New batteries

We had 12 volt problems after leaving Texas. After taking our house batteries to 3 different places and getting the same diagnosis on all 3 (dead), we could not deny the need for two new ones. So that was how our first day started. So $158 dollars later and some hard labor by Butch, we have new house batteries.

I paid our rent for a week $250 and the manager said if we wanted to stay longer to come in and we would negotiate however much longer we wanted to stay. We might. The park is about the same size as Magnolia and just as friendly. The sites are closer together, but the sites at Magnolia have grown in width over the past 10 years or so. So far, the most glaring difference is the traffic. It is whizzing by at 50 miles and hour and jumping into the stream of it from a standing start is scary as hell. Texas and the zip-arounds, frontage roads, and business 83 alternative, appears perfect by comparison.

The gloomy weather is still with us. You might think we are bringing it with us and can't seem to shake it off. It was a rainy day today. The next 10 days do look much better, however. So hope springs eternal!

Pete and Jerrilynn toured us around the area. We went to the Sebring Race Track and there were cars racing and we found a good vantage point and watched them for a bit.  And then we saw the Brooker Fence Company! They said there were other Brooker's in the area but no relation to them.

Every now and then there are pictures I have taken that do not seem to fit with the rest and here we have a big truckload of carrots.