Monthly Archives: June 2009
Flea Markets & Flamingos…
We decided to have lunch at Oasis Restaurant over on St. Augustine Beach.
On our way there we just ‘happened’ to pass Nana’s and just ‘happened’ to stop to buy more coconut macaroons.
Quite a coincidence, huh?
After a very good lunch at Oasis, we headed back to the coach, stopping off a fruit stand looking for fresh peaches, but no luck.
Getting back to the RV park we went next door to the large Flea Market that is adjacent to the park. In fact it is owned by the same people that own the park.
Found some new ‘S” hook hangers, a flamingo knick-knack, and best of all, a spare Direct TV satellite w/remote for only $5. The remote itself was more than worth the $5. A new one costs $20 at Walmart.
And now I’ve got a backup receiver, or maybe a 2nd receiver for Jan to use on the bedroom TV, so she can watch a different channel from the one I’m watching on the front TV.
For supper, we headed out without a real destination in mind.
I wanted to go by a Radio Shack to get some diodes for my new taillight setup, and then we thought we’d just see what we found.
And what we found was the New Century Chinese Buffet. According to their door, they’ve won a lot of awards for their food. And it was pretty good.
But not as good as the New Peking Buffet in Titusville earlier in the week.
And so it goes…
Rainy Days and Coconut Macaroons…
Just what we needed.
Rain and more rain.
But before the rains came, I got up this morning to set up the satellite. But without much luck. I was using my workstand again since the picnic table wasn’t in the right position.
Satellite Stand
Try as I might, I couldn’t get a signal. It didn’t make sense. I had a clear view of the southern sky, but I just couldn’t lock on to the satellite.
I began to wonder if I was having a cable problem since there was a short-term problem that I thought might be a bad cable a few days ago in Titusville.
So after I moved the dish all around trying to get a signal, I just left it sitting there planning to get a new cable at lunch.
We headed out for lunch at Nana’s, a small family restaurant that we saw advertised in one of the tourist maps. And it was a real find! Really good food!
And great baked goods. We ended up buying lemon and orange scones, and wonderful coconut macaroons. We bought 6 macaroons, but somehow I only ended up with 2.
Funny how that worked out!
After lunch we drove over to the local Camping World to pick up some ‘stuff’. Jan wanted a new bag chair with higher back and I needed some parts for the taillight hookup.
Here’s what Jan ended up with. It’s really comfortable
Jans Bag Chair
After leaving Camping World, we stopped off next door at Gander Mountain. Gander Mountain is a full-line sporting goods / outdoors store like Bass Pro Shops or Cabella’s. We had never been to one so we wanted to check it out.
In particular, I was looking for ammunition. But no luck. No 9mm, no .30, no .380, and no .25. In other words, nothing that I needed. Oh, well.
And of course, next we had to head to Walmart for even more ‘stuff’, including a new satellite cable.
When we got back to the coach, the first thing I noticed was that the power had gone off and then come back on. The second thing I noticed was that the satellite was now working!
The only thing I can figure out is the satellite receiver was stuck in ‘dork’ mode (That’s a technical term) and the power going off and coming back on fixed the problem. But the real luck was that I had apparently left the dish pointing in exactly the right direction.
Who knew?
And, right on schedule, as soon as we got back to the coach, the bottom dropped out in the rain department.
Lucked out again!
