Saturday July 16th 2016

It was hot with bright sunshine today, but there was less humidity than yesterday. The combination made a really nice day.

Today started with a series of clothing mishaps. First I discovered some solidified substance on the bottom of my shoe. I switched to a different pair of shoes and will attack cleaning the sole later. It was only a minor catastrophe.

The second clothing mishap occurred in the car after my stop at McDonalds for breakfast. I kept my large black coffee to drink on the way to New Hampshire. At the first stop light I tried to take a long swallow, but the cover wasn’t on tight. The front of my shirt all the way down to my shorts were drenched in warm coffee. Only about a quarter of the cup ended up on me, but it was enough to make the next 20 miles uncomfortable.  Yes, I had checked that the cover was secure, twice.

When I got to the house the first order of business was to attempt to clean up and dry out the coffee mess. The shirt wasn’t bad. The coffee was not visible in the dark color and it dried quickly. The off white cargo shorts were a different story. I tried to wipe them down with a wet cloth, but it only made them wet again. The evidence was still present when they were dry about an hour later.

The coffee mess put a damper on my productivity this morning. I spent to much time waiting for things to dry. My overall focus inside the house is cleaning. I have dumped or donated most of the stuff that isn’t useful in “staging” the house. Keeping some furniture in the house until it sells also has some security value.

Outside, I need to mow the lawn and work on emptying the shed. I will probably leave clearing the shed to professional house clearers along with what’s left inside.

The campground is a little closer to full tonight. A few more travelers have filled in some of the vacant sites. This weekend the campground has a different atmosphere. There are many people visiting some of the weekend tenants. They can be identified by the yellow window passes they got when they paid their day use fee. The visiting people have added to the noise level this afternoon and evening. There is a lot of loud conversation and laughter in the park. It will quiet down as night approaches.