Getting the kinks out.....

We spent a few days back at Lazydays (actually sleeping one night in the rig in one of their service bays) as there were a few issues that turned up that needed warranty attention. For some reason or other the black water tank would not drain, and there was an issue with the kitchen faucet and trap. So, we brought the rig back for service. They serve breakfast and lunch on the house to their customers and we had a nice supper at the Cracker Barrel which is also on premises...and the rig was fully repaired to our satisfaction. There's also a Camping World next door where we picked up some items we'd been looking for in our efforts to get the new rig organized.

Next weekend we're planning to visit Don and Barb Monette, Alice's cousins, in the Sarasota area....we'll leave the rig here and Jeep on over for a few days.

New rig deal completed at Lazydays in Tampa....

It's a bit stressful buying a rig out of state, but Lazydays in Tampa made it as easy as it can be considering all that has to be done to do the deal. They have a delivery section where you pull your current rig right next to the one you purchased (there are hookups for both), and you make the transfer of all your gear and stuff at your convenience. They take care of the registration and towing gear switch, to include the toad wiring, and you stay overnight a few nights to check out the new rig to make sure everything is as it should be. They have hundreds of service bays, a huge delivery staff, and are very expert at making the process as painless as possible. So, we left CT with a Windsport and will be coming home in April with a Pursuit which offers a lot more livability for the snowbird camping we're now doing annually.

It looks like a newer rig is in the works for us.....

It’s been an exciting week for us here in the warming up, but chilly, Southland of Titusville Florida. With two other couples from our Seaport Sams Camping Club we went on a jaunt to Lazydays Super RV Store which is just outside of Tampa and a few hours’ drive from our digs here in Titusville. Alice and I have been discussing the pros and cons of a newer motor home (our Windsport is a 1998 model) and the lure of new technology, newer appliances and features finally prevailed. We’ll be picking up a new (to us) Georgie Boy….It’s only three years old with 10,000 miles and it has all of the things we’ve been looking for as we extend our camping from weekends to what was a month, to two months, and as of 2011 three months at a clip. With the two slide outs, back-up camera, automatic leveling and the space for a bedroom computer station we’ve really improving our experience on the road. The folks at Lazydays, Lazydays.com (who have been voted one of the ten best dealers in the entire Country) and making it a very pleasant experience and we can’t say enough about them.

Friend and Seaport Sam Club member John Zurowski died on Feb 9th, 2010

Seaport Samers: As you may have heard our good friend and Seaport Sam Club member John Zurowski died last Tuesday (February 9th) while camping with our group here in Titusville Florida. It was totally unexpected and a great shock. John was a wonderful friend who led a truly full life, and he will be missed greatly.

We waited to post this news until the funeral arrangements were complete. They are, and the obituary from the Norwich Bulletin that ran today February 13th is linked. The photo in this link is of John we took last year here at Manatee Hammock in Titusville. In the photo John is using his leaf blower to clear out our patio area…he just came over and started to do it, as it needed doing and he knew we hadn’t brought one with us. Ever helpful, ever cheerful, ever a great person. We’re poorer for his passing.

Waiting for the shuttle launch, 4am 02/07/2010

Many of us were down by the water (the Indian River - Inter-coastal Waterway) in the wee hours of Feb 7th waiting for the launch of the space shuttle Endeavor. Unfortunately the launch was scrubbed due to low cloud cover, and postponed for 24 hours. We'll be there at 4am tomorrow to try again!

Arrived in Titusville on February 1st....

Last night out, Super Wal-Mart an hour out from Titusville. Click on snapshot for enlargement

We arrived at Manatee Hammock on February 1st as originally scheduled. The jaunt from Atlanta (Norcross) wasn't without it's share of drama and issues as we experienced more electrical problems. Alice and myself are now quite expert at locating the various fuse boxes and finding access to remove blown fuses. There is a short somewhere that we're going to have to have fixed prior to our return home in April. It's not good form to be going down the bleeding highway and having your brake, signal and running lights mysteriously disappear, especially when you're towing a vehicle.

We're at a temporary site until February 9th due to a booking screw-up. There's a shuttle launch coming up and our site was booked out in error, so we'll end up moving to our "permanent" site on Feb 9th. That site is near our friends from the Seaport Sams Camping Club. The temporary site is a good one and we're not complaining...we're about dead center of the campground so it's only a two minute walk down to the water.
Photo on the upper right is our new temporary diggs....

Hands-on With the Apple iPad

This looks VERY interesting!! I could probably talk myself into being an early adapter...the E-Book and I-Phone app compatibility are very compelling....
Hands-on With the Apple iPad


Check out this video to experience what this new tablet can do..