Still in Carthage

We finished our morning walk and then Butch went up to the service area to check on the progress of parts ordered. Some are in but others are not. The slide out replacement material was sent today so may be here on Friday. It gets very hard to count on that so we may be here another week. We are still sitting tight.
Yesterday we went to Monett MO to meet Julie and Dave Krauth from Massena IA for lunch. We enjoyed a buffet at a Chinese restaurant called Happy House. It was very good. Julie and Dave are workamping at a park in Cassville MO so we had stories to compare.

Butch is golfing today and I am Swedish weaving and doing laundry. I LOVE the soft water we have here at the Coachlight RV park. Showers are an added pleasure. Laundry is so much easier all the way around. Cleaning everything is sooo much nicer.
We are hooked up to the water directly of course but we are also sanitizing our fresh water tank. That is a job that needs done every now and then . We put one fourth cup of bleach in the freshwater holding tank and then we are supposed to drive around a bit and let it slosh in there. Right now the bleach is in there and we will have a couple of short trips soon to do the sloshing. Then we drain off that water and fill it some with fresh water and put some baking soda in it to neutralize the bleach. Do a drive and slosh then fill with fresh again to whatever level we desire. And that depends on what our next move will be. Sometimes we know we will be in an area where water is scarce or maybe we plan to boondock a few nights so then we would make sure we were loaded up. But if we know water will not be a problem we travel with one fourth of a tank to conserve on fuel. Life is always a balancing act, isn't it?