On The Road Again....

After living in my daughter's house for 3 weeks,

 it was time to load everything back into the coach.

Things seemed to keep making there way into her house.  Clothes, computers, electronic gadgets, paperwork, sewing supplies and lots of miscellaneous stuff.  I also loaded up the refrigerator in the coach with leftovers from all of the good food we cooked and Karl made me a batch of Mango Salsa, yum!

And some Easter Eggs to make egg salad

Ha, ha ---  Diane commented this morning that I was like a college kid that came home to do laundry and raid the refrigerator.

I helped Diane and Karl with a garage sale last week, they are purging stuff and downsizing. They are planning on moving later this year.  They are in the process of painting every room in the house and upgrading some things.  I did not do any painting or remodeling, but I helped them to wrap and pack things that they are keeping and/or putting in storage. I have a few boxes of stuff at their house that will go into storage.

I also did a little bit of sewing, I made some large pillow covers to go across the back of the couch/bed in the RV and made a few pillows and pillowcases for me and for Diane.  Diane is spray painting all of their yard furniture in cool, beachy colors and I made some cushion covers for her.

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I have to check in at my seasonal job on Wednesday, April 11th, Orientation is the 12th.  I'm not sure what day I will start working or what my hours will be.  I'm not sure I would really call this "workamping" as I will get paid for all hours worked.  I will pay $25 a week for my RV site rent. Traditional "workamping" is trading work for an RV site.  I will be doing accounting work, which is not really a typical "workamping" job.

I'll be posting more information about the job when I get settled in my new location.

Now I have to get caught up on reading all of the blogs in my "reader". Where does all the time go?

On the road...........

Wednesday, April 27th       Sunny and Hot Florida

I woke up to a pleasant sight this morning, a crane was walking around on the little patch of grass beside my coach. By the time I got the camera and went outside he had moved away, but not too far. Across the road from where I am parked is a fenced in "wetland area", this is where the cranes are nesting. This is all part of Lazydays property. They were doing their dance, I took pictures but there was a lot of stuff in the way.

I know I should crop the pics, but don't feel like playing with them.

This morning was the classroom instruction part of the Driver Confidence Class. I then sat in on the next class, Charging Systems. He explained the converter/inverter that is in my coach. And they talked a little about solar and generators. He answered questions specific to each persons coach.  He had samples of various converters, inverters, etc. - he had one like I have in my coach. I have one outlet in my coach that is labeled inverter.
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After lunch at 1pm, we met in the campground for some actual driving time. I went first in my group, so that I could leave. I wanted to leave the RV lot and start my trip back to Illinois. We drove a 40' bus around the campground, low speed, but to learn about taking the turns correctly and going around curves. There were people walking around and cars parked in front of the coaches, so it was real life driving. I thought we would be in a vacant parking lot. We also had to pull into/out of a long diagonal space like in a rest area, without hitting cones or the other coach that was parked next to us. I am happy to report I did not hit any cones or fall into any imaginary water on the turns. Maybe I can get a job as a bus driver. Haha!  We didn't back up this RV, but they gave good instructions about how to line yourself up. They have videos on their website  http://www.betterrving.com/   search BARNEY, he is the instructor.

I left Lazydays this afternoon, no more practice, I-4 is two blocks away from the RV lot. I drove a few hours and parked for the night.

              This is where I parked for the night.
I am happy to report, with the campground owners signals,
I parked on my first try. Beginners Luck!
I'm sure I'll have some days where it's not so easy...........

Have a good day, Teri