September 4th, Tuesday – Not Much New in the Neighborhood

So more of the same today.  Hot, humid, no wind and no afternoon storm to cool things off.  Oh, the storms were there all around us but they never hit us.  The funny thing is, though,  we kept hearing what sounded like rain on the roof but the sun was shining brightly.  Stepping outside I discovered that it was raining ever so lightly.  Now, how about that.

Time to put the battery back in it’s box.  A simple task but not without a bit of silly drama.  First, I couldn’t find the hold down bracket for the battery.  Now where did I put it?  I looked and looked and finally decided to pull the battery back out.  Ah, there it was on the bottom of the box under the battery!  Then I noticed that the battery box was beginning to rust on the bottom so since the battery was back out I cleaned the box and painted it with Rustoleum flat black spray paint.  Same for the hold down bracket.

Finished with that I put the battery back in, now where in the world was that hold down bracket this time?  Long story short, remember I painted it flat black?  I put it down on a black surface which in essence hid it from sight.  Only me.  In the end, all’s well that ends well.  Battery is in and everything is in order.

Awnings have been ordered and are expected to arrive the end of  next week.  Looking forward to installing them.  I’ve read the installation instructions and it looks like it should be rather straightforward.  Yes, I will read and reread them again before I plunge forward with the installation.

Since there was nothing else on the agenda we pulled down the box of dominoes and played through the afternoon.  Going to start another game as soon as I finish here.  Oh,

who won the first game?  Let’s just say I’m starting to get my touch back.  Bottom line, it is a lot of fun for both of us and the hours just seem to fly by.

So that was our day on The Road of Retirement.  All in all it was another great day from beginning to end.  Tomorrow we are going to do some sightseeing.  Let you know where we went when we get back at the end of the day.  Thanks again for joining us on our journey.  Have questions?  Comments?  Leave us a note below.  In closing, a thought for each of us to ponder:

As always,  if you are coming to the end of your day with concerns and worries, let me suggest that you turn them over to God.  After all, He is going to be up all night so why not let him handle them for you.

Time now for our evening prayers and eventually some shut-eye.  Till tomorrow.

These are the voyages of  Graybeard and it’s occupants, four paws and two humans.  Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have not been before