Relaxing?

Here we are all set up at our camp site in the Lake Sinclair Campground.

 

This was suppose to be a relaxing few days while we are here but things have to been taken care of.

Monday I went to Walmart to buy the oil and filters for the motor home and the car.
After getting back I proceeded to change the oil and filter then grease the motor home which was easy to get under since I had to drive the motor home up on some block.  That is if rolling around on the ground with a tarp under me and rocks and gravel under the tarp is easy!

Three of the sites were open Tuesday after the people that occupied them where gone.

Tuesday was not the relaxing day either in that the car needed the oil and filter change so on with it, maybe Wednesday will be the relaxing day.
But come to think the inside walls do need to be wiped down?

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Lake Sinclair Campground

Yesterday day was moving day and the way our luck has been going on this trip it stayed the same yesterday? 
We got everything put away, let the levelers up and closed the door but, but the steps stayed out.

They were supposed to come in, didn't the steps know that?  It was that time again to check why the steps thought something had to quit working and they were elected to stop working.
OK time to look why the "dad gum" steps had gone lazy on us.
After checking everything electric to it and that was good so now to the mechanical  part.
In short the steps were stuck and a few light taps to the motor with a hammer was the repair that got it going.

With that we were on our way for a nice short trip to our next stop.  That was until, until the traffic was stopped within 7 miles of our destination. 

So what could we do but to fall in line with the rest of the people that were there.

After around 45 minutes the line started moving with traffic in front of us.

And a line of traffic behind us moving along a 15 mph with a police escort leading the huge tow truck pulling the semi with the trailer that had turned over on its side in the middle of the road.

Can you see that load that had us blocked.  It was a beer truck that had turned over.

So we did finally get to Lake Sinclair Campground with one of the 5 electric sites open.
I don't know how long we will be here but I need to change the oil and grease the motor home and also do it on the car.  This has been my oil change stop for a number of years.

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Happy Mothers Day & Moving Day

Well yesterday was the last running around with Nick until the next trip.

This time it was only the grocery stores because Nick had to take time for needed repairs on his grand daughter's house.

We stayed a little longer here than planned but really enjoyed it.  But we can do this when something unexpected comes up since we are full timers and it is easy to change schedule.

We sure want to thank Joann and Nick for being so nice to us and not only this time but every time we have stopped to visit with them.

We are going to try and get one of the five electric sites at Lake Sinclair.  So far in all the years we have been going there we have been able to get one so we shall see.

Happy Mothers day to all you mother's out there.  There's just nothing in this world like a mother's love.

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What another Birthday

Yes it was another day out to the stores.
We did the best at the Home Depot where Nick got several items at a deep discount that he can use.
I had no luck in getting a heavy duty bin to fit in the outside bay of the motor home.  The one I have is coming apart but I'm sure I will find another one.

After getting back home we had a nice big birthday dinner for Nancy.

Here is the Birthday girl and yes that is number 79 on the cake.

I knew she could blow out the candles.  Oh that lady has a lot of wind!

She does look like she enjoyed the dinner doesn't she.

Sherry will be her tomorrow up from Valdosta Since Jeremy is doing better.

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Repeat

This is what Nick and I saw when we pulled out on the main street yesterday.  The fire truck and police car with their red and blue lights flashing.

As we got closer it looked like someone had stopped and the person behind them could not stop soon enough.  There was an ambulance on the scene but they left without anyone aboard so I guess that was the good part.
Warner Robins is not a town I would want to drive in all the time.  I'm telling you this place is always bumper to bumper.

Yesterday was a repeat of the day before only we did add the Publix yesterday.
We also did find a couple of discounted items at the Kroger Store that we bought.

Nick and I will be going out again today hunting for bargains and using some of the man coupons that he has.  I'm enjoying my time here with my brother.

Also update on Jeremy, he is out of the hospital and slowly mending.
While Nancy and I are here visiting with Nick and Joann, Sherry has our car and visiting with Jeremy down in Valdosta and will join us on Friday.  

