Awake: 6:40am Temp 46 sleep 5+56 early morning rain overnight @ Miami, OK.
K & I decide overnight that we would like to continue this RV lifestyle in a more updated motorhome so later this morning, we will meet with Sam & get serious about signing on the dotted line.
In the meantime, it’s raining rather hard. I wait for a drizzle period & then brush off the slide tops & retract all slides.
After breakfast, we drive over to the North Miami post office & mail our 2006 tax return envelopes to the U.S. Treasurer + our affirmative response to the wedding invitation in May in Virginia.
Then we visit Sam @ the Newell office for the final details of trading in our 2001 coach & buying the 2007. Our bill of sale won’t be completed today however; the comptroller is out of her office for the weekend.
Later K & I celebrate our new home acquisition by having a mid-day lunch @ Montana Mike’s.
Back @ the Newell campground, we prepare our 2001 motorhome for backing into service bay # 10 to be alongside the 2007 coach. Kathy opens the bay door & is ready; however, the inside lights are off. We searched but didn’t want to foul anything up by switching on something that shouldn’t be switched on. My mirrors were spotted with rain, the inside visibility was poor & I couldn’t see Kathy ½ of the time so it took (3) tries to get our coach backed in properly. After parking inside, again we began searching for the right light switch. Way in the distance of this long service building, we hear a noise & track it down; a guy who identifies himself as the building inspector, shows us the circuit breaker panel & some light switches that can be safely turned on. Now we’re in business.
We spend the next (5) hrs trans-loading our things & we’ve only begun the process. Kathy’s knees have been complaining with so much up & down climbing the (2) motorhome staircases so around 10:30 she had had enough for the day. Outside, the rain storm has really wound up, so much that the water is pushing thru the closed bay door. At times, small hail could be seen bouncing on the concrete. It’s good to be under roof @ this time.
Dinner: popcorn, mixed nuts & cheese. Our last night to sleep in our 2001! I open the bay door about a foot to get fresh air for sleeping; water is laying inside for the 1st 15 ft anyway. Thunderstorms with strong winds & hail @ times continue throughout the night (according to Kathy).
High temp=52 Lights out: 11:33pm
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