Sunday, October 18, 2015

88 today

You are correct, we are not in St. Paul today.  We arrived in Naples Friday evening about 6 after driving 600 miles for the day.  Our trip was uneventful which we were thankful for.  We had a night with Aaron and Amy, a couple of hours with John and Mary and two nights with Kim and Dave.  Kim and Dave moved into a different house this past summer and it is very nice.  Large house, on a lake and pretty much everything one would expect in that situation.  Dave and I spent a couple of hours fishing.  I caught my first every cat fish.
We were thankful for gas prices that were so much lower than in the past.  I am guessing that the gas bill for driving down here was $150 less than a year ago.  The lowest we found was in TN where we filled for $1.95.9  Kind of fun and a HUGE change from the $5.39.9 we paid in Coldfood AK in the summer of 2014!  Wow, it just occurred to me that if we were in MN I could use that $150 to buy a new tool for the shop.  I did purchase one for a project this summer and it saved me a LOT of time and I think it helped me do a better job too.
I am on our new Apple computer and I am trying to learn how to use it.  The picture did not load where I wanted it and I used it only to see if I could do it on the new computer.  The picture was taken in the late fall of 2009 when Travis and I traveled to Devils Lake, ND.  The snow, well it was late November!!!
We backed the camper into the garage Friday and waited until Saturday to unload.  By noon on Saturday pretty much everything was in the house, now to decide where it all goes!
I am hoping to get on the tennis court this week.  I had better as team play starts in two weeks.  If I don't get into half tennis shape I may have to be the none playing captain which does not sound like fun in any way.
I think it will take some time to get used to the FL heat.  It is not bad but for sure it is different than MN.  I will miss my woodworking but I think reading and tennis will be a good replacement.
Terry and I did not do a lot of physical exercise this summer so we need to get back into that.  It should not be too difficult to get those extra 8-10 pounds off but it is a matter of doing it.
I am sipping my FP out of my "End of the Alaska Highway" cup but it has turned cool.  Need to reheat the cup and then unpack some more.

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