Chilly Weather

The last two nights have been a little on the cool side in Florida as a huge mass of arctic air has dipped into the southern USA. Outside temps got down around 40F both nights. The first night we used the heat pump in our roof mounted rear air conditioner to keep the bedroom at 65F. We found this to be quite noisy every time the blower kicked in and it was just enough to interrupt our sleep. It also heats via the ceiling air conditioning ducts which means the carpeted floor, where Buddy sleeps, was not very warm. Last night before turning in, I switched over to propane heat for the rear of our Bounder. Much quieter and it blows warm air through the floor ducts instead. The furnace also never kicked in as often as the heat pumps did. We used our portable radiant oil heater to keep the chill off in the front area both nights.

Yesterday, we took a run over to Saturn of Osceola to get the second service done on our Saturn Vue. Less than $30 and that included a car wash as well. No complaints with that.

We got back to Thousand Trails around 3:30 pm and played pickleball until supper. Some friends from Peace River had come into the park and we enjoyed playing with them again. Its funny how often you run into people down here. Of course, many Thousand Trails members spending the winter in Florida simply run back and forth between the two TT parks at Orlando and Peace River every 2-3 weeks. They are only about 70 miles apart, so it is an easy drive. It all depends on your reservations. Since upgrading to VIP, we can go park to park with no time out of the system and also book 120 days in advance instead of the usual 90 days.

We had chili for supper last night. One of the first purchases we made for our Bounder last spring was a slow cooker. Great for cooking even while on the road. If we are on the move, we just place it in the kitchen sink while driving as our supper simmers all day. Nothing like a hot meal after a long drive.

My Toshiba Qosmio laptop is acting up a bit these days. To me it sounds like the cooling fan on the CPU is not turning as freely as it should. It squeals intermittently every now and then. Performance has not suffered at all, it is just a bit noisy is all. May be time to get it in for a cleaning somewhere.