I slept soundly and was just not ready to get up. Then I remembered that Malinda was going to take me car shopping and very reluctantly crawled out of bed and happily jumped into the hot shower that James had fixed the day before.  

My car, here at the park, does not get used very much, maybe one trip a week for groceries and such and the rest of the time it sits. It is remarkable that just that one trip suddenly becomes all important mainly because of not having a car. I feel like I am stranded, and, in a way, I am although I am surrounded by people willing to give me a ride. The feeling of having no control really bothers me. 

I got a call from the Insurance company accompanied by various forms, and such sent by email which Malinda, very kindly helped me to fill out and return and I believe that technically, I no longer own the Jeep. Apparently, this was the go ahead I had been waiting for and Malinda drove me to Carfax where she had already arranged for me to look at a Jeep. 

We were greeted by a very young salesman who knew his stuff and after discussing a few things went out to test drive the car that Malinda had found online. Although very similar to the one that was totaled, it is newer 2020 model and has more bells and whistles than the old one plus it only has 31,000 miles on it and is hardly broken in. It drove very nicely, and we headed back to the office to finish the paperwork. 

An hour later, I was the proud owner of a 2020 Jeep Cherokee. 

We drove back to Henly with Malinda driving at 90 mph or at least, that is how it seemed. I managed to keep up with her until we reached Dripping Springs and then I caught a traffic light and that was the last I saw of her. 

I pulled into the RV park to be met by both Daniel and Malinda where I handed the driving off to Daniel who wanted to try out the new Jeep and the three of us went out to eat and had a very enjoyable time. Daniel passed judgment on the new to me Jeep and gave it the thumbs up. Thank goodness for that as I would hate to have to take it back because he didn’t like it. 

Back at the park, I thanked Malinda profusely for all her help and we retired to our respective RVs for the evening. 

Written May 29, 2024, read my other blog at https://pondblog2011.com  POSTED 

Living in an RV Henly RV Park Wednesday 05/29/2024

Living in an RV Henly RV Park Thursday 05/30/2024

The first thing I did when I awoke was to pull up the front blind so I could look at my new to me, Jeep. I was extremely pleased with the car and can’t thank Malinda enough for picking it out. She has very good taste. 

We went out walking as we normally do and wandered around the park and ran into a couple of park friends who complemented us on our new wheels. Seems like everybody knows all about it. News travels fast around here. 

Following our walk, I caught up with the blog and did a couple of other household chores before deciding it was time to go into town, grocery shopping. I headed to HEB and made sure that I knew where I was parked as I would not recognize the vehicle out of all of those in the lot. 

Shopping was its normal wander up and down the aisles hoping that the various items on display would jog the list in my brain. I had written the list down but of course, had managed to leave it behind. Actually, when I got home, the only thing missing was toothpaste, so I did not do too bad although there were several “extras” in the cart that were not on the original list. 

As usual, I got all kinds of help with their very busy little noses from the dogs as I unloaded and put things away. With the last thing stored, I harnessed them up to go out walking. 

We wandered around the park and found ourselves over by Jeff and Terri’s who were sitting outside. They offered me a beer and we sat and chatted for quite a while before moving on. We did not go far and ended up at Daniel and Malinda’s RV as they too happened to be sitting outside. 

We stayed and visited with them for an hour or more before heading back to The Caboose for the evening meal. While we were visiting, Daniel complained that I needed a haircut and I tried to point out that I had only just got wheels again. Without further ado, Malinda ordered me to sit in a chair and she produced her haircutting equipment and went to work. Luckily, I did not need it to be styled and a short back and sides was ideal. Fifteen minutes later, I was almost bald, my hair was so short but that it how I like to wear it nowadays. 

I thanked Malinda profusely as I will never be able to repay her for all her help and then a free haircut on top of that… 

Incidentally, while she and I were over at my RV, an adjuster pulled up for the hail damage The Caboose had suffered which I had James’s repair. I have a thousand-dollar deductible on any repairs, so I was not expecting to get much, if anything from the Insurance but we will see. 

After the Adjuster had left and as it was getting dark, Malinda helped to bring in the bird feeders and then, she headed back to her RV, and I went inside of mine. 

The rest of the evening was spent watching TV and it was almost 12:30 am before I went to bed. 

Written May 30, 2024, read my other blog at https://pondblog2011.com