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day. 

I've been with Nick most of the day as he does his normal things such as going to two different Kroger stores.  From there it would be Publix ever now and then. 
Some what like what I do when we are holed up in Florida for the winter season.

We did go out to the Base Commissary one day and also to the Walgreen Pharmacy to pick up Nancy and my prescription medications that I had refilled online.

This day and time you have to go where the prices are the best for you, and when you have coupons it is a much better deal.

As usual Nick and Joann are feeding us way too much and we always gain weight when we are visiting here.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

A day of rest

With the new Automatic Transfer Switch installed and the cover on Nick and I decided we would take the day off yesterday.

What better way to start the day than to have a good breakfast.  This is what we had waiting on us when we went out to Nick and Joann.  We could not imagine that there would be a buffet on the table
large enough to fee 15 or more people.  Nick prepared all this himself.  This was actually  "Brunch".
 After eating and sitting for a short time Nick and I did his favorite thing of going out to the different stores looking so bargains.
We did find a few that were half off of the original price that we could use.

When we got back home it was time to eat again.  This time we had sandwiches of ham, turkey, bacon and sausage. It was all good and very filling.
Then came the best part of sitting down with our visiting.

I will say it was another great day.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day. 

The magic "click"

Yesterday we arrived at my brother Nick and family without anything messing up on the motorhome so that was good news.  Maybe, hopefully everything has played out.

After having supper and sitting around visiting for a while I just had to open up the package containing the new Progressive  Automatic Transfer Switch and checking out the schematic diagram
of the wiring. It looked pretty much simple to do the wiring.

So this morning Nick and I began the change over from the old one.  The wiring was different since the switch was different.  There was  a lot of wire cutting because the connections were so different.
We had to go to Home Depot to buy a wire clamp and some new screws.
First was wiring in the load side which was to power the house side.  When that was finished then it was to wire in the generator.  After that it was time to start the generator to see what would happen.
With the generator started and waiting the 30 seconds or so we heard the beautiful sound of the "click" with the switch  engaging  and powering the house electric.

Next was wiring the ac side with that and then plugging in the power  cord I heard a "kerr-plunk"  I knew it was the switch to power the house.

So with two old guys doing the work of installing the automatic transfer switch and taking two maybe two and a half hours we thought we did pretty good.

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Moving

I'm sorry, in my last post I reported that our grandson had a perforated stomach but it actually was his colon.  He has somewhat improved but has a long way to go before he will be ok.
He will be in the hospital at least until Monday.  Today he was able to eat some chicken broth and jello.  He is on IV and being treated with medication and they think with time it would heal.

So with Jeremy improving we will again try to leave tomorrow for Warner Robins to visit with my brother Nick where he and I will do some work on getting the new Automatic Transfer Switch all connected up.

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Change in plans

We were going to be leaving today for Warner Robins, Georgia to visit a few days with my brother Nick. 
But as many times plans have a way of sudden change.
In the case today Jeremy our grandson who we have been visiting had to be admitted  in the hospital yesterday.  He has been having stomach pains for almost a week and yesterday he went to the er and after several tests they determined he has a perforated stomach.  The doctors said it was caught soon enough that they thought it could be treated with medication and it would heal.
So we will be staying here until Jeremy is feeling better.

I called my brother Nick what was going on and we would be there later that scheduled.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

80?

80 ?  Well that was yesterday my Eightieth birthday  where did all those days go?
I got more birthday wishes than I could count.  I thank you all for all of that.
For my birthday I had to climb on top of the motor home to do some work on the satellite dish which was giving me a problem.

Our automatic transfer switch decided since everything else was giving us trouble that it might as well quit working. I checked it out and the points were burnt and stuck together.  So I ordered a new one from Amazon and it should arrive by Wednesday at my brother Nick's house.  So while we are there visiting for the next few days Nick and I will install it.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.