Happy 45th Anniversary to our good friends Karen & Pete. They’re celebrating with Plan B ... They had a week booked at Navarre Beach’s beachside RV resort. After being laid-off from GRW in the spring while COVID-19 necessitated cancellation of huge group RV trips, they ventured out and bought a 36’ travel trailer from Lazydays. (Oops! Bad idea to shop the competition.) Then they needed a truck to tow their Salem. If you’ve shopped for a good used 2500-3500 series beast you can appreciate how scarce they are. Pete found a 2500 Hemi Dodge and made a couple of short trips with it. (They’d gotten used to towing a 40’ (new) 5th wheel with a big dually; a perk of their GRW employment.) Their travel trailer swayed badly behind the Hemi. Pete wanted, needed a dually! So ... back to shopping and found a Ford 3500 dually at a west coast dealer. Happy with his good buy they loaded up for the beach trip on the Panhandle.
An hour from home the big Ford broke down ... overheating; an oil cooler problem. They limped to a service center for diagnosis. You can see Plan B on the horizon. 🙄
So the service center took the Ford for a test drive WITH the camper attached! 🤭 During this test drive they blew a tire on the camper and had to put the spare on. The camper was towed to the closest RV park in Starke! The truck won’t be done til Tuesday ... so Karen and Pete had to rent a car to get around ... and buy a new tire. She was terribly upset 😠 of course ... but that stuff happens! Eventually it’ll be a funny campfire story to be told and retold. Happy memorable 45th you two!
This afternoon I swam with Lynn, Rose, Pat and Elaine. We had to get out of the pool when a thunderstorm threatened. It did rain so we sat in the lanai til 4 o’clock. Lynn knows 3 people with the virus and Rose knows of 2. Scary with the young ones back to school.
Here’s another picture from Lyn in London and one I haven’t seen in years. It’s my grandma standing by the Currie’s side garden which bordered our property.
Nan in the garden. 🥰
That’s all for today ... please stay safe by wearing your mask in public, washing your hands thoroughly and social distancing.
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