We've arrived for winter and was greeted with spring-like weather. Don't know who turned up the heat, but it's nice. Had a nice trip down from B'ham. We took the bikes in for servicing on Tuesday, got a couple of dental appointments out of the way on Wednesday (new temp cap for me), got the bikes back, and then I promptly fell of my bike before the numbness had gone from my new tooth-cap procedure. Knees, hands (palms), elbows & shoulders beat up as is the left side of my face. One shoulder, one knee & one palm covered in tegaderm (thin-film covering). Broke my bike helmet & destroyed a cheap pair of sunglasses in the process. Gonna be sore & sensitive for a few days. Definitely put a delay in some of the trailer maintenance I wanted to do while it was warm. As my Dad told me, I'm too old to fall off bikes!
Started visiting folks, too. Greeted some of the people we've met in our previous trips to the state park (all staying in the state park, too.) Got in one visit before we even had the trailer ready to bring the slides out. Donna got in a long bike ride with the Folks-on-Spokes group today. We finally got out to visit with Greg & Judy, had a nice dinner with them at Desoto's, and got a glimpse of Gulf Breeze's Christmas float. Looking forward to lunch at Mikee's with everyone tomorrow, too. Yep, we came here to eat!
Beginning to plan next year's roaming. I think we're going to stay on the east side of the Mississippi River & try to make the Hitchhiker's forum's M&M rally in Michigan (August). Also made reservations for a couple of weeks at Ludington, MI in late July. We're thinking of spending a month or so in Two Harbors, MN. We enjoyed our short trip there this past summer. So we want to go back and spend more time visiting up & down the north shore of Lake Superior. Need to make a short trip to Mitchell, SD, and I'd like to take a tour of Winnebago's manufacturing in Forest City, IA while we're out that way. Need to make a decision on whether or not to have a residential fridge installed in the trailer, too. Looking at having a Cheap-Heat electric-resistance add-on heater installed on our furnace as well. Still no clue what we're going to do come March 1st when it's time for us to leave the state park, though.
Anyway, good start to winter even with the bumps from yesterday. Yep, these, too, shall pass - as soon as the scabs grow on! Later, David
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