Settling In

Yup, I know - I have not posted here in several days. I have no excuse except for my general laziness. But now it's time to catch up.

We arrived here at "the Plantation" on Sunday after an uneventful drive of about 240 miles. We enjoyed watching the temperature rise as we drove south - making it to the mid-60s as we pulled in here at the Patterson Gulf Shores Resort. As we pulled in we were greeted by our landlords Darrell and Judy Patterson who not only are providing a nice spot to park Winne but provided a nice arrival day meal and front row seat for Superbowl viewing to boot! What a deal!

Monday was a work day. Well - it was for a few hours anyway. The  electric service here at the newly purchased Patterson Resort originally provided 2 - 30 Amp outlets for RV use and needed to be upgraded to 50 Amp outlets. Darrell and I started our morning with a trip to Home Depot for supplies and then returned "home" to complete our work. I concentrated on re-wiring the electrical supply box while Darrell started doing some excavation for future modification to the Patterson Resort Sewage Disposal System. The wiring modification was complete in a few hours and now both of our rigs are being supplied with 50 Amp power. Darrell completed the initial phase of his excavation during that same few hours so it was time for a celebratory "cold one" on the Patterson Resort Veranda. About this time Peggy had finished up laundry day and I declared it was time to visit Big Daddy's Grill. After all - it has been almost a year since I had some of Big Daddy's shrimp and I was ready! I had the blackened and onion rings, Peggy had the grilled and sweet potato fries, Darrell had some sort of whitefish, and Judy went for the Phily Sandwich. Yum - Yum.

Yesterday morning Darrell and Judy had a bunch of errands to run - so he gave us "Workampers" a day off. Peggy and I used the morning to get some grocery shopping done and I took care of a few minor projects here on Winne. We visited for awhile with the Patterson's in the afternoon and then had a nice quiet evening. 

Have I mentioned the weather? Well let's see -- it has been a bit dampish -- and it's really foggy this morning -- but the highs in the high 60s to low 70s have not been hard to take. I even got to wear shorts all day yesterday!

Today is another work day for us Workampers. It looks like we have a ditch to dig and a sewer pipe to lay. I suppose it can't all be play time! Not to mention the fact that we will need to dump our waste tanks pretty darn soon.

So that's pretty much the way it is. We have survived all those winter events during our drive south and are settling in here in Lower Alabama while resting up for all the Mardi Gras festivities next week.