The benefits of rural living.....

 7:24 am - Tuesday - May 6th - LPG&RVR - 40° F, humidity 45%, wind 2 mph out of the north.....crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 69° F.  On this date in 2024 it snowed overnight at Likely Place Golf & RV Resort.....

.....it didn't really stick, but it did snow for the 3rd time since we arrived in early April.

After beginning our day at 5:30 am for four consecutive days we slept in Monday.  I was still awake at 5:30 am, but I didn't have to get up, and I didn't.  Instead I drifted in and out of consciousness for the next 90 minutes before deciding to begin the day a little after 7 am.  In fact I think it was exactly 7:07 am, which reminded me of my Dad waking me up....he would say "Clarke, its 707 and time to fly!"....funny the things you think about at 7 am in the morning.....good memories.  We were going to do our 2 mile out and back walk, but the winds had other ideas.  TLE doesn't like to walk in the wind, and with each passing year I like it less and less, so we didn't walk.

Around 9 am the UPS driver, Glenn, dropped off a package I was expecting from Amazon....a new polycarbonate folding windshield for Club Car Villager #20, so I spent the next hour, or more removing the old, tired, soft windshield and installing the new, very intuitive, polycarbonate windshield.....

.....I've wanted one of these ever since our first season here back in 2022, but the $120 price tag was a little off-putting at the time.  Not so much anymore, though.  I pulled the trigger and ordered it hoping it would fit, and it did.....perfectly.  Frankly, my day could have ended right there, and I would have been content with my accomplishment, but there was still the trailer interior needing some attention, so I took a break, then headed out to the trailer to work my magic.

When I'm working in the trailer on a project, or just organizing into a workshop it so it can be used as such, the time just melts away.  In about 2 hours I was about 90% done.  All that remains is to move our two pieces of luggage, and the 2 Stihl chainsaws back into the through bay in the Newell.  At some point I'm going to take them into town to the local Stihl dealer and have them serviced for the upcoming winter season at TWW, but that is five months away, so for now they will reside in the Newell through bay, and further declutter the trailer interior.....

.....I kept hoping the winds would abate so maybe I could hit a few balls at the driving range, but it got windier, and colder as the afternoon progressed, so I headed back into the warm confines of the Newell to have a snack, and take a nap.

We've been back at LPG&RVR for just over a week now, but it feels like we never left last October.  Both TLE and I have slipped easily back into the four days working, and four days not working routine......we love those four day weekends.  Frankly, the work days aren't that bad....it's just the getting up at 5:30 am that we could do without, right?  The work isn't that hard, and it really feels like a vacation from the work we did at TWW this past winter.  We both love being able to access the electrical grid again were we have access to 100 amps of power 24/7, and can run our quiet, electric heaters.  We love being just 20 minutes away from town where we have a large hardware store, and three grocery stores at which to shop.  

As you might recall, we changed the addresses for all of our rolling stock, as well as drivers licenses to Likely last year, and we just got the renewal registration for our 2001 VW Beetle.  Usually we have to get the VW smogged every two years (the odd years), and that would have been due again this year, however, now that we live in this extremely rural area where air pollution is not an issue, we are no longer required to make that 6 hour round trip drive to Redding....YAY for our team!  NO SMOG CERTIFICATE REQUIRED!!!

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