Ahhh,The Beach

Oh,the weather and the sun shining with the large puffy clouds rolling by. This would be a great beach day.

So with that in mind off to the beach we went. We went down to Tarpon Springs to the Fred Howard Park. First we walked 3 miles under the shade trees then drove over the causway to beachside. Needless to say there were a lot of people with the same idea. As crowded as it was we still found a place to put our beach loungers down. The spring breakers were there as well as us old timers. The small children were chasing the sea gulls.
The gulf water was pleasent and there were quite a few people in the water swimming. The gulf water has a temp of 72 degrees now. When you first go in the water is cool but,as your body get use to it,it seems to warm up. Of course as for the children the water is never to cool to go in. It was a very nice day and we did get some sun on us to help our tan.

After the washing of the clothes yesterday I stopped in at Ci Ci's Pizza and got one to go. Nancy likes this and we usually get a pizza after she does the laundry. The I started back on the frig project. I think I have narrowed it down to a bad breaker. I looked at it a little while and can't figure how to get into it to change the breaker. Its not like a home breaker box. Oh no,nothing can be made simple to work on in a motorhome. The work is bad enough being stuck somewhere in a confind area. The least they could do is make it easy to take apart. This one might take a little time and some thinking out,with some bloody knuckles. Oh the simple life of a fulltime rv'er. Well one thing for sure after things like this is that when you are finished you feel as though you have accomplished something.

Frig Problem

This day started different. I noticed the check light was on the frig so I turned it off and back on after about 30 seconds it kicked back off. Knowing that this is a Dometic that has a recall on the cooling unit I went outside to see if I could see any ammonia leak. Everything looked good. Next was to take the cover off the circuit board and check fuses,good here also. I had a spare circuit board that I had gotten off of a discarded frig,so next was to put that on and try. Still did not kick on. Check the ac circuit next. I didn't have any voltage coming out of the circuit. So I hooked up an extension cord. This did the trick. I'm still thinking the board was bad because the frig wouldn't work on gas. So I will leave the board on that I found in the junk pile. Next problem is why I have no voltage to the plug in behind the frig. I've checked the breakers and they are ok. More trouble shooting for the day.
But first we have to do the laundry again. I will just have to take my time to find out what is wrong however long it takes.

Yesterday was like any other day. We did our walking down at the Chestnut Park. This park has the board walks over the swampy area and the railings on the sides. The one thing is that the people that do their walking here feed the squirrels and birds. As you walk along the squirrels expect you to have someting for them and they run along the rails right beside you. We saw some people holding out bird seeds in their hands trying to get the birds to come and land on their hand to eat the seeds. You have to be careful when you put the food for the squirrels because they come so close that they almost snatch it from you. I sure don't want a squirrel to bite me. It was 86 degrees yesterday and there was no breeze out at the lake so it was quite a hot day.
Today as usuall we have no set plans so I don't know what we will be doing beside our daily walking.

Off the Intersate

We are back home after our visit with the family. It was a very nice visit to say the least.
Coming back yesterday I was off the interstate again and what a pleasure it is to get away from the traffic with everyone in a hurry. You always have the ones were they think they need to be in front of everyone else. They will zig zag in and around everybody.

We took RT. 41 south through the nice country and little towns that were once a progressing community. They are still nice and charming to go through and see what once was. With their nice large houses with the porches and swings and nice yards.

Their churches that were build in the 1800's and early 1900's. They just hold a certain charm. These church's had people that always attended them and was the town meeting place for a get together. The only way you can see them now is to get off the interstate and get on the road that at one time was the only roads going through the towns. This was before people were in such a hurry. The house and the church are in Jasper,Florida.
Still a little farther south we came to the town of White Springs,Florida whose fame is The Stephen Foster State Park and Memorial. Here is the old Adams General Store built in 1885. This was long before you had the big box stores of nowadays. This store you could go into and buy what you needed for a month. For a month? Yes that is what I said. This is the way people did it back then. They didn't go to the store everyday or twice a day like we do now. They had to much to do working their farms and tending to live stock. Buying their 100 pounds of beans and flour or their 25 pound buckets of lard. Life was simple back then but very hard and the people still had time for more things then we do now. Go figue that out.
The Adams Family must have did pretty good with their general store because this is the old house that they lived in. A very large 2 story house with porches upstairs and down stairs in front and back. This house with the big yard really had to cost a lot back then. The house is now a Bed and Breakfast.
White Springs also had The Thetford Hotel in the 1800's so they must have had some travelers going through town. This was before motels and before motor lodges. These buildings are always built with the finest of materials. The roof over the front outside sitting area is long gone but it still looks nice. The hotel like the Adams house is a Bed and Breakfast. People traveling the interstate just have no idea of what they are missing. You just have to take the time and enjoy some of lifes little pleasures. There's more to life than the microwave and the computer.

