Every Five Thousand Miles

We had to make a trip to the local Ford dealership yesterday for an oil change on the big truck.  At home we trust this to our local mechanic; on the road we only trust the Ford dealers.  Unfortunately, the dealer is $30 more than Mike the mechanic. This allowed us about an hour to roam the lot for new trucks.  Luckily for us, there were no one-ton trucks that we just couldn't live without.  This dealership didn't have much of any inventory on the lot, except the $83,000 mustangs.  As near as we could tell, the dealership is being staffed by retirees from the area. 

After waiting what seemed like forever for the truck, we stopped at our local favorite restaurant, King Neptune's for their $5 lunch special.  Mark had the chicken livers; I had the shrimp creole.  The special comes with two sides, a drink, and dessert.

We had to get to the beach next since we missed going on Sunday.  Unfortunately the seaweed had returned.  Mark had time to feed a few seagulls what he believes is their favorite snack - puffed cornies.  I made him quit - I didn't want to get hit by seagull droppings!

We got in for just a few minutes and headed back to the pool.  I was making dinner for Pam and Dennis - real comfort food - sausage, sauerkraut, and mashed potatoes.  We walked it off by walking over to Scoops for ice cream!

This morning we had to get up and at 'em early - we had an 8:24a tee time at the State Park golf course.  For the first time since we've been here, we had a cloudy overcast day.  Not many people were golfing.  A man from the Atlanta area asked if he could golf with us.  He was a real talker, but fun to golf with.  We did get a few sprinkles on us but they only lasted a few seconds.  It could have been much worse, especially since the thunder was all around us.

By the time we got back to the trailer, it started pouring -- of course, I started doing laundry.  The cloudy day was a relief as we all needed a break from the scorching sun.  We'll be back on the beach tomorrow.