Sunday September 10th 2023

It was a little warmer and more humid today. The temperature peaked in the low nineties. A little outside exercise is all it took to develop a good sweat. Walking down to the river was not a fun activity today.

The first thing on my non agenda agenda was scoping out a good place to buy gas tomorrow on my way out. I know from experience that the stations near the interstate get very busy and become difficult to navigate with the big motorhome pulling a car. The last time I tried to use them I had to wait for a long time for cars to move so I could get out. I think I’ve identified a better alternative before I get to the interstate. If there isn’t a lot of traffic it will work. I have also identified an alternate location.

On my way back from my scouting trip I stopped at Walmart for groceries. Sunday isn’t my prefer day to fight the crowds shopping, but I was in need of a few things. Specifically I was out of butter substitute and orange juice. Other things that I needed are much easier to work around. As expected the store was very busy and it took a very long time to check out.

I only took one walk to the river today. The monkeys are still in the area. Today they were along the trail and river at the kayak launch. There were a couple of other people watching them when I arrived. They were either braver or more foolish then me as they approached them and tried to interact with the monkeys. I kept my distance and took photos of the monkeys in the trees. I don’t know if it was the monkey activity or the time of day, but there weren’t any birds in that area of the river.

Tomorrow is a travel day. I am moving south to the Bradenton Florida area. It is about 150 miles mostly down Interstate 75. Traffic is always heavy all the way south. I expect it will take three hours if traffic cooperates and four if it doesn’t. Since checkout time here is 1PM I haven’t done my day before outside task preparations yet. It will be a busy morning.