Fun in the Sun!!!!!

We are here in sunny Melbourne, Florida, at Brandon's house! We left Goshen on Sunday and drove to Cave City, Kentucky, where we spent the night at Cave Country RV Park. It was very nice and comfortable, although a little pricey. We left there at 8:10 Monday morning and drove into Red Bay at 2:30 that afternoon. The dogs are riding nicely and are cozy in their little separate beds Terry made them in the back seat of the truck. He built a console to keep them separate and to keep things from shifting when/if Neal falls over.

We talked with the service people and they were going to put the refrigerator in the next day and put Phaeton Place back in her slot and plugged in to make sure it works. We left Tuesday morning at 7:30 headed to Melbourne--hoping to get there in one day.

It was a long drive, but we got here at 11:30 p.m. Brandon was asleep so we had to call him and wake him up. He knew we were coming though. We didn't unload anything from the trailer. We just got it backed into the drive and grabbed our suitcases and went to bed. The dogs are also restless when they are "out of their element" and took a while to settle down. They both wanted to sleep with us on the airbed, but we put their cushions down and they finally slept. . . till 5:30, then they wanted up. We decided to get up and get to work.

Brandon's house was a foreclosure and people do really stupid things when they are losing a house. This guy took the light switches. Not all of them. . . just enough to be annoying. In order to get the porch light on, you had to put two wires together. Such an idiot. There were also very few switch plate covers. Lots of lightbulbs missing. . . and he bent the poles on the doorbell, so it is ruined. Really stupid stuff. He also had done some repainting and never bothered to take anything off the walls. He slopped paint on switch and outlet covers, the bathtub, etc. Fortunately, with Terry having a degree in electronics, he made short work of all the electrical stuff. They are done and finished and didn't take too much time. I like to paint, particularly the small detail stuff, so I am going to clean up the transition areas and the baseboards.

Last evening after we had worked a good part of the day, we donned our swimsuits and swam in the pool. Fortunately, the guy did nothing to it and it is very nice. It looked like a storm was brewing, so when it started lightning, we got out, but it only rained.

Brandon has to work, of course, but he is working from home this week, so at least he is handy if we have questions. Things are really shaping up and he has a nice place here. The dogs have settled in and are glad they have a fenced yard in which to wander.

Till next time. . .

Dale