Moho is all cleaned up now and looks great. The neighbors called to say the Moho they looked at was a no go.  Back to the holding pattern. Once the potential buyers left, happy hour started a little early.  Followed by grilled steaks and a veggie. Anxiety is already building for the drive to the airport and the Diane's flight to PA.  Wine was good.

Monday 30 January 2023 

    Kind of a crazy day.  We woke up to an incoming text at 5:30am.  We both got up, she checked the phone only to find out that her 5pm flight was delayed.  You got to be kidding a text a 5:30am. We tried to go back to sleep. Finally got up had a nice breakfast, cleaned up, she finished packing for the trip and it wasn't even lunch time. The airline texted flight was back on time, then delayed and then back on time. Our nerves were shot so we had lunch, packed her up and headed to the airport. I dropped her off at 3pm and left. As soon as she got to her gate they posted a delay until 7pm. The poor thing had 4 hours to kill. 😕 I came back to the Moho Diane texted she finally got on the plane at almost 7pm.  Didn't get to Lynne's until 10:30 what a long day.

Tuesday 31 January 2023 

A long the trail!

   First day alone! Not much fun, yogurt for breakfast, ham sandwich for lunch and salad for dinner. yuck!  I managed to go for a bike ride even as the temperatures rose into the mid 80's. And Diane called temps in PA only 35 degrees, so I won't complain about the heat. I came back, cleaned up the Moho, did dishes etc. Can't wait until Diane gets back.