I never woke up until 9:30 am although I have no reason why I was so tired. I went to bed early for me around 10:00 pm. I did have to get out the extra cover for the bed as the heat was off probably because the propane tank was empty, at least that is what I suspected had happened. 

I debated on putting on my tracksuit to go out and change the tanks but decided it would keep until I was ready to be outside and the extra cover would do the trick until morning. Considering the time I awoke, it sure did. 

I dressed as usual and harnessed up the dogs outside to the picnic table while I brought out the feeders, Then I turned my attention to the Propane tank and sure enough, one was empty. Most of the towable RV’s work on a three-tank system using 30 lb. bottles. Usually, there are two of these bottles hooked up side by side but only one of them is turned on with the other as the backup when the first runs out. The spare, which is usually kept filled, sits by the other two on the ground until it is time to change out the empty one. These are the most convenient sizes and even us older people can still manhandle them. There are other sizes of course and it is just a matter of personal preference, but the larger ones are not really built for travelling. Too big and too heavy. 

Incidentally, motor home models usually have their own propane tank built into the rig but of course, more tanks can be added as free standing ones. The towable ones all have free standing propane tanks. 

With the tank work taken care of, we went out walking around the park. It was one of those “sniff and pee on, everything in sight, days” and we did not cover much distance spending a lot of time in one place. If one dog finds something interesting, the other must check it out as well and then we stand there for several minutes. The joys of taking the dogs walking. 

Back in the RV, I fed the dogs before feeding myself which is becoming a challenge. I opened the freezer and kinda stared at what was in there, which is a lot. But somehow, nothing looked appealing. I settled for a Burrito which was OK, and I mean, OK. The coffee went down well, though. Incidentally, just for the hell of it, I got on the scales yesterday and am managing to stay at 160 lbs. Not much muscle left except in my legs and horrible droopy fat where once biceps and pectorals flourished, big sigh. 

Then it was time to play catch-up with the blog which is always a problem as memory recall is getting harder and harder. But I persevered and managed to remember most of what went on yesterday at least, the most interesting parts. I glanced up at the clock and it was only 1:15 pm and obviously, the day was going to be one of those 36 hour long days. 

I spent most of the afternoon writing and working on other things before going out for the last walk of the day. We wandered around not in any hurry as we had no place to go. Back at The Caboose, I sat around outside listening to an audiobook until it started to get dark and had chilled off. Then it was time to shut up shop and go back indoors and turn on the heat with both the fireplace and the built in heaters running. 

Written 11/16/2023. Read my other blog at https://pondblog2011.com