Finally we can watch TV

Creek at the entrance

May 20 – We woke to sunshine for the first time since we got here.  It really has been a pretty day out.  I pulled weeds in our “yard” space and put out my hummingbird feeder and the neighbor’s son came over and weed whacked our grassy area.    Later in the day I drove to the front gate and put mail out in the box and saw my first snake of the season.  It was a black racer sunning itself on the concrete abutment of the bridge at the gate.  On the way back I stopped to visit Linda and Fred but she was not feeling well and lying down so I sat out with Fred for a bit.

Not sure where he got the pole from

The TV guy was due from noon to 4 and he called at 4 to say it would be closer to 5.  At least he called the right number but Bill didn’t ask if he was in FL or VA!  5 o’clock came and went and I started on dinner.  I was just about ready to put our grilled chicken, sautéed asparagus and   Hallelujah, but now we would eat a cold dinner!  He could not use our old dish and had what we needed with him but not a pole to mount it on.  I drove down to the work center and saw there was PVC outside and then to see if Fred would come up and root about the work center with me.  He checked the PVC and it was the right size and length.  So the young man went to dig a hole in the area near where our neighbors have their portable dish.  He said it would get 3 satellites and we ended up having to run the cable through the window as the dish requires power and we also couldn’t figure out where to screw in the cables as the wonderful instruction manuals that came with the RV don’t actually tell you that!  So, we can live with the cords and at some point I’ll contact Winnebago and ask.  I put tape over the crack in the window so we are good to go.  We were surprised to get ABC, NBC and CBS so that was good!    I gave the guy a nice piece of cake as he had another call to go to and it was 7 by the time he left.  He was very appreciative!

butternut fries on the table when Directv arrived.

 

We ate our cold dinner and later watched a movie!