It was a funny old night. At times I slept the sleep of the proverbial dead then at other times, I lay there thinking about “stuff”. I even managed to get up early mainly because I had four trips to the bathroom in that wake time and in the end decided to stay up. For us, it was early as it was around 8:00 am when I crawled out of bed. 

The first thing other than taking a shower and putting on some clothes was to get to work on the bird feeders. I had managed to remember to bring them in last evening, so I did not have to fill them. I did have to do a repair job on one of the tubular ones as it had sustained some damage from the deer’s attention the night before. I couple of wraps with duct tape, and it was as good as new. 

Gary stopped by and made a fuss of the dogs. He and Daniel had been drinking coffee in the Commons, but they are early birds and up and about much earlier than me. The only time I will get up early is if the end of the world is coming and if it is, why bother? 

We went out walking and took the outside road that leads to Hwy 290. We did not see any exotics, but the cows and calves were in full view. Altogether, we covered 1.2 miles for that morning walk. 

I fixed breakfast which for me was a bacon sandwich. I ate it, giving half of it to the dogs who both love bacon. For some reason, it did not taste all that good to me. Neither did the coffee. I sat and caught up with the blog and wondered what I should do today. I thought about going into town but remembered that I have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow anyway which is in town and so I do not need to make that special trip today. 

Then, as usual, I settled down in front of the computer to catch up with the daily news in my little part of the world. 

With the blog all caught up. I turned my attention to other things. James, the RV repair man was in town and stopped by my RV, He knew that I had a problem with the electric side of the heating and cooling system, this time, the heating and was having to use the propane heating system instead of the electric which is both cheaper and more convenient. 

He worked on it in a very awkward place under the sink, laying on his belly a lot of the time in order to reach the parts that needed his attention. He eventually got it repaired and now I have electric heat which is much cheaper and way more convenient. Yeah! I paid him and we discussed one more problem which he said he will repair the next time he is out. 

I harnessed up the dogs and we went out walking the park and managed to cover a half mile. It was starting to cool off again, so we only did a short walkabout before returning to The Caboose. Incidentally, Gary visited with us the whole time that James was working on the RV and spent his time making a fuss of the dogs who had originally been locked up in the bedroom. 

With both James and Gary gone on their way, Daniel stopped by and caught me drinking a beer. Luckily, I had a couple more and I introduced him to a Brown Ale, a takeoff on the same named English beer. The jury is still out on whether he actually liked the taste. 

We adjourned back inside the RV for the evening for the usual food and television. 

Written Wednesday, January 31, 2024, read my other blog at https://pondblog2011.com