I got up early because I had an appointment with Malinda to go looking for a new to me, vehicle. Between us, we had located a couple that looked interesting and wanted to go to see them up close and personal. She picked me up around 9:00 am and we drove into Austin to one of the Jeep places located there.
At that time, the traffic was heavy going into town, but we finally arrived and started walking the lots of used vehicles. I really wanted to stay with a Jeep which limited our choices, but we found a couple that might have been interesting. A Salesperson came out to work with us and opened the two cars so that I could take them both for a drive.
The first one just did not feel right, and we quickly came back and drove the other one instead. It was much better, but it needed work as it drove rough. We gave up on those two and moved to a couple of other lots to see what they had. Unfortunately, I was not able to find anything that I liked so we are back to square one.
I had my heart set on another Jeep but maybe I need to broaden my horizon and look at other cars.
We came back home through very dense traffic which was barely moving because of an accident which nearly blocked the whole road. We eventually made it back to the park after stopping at a fast-food joint for hamburgers, including one for Daniel who met us at the picnic area where we ate our lunch.
Daniel went back to work, and I walked back to my RV. A short time later, Malinda stopped by with more information and more pictures. This time it included dealerships in New Braunfels and Georgetown.
There are a lot of used cars out there and maybe there is one with my name on it. Unless I have another accident, either water damage or another vehicle, this should be the very last car I will ever own. Wait a minute, I said that about the Jeep.
She left me with her findings which I perused wondering which one to go after. Actually, I can’t go to look at any of them unless Malinda or somebody else drives me.
Back in the RV, I took the dogs out walking around the park and we managed to cover 1.8 miles for the day. When we got back, I put the dogs back in the RV and then wandered over to my next-door neighbor, Gina, where Daniel and Malinda were visiting. We sat and chatted and drank beer for a couple of hours before returning to my RV.
And so ended another day in Wonderland.
Written May 24, 2024, read my other blog at https://pondblog2011.com
Living in an RV Henly RV Park Saturday 05/25/2024
When I was a working man, I used to look forward to the weekends knowing that I did not have to go to work and in my younger days, would be playing a couple of soccer games. Generally, my entire weekend was spent out on the soccer fields as I played, Refereed and coached both Youth and Adults.
Nowadays, I am much too old to play anymore and in truth, have basically severed all ties with the sport except to watch it on TV. I am quite happy pottering around the RV, walking the dogs or visiting friends and even occasionally going into town to go grocery shopping.
I got up at a reasonable hour and after splashing cold water on my face, was awake enough to face the day. We harnessed up and wandered around the campgrounds and covered our usual 6/10’s of a mile which, incidentally, was comprised of lots of circles as Sandy could not make up her mind on where to lead me and Mikey. We did a lot of zigging and zagging and didn’t really cover much in the way of distance.
As the exercise is really for the dogs to do their business, distance is secondary just as long as there are a couple of “poops” along the way. I can guarantee a lot of pees from both dogs. I think Sandy thinks that it is either a competition or that she is a male dog.
Back in the RV after breakfast all around and coffee for me, we settled down to play catch up with the blog although we were not behind, just finish up yesterday and start today. So far, nothing of interest has happened which is true of so many days. I like it that way as I do not like surprises.
It was a quiet day and we sat around a lot not doing much of anything.
The Girls and Malinda had been working all day on cooking meat for this evening’s meal and at the given time, I strolled over to the Commons. The usual group were there, and we pigged out on the meat and veggies that the Girls and Malinda had worked so hard to cook. As usual, it was delicious and as usual, I ate too much.
We sat around and talked for a while and then we all went back to our individual campers. Incidentally, because I don’t cook and such, I am the designated garbage man, and my job is to make sure everything is cleared up and any surplus waste in a garbage bag and dumped in the trash bins. Small price to pay to eat good food and have such great company.
Written May 25, 2024, read my other blog at https://pondblog2011.com