The first week of May has already flown bye !!
We've been keeping pleasantly busy all week. Been doing
the “ nesting “ thing with the new to us car. Cleaning, waxing
and puttering on it. We soaked the interior with leather
cleaner/conditioner and it's much more supple now. Washed & waxed
the exterior. Noticed some of the side and rear moulding was rather
loose so it got removed, cleaned and reinstalled with 3M trim tape.
Getting all the previous glues and tape off the trim was a bit** !!
It turned out pretty nice. I put some tire shine on the wheels and
now it looks pretty ! It has a very slight pull to the right so next
week it gets a wheel alignment.
I replaced my overhead couch florescent light. The old
one bit the dust. I also replaced the power switch to the Jack
Antenna as the old one had a sticking switch.
We got out to hear some great music last Thursday and
had a great park dinner. Did some exploring East of Cape Coral and
saw the J.P. Franklin COE RV park. Nice !!
The resident egret is visiting again. He doesn't seem
too weary of humans and will get within a few feet of us if he sees
food ! Such a beautiful bird ! Seeing lots of Ospreys around the
island and the dolphin population seems to be doing quite well.
We again are altering our plan on how long we'll be
here . Now we're planning on staying thru June. Summer rates are the
incentive. We really love this place, can you tell ?
We're having a fish fry tonight. I wonder how many
we'll feed this time ??
5-13... Good rain yesterday evening.. cooled it off
nicely. Our Caddy went in for a wheel alignment this morning. My
friend, Jeff, works at the dealership so I gave him the keys and he
drove it in early today. Having the front wheels balanced too. I
wonder if they'll find any worn parts..time will tell. I don't think
they will because it drives nice and tight.
The weather guessers are calling for evening storms all
week. It won't suprise me ! It is the tropics, ya know ??
The clouds rolled in about 5PM and lightning could be
seen and thunder rolled in the distance. It wasn't too long when the
rain started. A pretty heavy tropical storm for an hour. Of course,
Jeff rolled in with the Caddy and made a dash into the rig about this
time. He said the car was driving normally and he had done a full
inspection and all is well. I'm surprised that it only cost $95 for
it all !! Celebrated with a few brews. It was 5 o'clock afterall !!
I took the car for a ride in the morning and got some
groceries and am happy to report that the alignment has her running
like new.
Friday 5-15 is Ms. Heather's birthday. She shares my
philosophy that it's just another year. We'll celebrate it with my
doctor appointment Friday afternoon. I did get her a nice card .
Carl is making fish tacos for dinner. Yummy !
We got the touch up paint for the car and all the little
scratches have been touched up. The paint matched perfectly. It's not
cheap but it works. 2oz of paint and a bottle of 100 mini touch up
brushes $34.
If you ever need any look up
http://www.automotivetouchup.com/touch-up-paint/
Hope you all have a great, safe weekend..
REMEMBER, LIVE YOUR DREAMS AS TIME
GOES BY QUICKLY !!
Charlie & Heather
