07-10-04
Woke up this morning in the WalMart parking lot. There were 4
other rv's there with us. Unfortunately, it is not a supercenter,
so we will have to get groceries elsewhere. Found a place to dump
our black and grey water this morning so the tanks are empty for the
week. If we are careful, we will not have to dump them until we
leave at the end of next week. It was 55 degrees this morning
outside when we woke up. Definately no air conditioner needed
last night. From what we're told, that is normal around
here. High temp today was about 86 degrees. It's now 9:21
and the temp has dropped to 66 degrees outside. Gas usage today
was excellent - only drove a few miles around town. Stopped at a
car wash to remove the road grime that collected on the rig. Also
found that the brake lights were staying on. The brake switch had
vibrated loose and needed to be readjusted and tightened up.
Fixed that problem. If only they were all that easy.....
Got our groceries today, did the laundry, washed the rig, and
then went to get our registration info from "Life on Wheels". Got
the registration info, parked and leveled the rig, took a short tour of
where our classes will be held, took a walk, etc. Sound exciting,
huh? The guy parked next to us has an automatic Motosat Sattelite
system that automatically finds the internet satellite and is sharing
the connection with anyone near that can connect wirelessly. Sure
am glad I have a wireless network card for the laptop. Sure beats
the heck out of dialing up with a cell phone to connnect to the
internet. We also managed to setup and connect to the tv
satellite for a little tv access. I don't know exactly how many
rv's are here, but I would guess it numbers in the hundreds.
Anything from 20 years old or so, worth only a couple of thousand
dollars, to brand new huge rigs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars
and everything in between. Most impressive sight. Well,
time to upload this and get to bed shortly. Will try to post
pictures on Sunday.
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