Trip to town

August 30 -   Light duty today!  No sites to rake just a touch up on the bathhouse since we only had 2 campers last night.  Then I headed up to check the email and it said our cooler was delivered.  I had asked Linda if she’d like to go in with me if it came.  Once I got back I radioed her that I would be ready to go in an hour after lunch and a shower.

 

I made my salad and left out Bill’s veggies and sandwich items, showered and in an hour was ready to go.  Linda and I both had a few things to pick up at Wal-mart but I went to pick up the cooler first.  I had told myself I’d be home in 2 hours so I could cook my roast over the fire pit.  Well, there was a lady ahead of me and we both asked several employees passing by for assistance and finally someone came.  Once the first lady was done it was my turn and they brought out the cooler, checked my ID and gave me the receipt.  Then I had to wait in line at the deli, and I had a problem at checkout with my deli coupon.  The stupid cashier and then her supervisor couldn’t grasp the concept that the deli coupon required a 1 pound purchase and my meat was 1.03.  How often does the deli clerk hit it right on the mark?  The supervisor actually took the meat back over to the deli to check on it.  Finally I met Linda back at the door.

 

We drove to Stuart’s Draft to The Cheese Shop.  Linda wanted a log of longhorn and I wanted longhorn and baby swiss and 10 packages of trail bologna.  That was just from the deli.  I had some other things to get that we don’t really have at home so we finished there and went to Food Lion.  Linda stayed in the truck and made phone calls and on the way home I stopped and filled the truck with diesel.  By the time we got back it was too late to start a fire so I quickly put my roast in the oven.

 

I really enjoyed my time with Linda.  We got to girl talk about our husbands and RV’s and kids.  It was her first real break from Fred so I think she enjoyed it also.

 

Once we got everything out of the truck we opened the cooler.  Bill said it was not as big as he thought it would be and we found that the AC cord that was supposed to be included wasn’t.  That is a big problem.  I put most of the bologna in the little fridge we already have and took the 2 logs of cheese and 1 ring of bologna to the house that the summer rangers live in.  There is only one still living there and she has a full size fridge.  She was just getting back when I arrived and said it was fine to store the stuff there until we leave on Tuesday.  At least the problem is solved until we get to Ft. Clinch.  We have the DC plug to run the cooler off the truck battery.  I tested it for about 30 minutes and it was cooling down really well.

 

While I was out I emailed Wal-mart.online about the missing cord.  I also called the store to see if they have them for purchase which was no luck.  I was tired when I finally got back and it was about 7 so my dinner smelled done.  The carrots could have cooked longer but Bill’s potato and my Vidalia onion were delicious and the roast was very good. 

 

Our campers were finally starting to come in.  We seem to have a lot more tent campers than normal.  By the time we went to bed we still had 3 empty spaces.  The new group couple arrived and the lady, Robbie, stopped by.  She told us our upsidedown bird is actually a Nuthatch.  Mystery solved.