Shopping, Laundry and Decisions

This morning we woke once again to a very cloudy sky. We had rain during the night and it certainly looked like more was coming.

We invited two of our grandsons to visit with us this weekend. Since we are suppose to be working on Sunday, Kevin set out on his bike to find someone to switch days with us. He returned with good news, so we will now be working tomorrow in place of Sunday. Since we didnt know exactly where the airport was that they will be flying into, we decided to go find it. It is about a 45 minute ride from here. The airport is on Eglin Air Force Base property and since we were close to the BX and commissary, we figured we would go check that out. I ended up buying a Cloud Nine Memory Foam Mattress Pad. The bed is not all that comfortable and I have been trying to decide what to do about it. Hopefully this will help out some. We picked up a few more things and then headed back. 

Now that we are working tomorrow. I had no choice but to do laundry. we had no more clean work clothes. Wouldn’t you know it, the sun came out and it turned out beautiful and here I am sitting on the porch of the laundry room. It is nice out here though. A rocking chair and a nice little breeze.. Well, it is only 4pm and I could still head to the beach, but now I feel lazy. It has been a full day….

Camping World/Lunch

Monday

This morning was very  cloudy. so we made the decision to drive to the closest Camping World about 45 miles from here. We had a few things that we needed to get and figured we might as well get that out of the way. By the time we left here it was raining hard. Driving thru Destin and Navarre is lovely. After dropping a quick $100 we made the decision to stop for lunch at the Dewey Destin in Destin Harbor. It is just a little hole in the wall but has very fresh fish.

The sun was shining by the time we had lunch and it was hot but we sat outside and had a nice breeze from the ocean.  On our way back to the park I spotted a Pottery Barn and asked Kevin if I could run in and see what they had. It was huge and I roamed around admiring all they had. If I still had my house I would have been in trouble but I don’t have the room for anything now. The store reminded me of a Garden Ridge for those of you that have one near you, but much nicer.

I had hoped to head to the beach when we got back to the park but it had clouded up once again and I ended up just getting on the computer and actually stayed on it for several hours.  I  can hear the pitter patter of the raindrops now as I type I think its time to check in with the RV Dreams chatroom…

Driving the Beach Tram

Well today is the last of our three day stint this week  We have been very busy all w/e long. We start our day at 8:30 by picking up a golf cart, keys and a sheet with all the outgoing campsites. Our first stop is the beach to blow off the boardwalk and pick up trash.

 

Next stop is the first tram stop where we pick up the truck and tram

We have a second stop before heading to the beach. We do these runs every hour.  Between runs, we drive around in the golf cart checking off those that have left the park and clean off the site. We keep in touch with the office to let them know when the sites are available.  It doesnt take long before we are ready once again for another beach run..

We love it here as I have said many times before. We get to meet so many great people.  We will now have 6 days off. We have no special plans but I’m sure we will find some time for

this beautiful beach….

Update

Well Sunday was our first day on duty here at the park. Even though this is our third year here driving the tram, they still require one day of training. The golf carts only hold two people so Kevin took off with one guy and I with another. Last year the tram to the beach ran every two hours but this year they are running it every hour until Nov. The good news is the last run we have to do is 4pm not 6pm as in previous years. They have the ranger do the last two of the day.  In between tram runs we drive around and note the checkouts, blow off the site and pick up pine cones.  All went well. We are off until Friday and will do three days in a row then.

Monday we woke to very hard rain. So what else to do but once again go shopping. We picked up a few things at Target and then stopped at Home Depot and bought ourselves the Weber Q grill.  We got home and relaxed the rest of the day. The rain did stop by afternoon.

Tuesday took our time getting it together. We decided it looked like a good beach day. So that was the plan. Instead of taking the tram to this beach we opted to drive down the rode to another beach we enjoy.

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It was just beautiful. To us the beaches here in the Destin area are the best in the US. They really remind us of the caribbean, with white powder like sand and green crystal clear water.  We didn’t stay too long. With both of us having fair irish skin, we always start out slow.  We made a stop on the way home at Publix for a sub to share and to pick up some shrimp for dinner. 

With two more days off I’m not sure what the plans will be.            

Getting Settled

Wow, it sure  takes alot to get settled in a new home! Seems like I haven’t stopped. Yesterday Kevin and I went shopping for some things that we can’t live without. Today I was back at it myself.. We have priced grills, ladders, small blowers to name a few. I think we have settled on the Weber Q grill. How many have that one, and if so are you happy with it?

I have put off doing the laundry for as long as I can. I don’t like this job. I am seriously thinking I may want to get the washer & dryer stackables. Only problem is, I have that closet filled right now.. What do I do with the  stuff in there now.

Here are a few photos

Santa Rosa Beach, Florida

Wednesday morning we left Ft Pierce Alabama and headed on down the road.. We only had 331 miles to travel today. We were ahead of schedule one day as we didn’t have to arrive at Topsail Hill Preserve until Thursday. I decided to give them a call and tell them we would be arriving early if our site was vacant. It wasn’t, but they told us to come on anyway and they would give us a pull through for the night. That we did.. It is so great to be back in this lovely park. Have I mentioned we love it here!!

Thursday morning we took a walk around the park, they are making some changes here and they should be complete sometime this month. We went to the office, met with our boss and filled out all the paper worked required. We got our nametags and schedule for the month.  We will once again be driving the tram to the beach. Fun… We don’t start until Sunday. When our site was ready we moved onto it and now we can settle in for awhile.  I like the idea of staying in one place for a bit. It gets exhausting while travelling and stopping every night.  Went to the grocery and local fish store to stock up. I will be cooking grouper for dinner tonight, yum.  Hopefully I will get some pictures tomorrow.

Frustration

The plan for today was to leave Pigeon Forge for Florida. However on Sunday I noticed a very wet spot on the rug under the desk area. I called the dealer on Monday and he told us to stop by when they opened at 10am Tuesday on our way out. We thought we gave ourselves plenty of time to get all packed up but I guess being a newbie at the 5th wheel thing, it took us much longer. We even had help from a neighbor. So we arrived at the dealer at 11am. They immediately put out the slide and put the ladder up. Uh oh, the seal on top of the slide was coming off. He put his guy on it and told him to check the rest. Well 5 hours later we had 3 out of 4 slides resealed. Sloppy work by the manufacturer, he said they didnt prep the area first before applying the seals. Not happy and sure hope that will be the end of that.. He took pictures to send to Heartland.
We left the dealership at 4pm and headed out. We drove 3.5 hrs and decided to stop for the night at the same passport park that we stayed at a week ago in Alabama. So just relaxing and will start all over tomorrow.