2024-25 Trip to the Southeast, Day 75

Day 75, Thursday, January 2, 2025, Lakepoint Resort State Park, Eufaula, AL, Day 11 - 0 Miles, 2,834.7 Miles for the Trip

A cool night at 37°F by morning & 38°F during my morning walk. After breakfast I called Mavis Discount Tire in Savannah to check on the availability of KO2 tires for the truck. I was hoping to keep the KO2's I already have on the truck until the KO3's were available, but they won't be available in my size until the third quarter of 2025, and I don't think the ones on the truck will make it until then. Interesting in the small world category - the customer service person at Mavis almost went to Oswego (the college where I taught technical theatre) on a baseball scholarship, and his daughter is into technical theatre. So, I have an appointment for new tires on the 10th.

I got a bit of a scare looking at the Informed Delivery email from the postal service this morning - there were pictures of two 2025 county tax bills. I only have one property and, of course, I can't open them to see why. I went on line & there is only one bill listed; the post office must have scanned it twice. Anyhow, only a $90.00 increase from 2024. One of the benefits I get from being a Viet Nam combat vet is a 30% reduction in my tax bill, one of the few benefits I've used from the military (other than a ridiculous compulsion to make my bed every morning). 

Around mid afternoon I headed to the bathroom for a shower. 54°F outside but the heat pump was keeping the bathroom comfortably warm. 

I finished R. Allen Chappell's Forgotten, his latest, but not one of his best books, and started Dean Koontz's The Forest of Lost Souls. Still listening to Robert McCammon's Boys Life audio book.

Sirius XM Symphony Hall channel has been playing all the symphonies of Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler, & Tchaikovsky over New Years. Lots of powerful music, although pretty much destroyed by the huge amount of compression used to squeeze as many channels as possible into their satellite's bandwidth.

Dinner was a Chef Ramsay Lemon Caper Chicken bowl. I've been trying the various Chef Ramsay bowls - so far I really like the Chicken Masala, and don't think much of the  Fish & Chips. 

Until Tomorrow -