Tuesday October 24th 2023

It was another nice day in central Florida. The temperature climbed from the overnight low in the high sixties to the mid eighties. The humidity was low for Florida perhaps do to the strong wind out of the northeast and east. It was definitely a hold onto your hat kind of day.

I must have walked more yesterday than I thought. This morning every change of direction caused my leg muscles to protest. My normal daily routine includes a lot of walking, but it isn’t really the same as theme park walking. Yesterday I was walking on hard surfaces, maneuvering around people and having to change pace constantly to deal with the crowds. Just getting into a tolerant mental state is hard enough. So many of the people wandering around the parks are oblivious to the other people in their surroundings. The groups walking five abreast and two or three deep to completely block the path are always “fun” to get around.

While I was out and about today, the price of gas surprised me again. On Saturday I was surprised to fill my car tank at $3.02 a gallon. That was the lowest I’ve seen gas in about a year. Today, when I drove by the same station, it was $3.27 a gallon. First, why was the price so low on Saturday? Second, what caused it go up twenty five cents in a couple of days? A price rise because of the hostilities in the middle east makes sense, but that much, that quick. At least I got a full tank at the cheap price.

After writing the previous paragraph, I paused to consult the great oracle “google” about gas prices in the area. It listed quite a few stations in the area that are below three dollars a gallon for regular gas. So the change in price probably isn’t related to the middle east hostilities. The question remains “Why did so many stations in the area raise their prices since the weekend?” The google sources explanation for the lower prices is sketchy to me. They seem to think it is an increased supply based on a change to the winter formula for gas. I don’t think the change in formula results in an increased supply. I guess I’ll just be thankful when the price is low.

On my walk around the RV Resort this evening I visited lots of ducks. As I mentioned in an earlier blog entry there are three pairs of Sand Hill Cranes in the park. Each pair has an area they like to hang out. A group of ducks seem to hang out with each pair of cranes. They seem to be a mutual protection society. Tonight, I also wandered into an independent group of twenty of more ducks. I think someone had scattered a bunch of feed on the ground near one of the ponds.