Thousand Trails Orlando

We set up our awning sunshade yesterday afternoon and enjoyed sitting outside out of the sun. I also helped Bob Krisby set up his new clown blog using blogger while Chris continued working on a new pine needle basket. This will be her second basket. She completed her first in Peace River and gave it to Jane as a birthday present. I neglected to photograph it before the presentation but I see Jane has a photo on her blog, BritsOnTour. I have copied the photo here. Hope thats okay, Jane.

Despite threatening skies and some wind, we managed to play pickleball again yesterday afternoon. There were some intense games with some incredible volleys back and forth. We love the competition and the social aspect of this game. We played until the skies opened up and we all got soaked, including Buddy, who is always on the sidelines as our cheerleader. Nothing sadder looking than a wet, 14 year old Bichon. Once back at the RV, he scurried inside to the comfort of his dry, warm bed while I BBQ'd under the shelter of our awning.

This afternoon the mobile RV repair service came by. Turns out there is indeed a burned out capacitor in the front air conditioner. The capacitor is only about $20 but because our Bounder is new, he didn't have one in stock. We should have a new one by Monday, Tuesday at the latest. Given that the air conditioner compressor still functions properly, this repair is relatively simple, just unplug the old capacitor and plug in the new one. At least we don't have to drive all the way to Lazydays in Tampa to get it fixed.

More pickleball this afternoon with the usual gang. Humidity was quite high so we really went through the water. We enjoyed an after game beer before supper.

We met another Ontario couple also from Ottawa after our walk this morning. They also bought a motorhome in Florida and are at Thousand Trails for the 3 day, 2 night marketing stay. They had lots of questions about whether the cost was worth it or not. We tried our best to answer all their questions. Bottom line for Chris and I is that Thousand Trails works for our RVing needs, but that certainly doesn't mean it is for everyone. We promised to speak with them again after they attend the marketing presentation on Saturday afternoon.