Monday July 4th 2016

Happy Fourth of July everyone.

It was a beautiful day to relax and enjoy summer. The weather was perfect, not to hot, not to humid and just enough of a breeze to keep it comfortable. I baked a package of blueberry muffins for breakfast and lunch. The two meals sort of combined as I really spent a long time over my coffee.

The campground got off to a lazy start. I don’t think I heard anyone making noise until 9AM or so. The last few days the activity and noise started around 6:30AM. Today everyone seem to be taking it easy. The people departing today left gradually. The 11AM checkout time came and people were still getting ready to depart. The folks beside me didn’t leave until about 4PM. I suspect they paid extra for the privilege. This campground wouldn’t miss that opportunity to make money.

Trash overflowing the dumpsters getting compressed by a backhoe.

Two of the campgrounds 5 trash dumpsters are across the road from my site. By mid morning they were overflowing. The staff’s solution is to bring in the backhoe and compress the contents of the dumpsters. They did this last week as well. By late this afternoon the dumpsters were overflowing again. The other dumpsters in the campground are equally overflowing. I think the trash pickup is on Wednesday.

This afternoon I started picking up the outside of the motorhome. I need to relocate tomorrow. The head start on getting things packed will help tomorrow morning as rain is forecast. Having less to do in the morning will also keep me from getting exhausted in the heat like I did two weeks ago preparing to come down here.

For dinner this evening I grilled some chicken on the gas grill. This is always a challenge not to burn the meat in a grease induced flair up. I was successful this time by keeping the heat down and using the four corners of the grill.

Tonight is 4th of July celebrations on the TV. I have Boston, New York or Washington DC to choose from. So far, all the concerts leave something to be desired and fireworks on TV have never been much to enjoy.