Our RV Adventures

And the clouds parted…and the sun came out.

Finally!

We were beginning to get waterlogged.

It was supposed to be even warmer and sunnier this afternoon, so after coffee I headed out for clients and errands. But many of my errands did not go as planned, since I didn’t remember that today was a Federal Holiday.

Heck, most days I’m not sure what day of week it is, I’m supposed to keep track of holidays, too?

I mean, that’s why we have one of these hanging in the coach.

Of course I have to remember to look at it, don’t it.

I did stop by Kroger’s on the way to get some PowerBall tickets, then it was on to my client’s office.

Looks like I’ll be going back up there tomorrow night while Jan’s at Bingo. I need to install the new 2011 UPS shipping software when the office is closed since I’ll have to take their computers offline for about an hour or so.

Leaving the client’s I stopped off at Home Depot again trying to find an icemaker water filter that will work in place of the one I have now, which has been discontinued. It goes under the sink at the rear of the cabinet, and there’s not a lot of room to mount anything too much different.

Luckily I was able to find something that I think will work, and even better, it costs less money than the original.

Heading home, I stopped by the H.E.B. Market in the Victory Lakes area to pick up some unsalted butter and decaf coffee for Jan, finally getting back to the rig about 3pm.

Just as I was entering the park, our daughter Brandi called to see if we were in her area, and if we could pick up Landon at daycare, and meet her at his pediatrician’s.

Last night he developed a allergic rash on his face that had subsided this morning, but came back during the day, so Brandi wanted to get it checked out.

Unfortunately, it would have taken us about 45 minutes to get back up there, so we weren’t much help.

The doctor gave him some Benadryl and said to see what happens in the next couple of days.

As soon as I got home I started working outside on the wheel well flanges. I was able to get all the old rivets drilled out and ready to mount the new ones.

I also found out I like my new Sears air compressor even more than I thought.

I wanted to top off a couple of tires on the truck, and while I was looking for an extension cord, I noticed that the tank gauge still showed 130#. I found that I was able to add air to three tires and the tank pressure only dropped about 5#. Great!

By the time I was finished, Jan was ready to go out to supper. Tonight it was the Chili’s up in Kemah. Jan had the Margarita Grilled Chicken and I had the Chicken and Green Chile Soup and Salad.

Coming home I stopped off at the O’Reilly’s Auto Parts on SH146, looking for some diesel fuel algaecide, but with no luck.

Getting back to the rig, I had enough light to start mounting one of the new flanges, but the wind had picked up and with the temp in the low 50’s my fingers started to get numb fast.

So I’ll try to finish up tomorrow, since it’s supposed to be even warmer.

And now to other stuff.

First, I found some more info on the story about cloning a mammoth in the next few years. Check it out here.  More Mammoth Stuff.

I got these photos the other day of a group of birds around one of the ponds around the park.

I call this one “What’s a girl like you doing in a place like this?”

It turns out this is a juvenile white ibis. It’s the first time I’ve seen an ibis in this area. They apparently become pure white when they reach adulthood.

And this is our old friend, the Great Blue Heron. He’s always around here somewhere.

That’s it for today. More tomorrow.

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Thought for the Day:Half of all Americans are above average. Most politicians come from the other half.

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Today turned out to be another great day to stay home and out of the cold rainy weather. It started raining during the night and never let up for very long.

Nice snuggling weather, but not very conducive to getting done any of the many jobs outside the coach I need to do finish before we leave here in the next month or so.

But I did get a lot of things done online, both for clients, and on our blog. 

Jan has been wanting me to add the long list of other RV blogs she reads to our BlogRoll so that’s now been done. Check ‘em out.

Also I thought I’d post this photo of Miss Piper in non-chipmunk cheek mode to make up for yesterday’s Cute Blond Chipmunk pic. To catch everyone up, Miss Piper had two wisdom teeth pulled this past Friday, and when I went to see her on Saturday, I told her that with her swollen cheeks she looked like a “cute blond chipmunk”.

It may be a while before she speaks to me again.

That’s about it for today. Here’s a repost of our visit to Paula Deen’s in Savannah, GA in June 2009.

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Thought for the Day:

"When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day."
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The Lady & Sons…

Posted on June 15, 2009

Today we made a pilgrimage to Savannah’s holiest of holies, Paula Deen’s “The Lady and Sons” restaurant.

But it’s a two-part pilgrimage.

You can’t just show up and expect to get a table.  And you can’t make a phone reservation unless you have a party of ten or more.

So, starting at 9:30 am you show up at the restaurant and get your name on the list. 

If you’re lucky.

Lunch is from 11 am to 3 pm.  Dinner is from 5 pm to 10 pm.

We got there a little after 10 am and were not able to get a lunch time until 2:30 pm.  If we wanted dinner, it would not be until 7:30 pm.

We picked lunch at 2:30.   Since lunch was only served until 3 we were lucky we didn’t get there a few minutes later.  And  when we came back at 2:30 the earliest dinner opening was 9:30 pm.

Since we had about 4 hours to kill before returning for lunch, we headed over to a Babies R Us to pick up some baby gifts for our new great-niece and the soon-to-arrive baby of a friend.

After that it was to WalMart for our weekly ‘stuff’ acquisition trip.  Then we drove around thru some of the neighborhoods before heading down the Interstate to the local Camping World.

By now it was time to head back to downtown Savannah and Paula’s.  Her restaurant is a 3 story building that once housed the old White Hardware Company.  It’s located about two blocks from the Savannah waterfront.

Paula Deen’s ‘The Lady and Sons’ restaurant

The Lady and Sons Dining Room

At lunch, you have your choice of ordering off the menu, or partaking of the lunch buffet.

Needless to say, we picked the buffet.  And it was a great choice.

Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, rice, cheese grits, sweet potatoes, collard greens, etc.

And great desserts, too.

It was all we could do to still walk when it was time to leave, but of course we had to leave thru the Paula Deen Gift Show.

And after that meal it was back to the coach for a nap.

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