Looks like Spring Time

Here in Valdosta,Georgia it looks like spring time. The trees and bushes are full of blossoms. We saw dogwood and other blooms all over. It sure looks grand.
We will be heading back home tomorrow. I think I may just take the good old back roads again since I enjoy it so much.

What a Day

That was yesterday. We started out and when we got to I-75 there was a wreck and 4 police cars that had the on ramp blocked so no one could get on at this spot. I drove out to Dade City then up to San Antonio and on out back to I-75. We headed north and in a short distance the traffic started slowing down. 15 mph for about 20 miles. Then we saw what this slow down was about. A couple of guys were sweeping up the highway. Someone had lost their trailer looked to be at least a 29 footer. This thing was demolished. They had the chassis part on a flat bed a the rest of it was just dust and splinters. After we got up to speed there was so much traffic and everyone was in a hurry that it became to hectic for me. I got off and proceeded up US 41. I always enjoy these back roads that were once the main roads. Sometimes we are in such a hurry that we forget how life was back in simpler times. We pasted through some same towns with the beautiful old houses and trees hanging over the roads. Past the old motels that use to a lot of bussiness when the roads were heavily travel. Some are out of business and run down now,but some are turned into apartments. Going this way only added anothe 1 or 1 1/2 hour to our journey but worth it.
We did finally make it to Sherry's and enjoyed the visit with her and the family.
We will be staying until Monday and then go back home.

Road Trip

We will be leaving shortly for a trip up to Valdosta,Ga. We will be visiting our daughter,her husband our grandson and great grandchildren. So this should be an exciting fun filled week-end. Hope to get a few pictures to post.

New Trail

The babershop was open yesterday and I did get a haircut. After I came back we went back to the Anerson Park,where we discovered yet another trail we hadn't been on before. This one had a boardwalk around the edge of the lake.

As we got on the boardwalk we saw this alligator in the edge of the water. Here Nancy is watching the alligator. Or is the alligator watching Nancy? Here is is on a section of the boardwalk. The walkway had a place every once in awhile that led off of the main walkway to a place you could fish or have a pinic. It had a table and trash container and was very private so no one would bother you. This was another nice trail.
This redhead woodpecker was very busy looking for insects. We were close enough that we could see how fast and hard its head was drilling the hole. These trails in the woods are just great for seeing different animals and flowers.

What Today!

What are we going to do today is the question. For one thing I'm going to see if the barbershop is open? If it is I will get a haircut. The barbershops used to be closed on Wednesdays I don't know if they are now. I was wondering why they were closed on Wednesdays and asked a barber. He said everyone else gets 2 days a week so they decided they needed 2 days also. I asked why Wenesdays? He said,they wouldn't take off on Saturday because everyone else is off Saturday and that it is their busy day. So they thought in the middle of the week would be a better day.
The haircut is the only thing on the list to do today. Of course we don't schedule our walking that is a natural thing for us every day. From there we just wing it until one of us comes up and says I think we------------then we will go for it. Oh what a hard life we live. Maybe all those years I worked were worth it.

Today started out yet different. I've been waiting for a month for the 20th of march to roll around. No it wasn't because this is the first day of spring. Its because the new Harbor Freight Store opened today. They were giving away a set of screw drivers to the first 1000 customers. I didn't care for this part as I have all kinds of screw drivers so I wasn't there at 8:00am when the doors opened. I was there about 2 1/2 hours later. Anyway they said the screw drivers were gone at 9:30am and I wasn't surprised. That was one crowded store. They had a few come on in deals,but not that many. They do have a lot of tools and other stuff. I got a few things that I thought I needed but probably could have done without.
After I got back we went out so Nancy could get her hair cut,from there we went up to the mall to do some walking and then to WalMart to pick up our medicine.
Another one of those days that goes by so fast.