It must be a sign.......

7:45 am - Sunday - January 6th - Inverness, FL - 42º F, 97% humidity, wind - CALM - clear today with a forecast high of 70º F.....it got down to a glorious 58º F inside our bedroom last night.....wonderful!  Had to turn the heaters on this morning.....now that is more like it....that is the weather for which I was hoping when we came to Florida......60's-70's during the day, and in the 40's at night.

We awoke to a partly cloudy day, which eventually morphed into clear blue skies in the afternoon.  When I opened the front curtains I saw what I believe are some sort of cranes, but not being a 'birder' I am just guessing.  There are a lot of birds here including dozens of large turkey buzzards......

......my first task of Saturday after completing my blog was to put away the rest of the tools I had been using to install TLE's new seat, then hookup our sewer line to the sewer connection as it had been 8 days since we last dumped.  I had planned to dump our tanks before we left Cedar Key, but decided I could go a few more days.  Once that task was complete I retrieved the sign I made weeks ago to add to Richard and Rhonda's friends post in their front yard, and install it.  The prior record for longest distance from home was Tom and Darlene's sign showing 2,150 back to Wittmann, AZ.  We have now topped that with a total distance of 2,417 from our home mailing address in Rancho Cucamonga, CA....

 Our sign

 The rest of the signs

.....once the sign was affixed to the post I proceeded to apply (over several hours) three coats of polyurethane via an aerosol can.   There is currently a small controversy in process about whether we can claim Rancho Cucamonga as our home as it is just a mailing address.  Some (the McCloud Clan) believe our new sign is only 75' from our home (the Newell), but I countered that the sign is only for people who have driven their Newells to Inverness, not a car.  I'm sure this good-natured debate will continue for some time.......😉

Next up was to finish hiding the power and ground wires we ran to power the new passenger seat.  TLE's old seat did not have power.  That took about an hour, but finally I was done, and then rotated the seat, as is our custom, so it can be used as an extra seat for visitors.....

......after that I took a short, but well deserved nap, then took a shower so I could go out and get a haircut, and do some shopping with TLE.  She found a Fantastic Sam's about 9 miles away for my haircut......there were no Supercuts within 20 miles.  That's my third successive haircut at a Fantastic Sam's (two in Campbellsville), and this one was by far my best haircut of the three.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention that our hosts left around 8 am on a trip up to Baltimore, MD  in a rented box van to deliver some furniture to their son who lives there, so we were are on our own for our last two days here in Inverness.  On Monday, the 7th, we'll roll our wheels once again, only northward this time.

We were home by 4 pm, and enjoyed a nice relaxing evening.  TLE made some Cajun Andouille Mac & Cheese for dinner......

....I am not really a mac & cheese guy, but this was exceptionally delicious.  I'm glad we did not eat it all Saturday.......😉

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Happy Thanksgiving!

7:15 am - Thursday - November 22nd - Campbellsville, KY - 28º F, 100% humidity, wind 1 mph out of the northwest.......clear today with a forecast high of 55º F.

The new gas shocks for the VW hatch came into Autozone early afternoon so I got dressed, drove directly to the store to pick them up, and then headed across the parking lot to Lowe's to buy a couple of new electrical outlets.  It seemed, at the time, that the outlet in the bedroom at TLE's vanity was going bad.  She was experiencing an intermittent connection with her hairdryer, so I bought two (always good to have a spare) new outlets, and then headed to Fantastic Sam's for a haircut.

Normally I would have waited another 2 weeks, but my hair was just long enough that the fans in Amazon were blowing it around quite a bit during our 10 hour shifts.  All you need is one more thing to irritate you to go along with all the other things, right?  There was a little bit of a line, but I was still in the chair getting my ears lowered within 10 minutes.

Back home I quickly got out the long handled brush I use when washing the the Newell, screwed off the head, and used the pole (after properly adjusting it to the proper length) to hold the hatch of the VW open while I removed the faulty shocks, and then installed the new ones.  As it turns out only one of the shocks was bad, but I still replaced both of them.....only makes sense, right?  I noted that the two older shocks were slightly different (one shaft was black, while the other was chrome), and came to the conclusion that the prior owner had replaced one of the shocks before I bought the car.  That would also explain why sometimes on very cold days the hatch would not stay completely in the raised position.....one shock was going bad, and it clearly takes two to hold that heavy hatch in the 'up' position.  After installing the two new ones order was restored, and we now have a functioning hatch once again.  I am saving the one good shock for future use.

I then turned my attention to the electrical outlet at TLE's vanity.  I should have opened it up before I bought the two new outlets, because, as it turned out the screw holding the black wire in place was loose, and that was the source of the intermittent connection.  Oh well, now I have two extra outlets for future use.  That's one thing about RV's that you must remember.  Things can vibrate loose while you are motivating down the road.

We had made plans with our shift friends to meet at Brother's BBQ at 5:30 pm for dinner.  It occurred to me around 4:45 pm that we might need reservations with a potential party of 7, so I called and was advised it was first come, first served.  Normally we would have left to make the drive around 5:20 pm, but I didn't want to take a chance there would not be a table, so we left around 5:05 pm to get there early and secure a table for seven......

Left side: Don, Di and Pam / Right side: TLE, moi and Dennis

.....there ended up being only 6 of us, but I am glad we arrived early.....look how crowded the restaurant is (see background) as we are getting ready to leave.....the place was packed, and there were people up front waiting for a table.  The food and conversation were exceptional, and we are looking forward to the second installment, which will be Thanksgiving (today) day when we all journey into Elizabethtown, KY to the Cracker Barrel for Thanksgiving dinner.....it was the only place around that is open on Thanksgiving!

Our second of three consecutive days off work was quite pleasant, and I am looking forward to a third on Thursday before 'bail' is revoked and  it is time to trundle back off to work in the concrete bunker for the next five days.

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