Not really, ‘Walkabout’, just a little more walking! I’d like to think we are walking a lot. But truth of the matter is that we don’t walk nearly as much as we did 10 years ago. Still, it feels good to get out and it’s good for us to get out and get as much exercise as we can. The warmer temps we are finding here have us walking more than in Milwaukee and the uneven terrain and good paved roads have us walking more inclines — so we can pretend we’re on our cross-trainers! NOT!
By the way — do you see the Christmas Wreath on the driver’s side mirror? Mike sent that along with us when we left Milwaukee. It’s an annual big thing for him, making wreaths. He’s a whiz at them too!

There is something wonderful about being almost alone in a big old park!
But seriously, we are getting out a little more and getting a little more physical exercise. And a good thing that! We have two more days of decent forecast and then Grenada is in for a long bout of rain and inclement weather — right after we leave. We’ll not be eluding the weather forecast though — by the time we get to Fort Pickens we may be socked in for much of our stay.
Serendipity is feeling quite at home here. She likes being cuddled up to the edge of the pond as she is. Great for morning sunrises! And for communing with geese and a few dabbling ducks.
Today is Friday; we leave on Sunday. We’ll get a little laundry out of the way today; we have to get back into the rhythm of RV’ing. Our long stay in Milwaukee somehow lulled us into an alternate universe of cycles and repetitions. We were more into our normal rhythm after 10 months at the Siuslaw forest than when we were after 3 1/2 months in Milwaukee. We may lack some of the regularity of living in sticks & bricks — monthly bills aren’t so much ‘monthly’ as periodic. On the way down we filled our diesel fuel twice. Before that we hadn’t put any diesel in the tank since August. On the road we tend to pay for camping every one or two weeks instead of making monthly ‘rent’ or utility payments. It’s a different routine — but a routine just the same.
When it comes to routines though, there are always things you don’t think about. For example, there’s the thing about freezing temperatures. After 3 1/2 months in Milwaukee hooked up to a heated water supply the idea that the temp was going to dip to 30º overnight didn’t sink in. This morning, for the first time ever, we found the water supply to the coach frozen at the hydrant. I can turn on our on-board water pump and get water flowing but there’s no supply from the source. Usually we ‘drip’ 1 faucet overnight and that’s all we need to do until the temps hit 25º or so. But not here, evidently. Tonight we have another night of 30º forecast temps, so a-dripping-we-will-go! Actually, our high today is only forecast for 47º! But it’s still warmer than what we left behind, and 47º here feels warmer the 47º– 800 miles further north. Maybe it’s all in our head, but that’s the fact of perception!
Well, the little lady is getting hungry, so I guess it’s time for breakfast. Thanks for stopping by and I’ll talk with you tomorrow.
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