February 15, 2022

Well, we were there until the end of the week. First thing Monday morning at 6:30 am, I was outside walking the dogs when they showed up to remove our windows. We started with 6 being removed but added a seventh. They would remove the entire window and frame, then tape plastic wrapped cardboard over the opening. This made the inside of the RV very dark, but it was effective. Although temperatures at night would drop into the 20's, it didn't get too cold, and it kept the rain out of the RV. 

Within an hour we were enveloped in darkness, which we mostly stayed in all week. We streamed a lot of TV shows. The T-Mobile Home Internet we have provided good signal all week. During the week we watched RVs come and go, as they had fewer windows to repair. Their priority is the fewer windows to repair the sooner you get fixed. As I would walk the dogs during the week, I had to be careful not to have them walk on broken glass fragments or razor blades. They use the latter to cut through the seals around the windows but then apparently toss them on the ground. During the week I picked up 17 blades.

So there we sat until 7AM on Friday morning. They came and reinstalled the 7 windows,  but we had bad news. Of the 14 panes of glass which comprised the outer layer of the windows, 11 were so badly etched that they had to be replaced, of course, at additional cost. Further, they only had enough glass in the tint required to replace 8 panels. They had to order more, requiring us to schedule another time to go back and have 3 windows removed, replaced, and then reinstalled.  This will take place the first week of March. 

Friday at 10am we left Hudson and arrived at Fiesta Grove RV Resort in Palmetto at 11:30 am. We spent the rest of the day setting up and scoping out the area. We called Arthur (cousin) and Helen and arranged to visit them on Saturday. We both took covid antigen tests to ensure we were safe and wouldn't be spreading anything. We expected to be negative, and we were.We joined them for lunch and dinner and had a great visit with them. So great that we met them again on Sunday for another great visit. Monday, Valentine's Day, we called them and we met and went out for dinner nearby to celebrate the day.

Tomorrow,  Wednesday, we are meeting  them at Richard (brother) and Joanne's rented home to go swimming and have dinner. Earlier this week Richard declared himself a snowbird, never wanting to remain again up north during the winter. 

And this ends this weeks entry.