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Yet another clear sunny day and, as it gets closer to our leaving, the temperature continues to rise. We topped out in the low 70’s today.

After breakfast it was time to do a little clearing up outside in preparation for packing. The BBQ was stripped down and cleaned, it is amazing how much “stuff” accumulates at the bottom of the BBQ after a few weeks use. I also did a little work on the water tanks so that I can do a quick final rinse on Monday morning.

Lyn has almost fully recovered from her stomach bug, and luckily it stayed away from me!  The sewing machine was put through its paces for the last time this trip.

After lunch we headed off to a trail that we had walked previously, but not on this trip. We walked about 2.5 miles on a sandy track around a large lagoon, the sand was fairly loose in places so we got a good work out.

On the way home we managed to find 3 geo-caches and a Wal-Mart! We needed a few last minute things from the store, and this is where we gave into temptation Wal-Mart has some fresh baked donut and pies, so we decided to reward ourselves for our continued weight loos on this trip.

Depending how well the packing goes tomorrow there may or may not be a blog. Likewise on the trip home,  the blog will depend on internet access etc. I will definitely do a blog once we get home.

Another clear and sunny wakeup, the temperature hovered around freezing point last night, but climbed into the low 60’s later in the day.

Lyn was suffering from a slight tummy bug last night and it didn’t get much better today, so we spent Black Friday doing the best thing we could, stay in and avoid the shopping crowds. Hopefully she’ll be back yo normal(??) tomorrow.

Again, a clear sunny start to the day, with temperatures climbing up into the high fifties. Being as today is a holiday we decided to do even less than usual.

Lunch was scheduled for noon, which is an hour earlier than we usually eat, plus it would be a full meal. How to confuse the body. As is usual here, if something is scheduled for xx o’clock, people start arriving at least 30 minutes early. Lyn cooked the sweet potato casserole yesterday, so it just needed heating through. We headed across just before noon and put the casserole on the table…….. along with 3 other almost identical dishes! Oh well, its the thought that counts!

The meal was great with about 44 people attending, although there was a great temptation to over indulge, the stomach filled up pretty quick and told the brain NO!

After lunch we headed back to the trailer for a while, then headed out to try and walk off some of the excess calories. I think my appointment with the scales may be delayed a few days.

The next few days will see us start to close up the trailer for an early start out of here Monday morning.

Running short of title ideas again! A clear sunny morning after a coolish night. The temperature climbed up into the high 50’s as the day progressed.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and there is a communal meal being hosted in the rec. room. The resort is providing the turkeys and each couple is asked to bring a dish with them to share. We headed out this morning to do our final grocery and get the items needed for our contribution. Lyn is making a sweet potato casserole.

These cooler evenings are taking a toll on our propane gas usage, the tank had to be filled again today. Unfortunately with a trailer that is not overly well insulated, and a furnace that seems to exhaust as much hot air as it circulates, we don’t have a very efficient system.

This afternoon we headed north to the town of Roberstdale in search of a liquidation store that Lyn had been told was selling crochet cotton at a very good price, and of course some geo-caches. We found the store, but they had decided to take the afternoon off in anticipation of Thanksgiving. Further north we found all six of the caches we looked for.

Back at the trailer it was time to sit outside and drink coffee, then onto the computer to sort out the route and hotels to stay at on the trip home next week.

Woke up to an overcast sky this morning, but the temperature wasn’t too bad; we made it up to 66°F by mid morning and stayed there for most of the day. We started off expecting 13mm of rain, so far at 19:30 we have had a couple of quick sprinkles. The forecast has been revised to 6mm for today and 25mm for tomorrow.

This morning I decided to go out and finish off the brake adjustment while the weather was good. Well that plan didn’t get too far as the hydraulic jack decided not to lift the axle. Must make a note to make sure I do the job before we head out next year otherwise we’ll go around in circles as soon as I hit the brakes.

After lunch we decided to head down to the beach as there is a strong South Easterly wind which should create a bit of wave activity. At the beach there was a tent set up and a number of chairs in it, someone  had chosen the wrong day for a beach wedding. There was quite a bit of wave activity, which we were hoping for; this is not normal on this beach. We had our afternoon walk along the beach, making sure we kept a good eye on the waves to avoid getting wet feet.

On the way home we dropped into Lowes to pick up a new thermostat for the trailer. Recently the evenings have been cool and the current thermostat works fine, but it is located in the wrong position; it is halfway up the stairs at the front of the trailer, and the living area is at the back. I had originally planned to move the current thermostat to a new position in the living area, but the wiring was a problem as some went from the thermostat up into the ceiling on its way to the air conditioner on the roof, and the rest went down into the floor on its way to the furnace.

The easiest answer was to put a second thermostat in and connect it directly to the furnace, the original thermostat will stay where it is as that is a good position to control the A/C from. Finally it all got connected up and it worked….. sort of. Every time I connected the thermostat into the wiring the heating came on…… regardless of the temperature! Unfortunately RV wiring and house wiring for thermostats is different so a little more investigation was required. Finally the problem was resolved, and the heating is working much better now.

A much warmer night last night, and a clear bright day to follow. Again we got up to around 20°C and hopefully we will get warmer, if not wetter, over the next couple of days.

As usual Friday is grocery shopping day, for some reason the store was far busier than usual, maybe the fact that it is Thanksgiving next Thursday could explain this?

After lunch it was warm enough that Lyn could sit outside and try out her new chair, while she was enjoying that I had the pleasure of emptying the septic tank! After that was complete we headed out for our afternoon walk around the resort.

After coffee it was time for another bit of maintenance on the trailer. The brakes evidently need to be manually adjusted every 3000 miles, and these haven’t been adjusted since day 1. It wasn’t a difficult job, just awkward getting positioned under the trailer to reach into the adjustment point. So far two out of four wheels done.

Tomorrow is the start of the great (forecast) flood, let’s see how good the met men are this week.