2024-25 Trip to the Southeast, Day 93

Day 93, Monday, January 20, 2025, Suwannee Music Park & Campground, Live Oak, FL, Day 5 - 0 Miles, 3,377.8 Miles for the Trip

The morning low was 33°F and the high for the day was 43°F. While I can keep the inside of the trailer about as warm as I want (during the day I set the thermostat at 70°F, and at night at 65°F which keeps the head of the bed at 63°F), when it gets below 40°F outside it feels cooler in the trailer, probably because the walls & window frames are cool. 

With all the activity of extending & changing campground reservations, I didn't make my usual afternoon phone calls until after dinner. All are well, although I discovered that my late wife's sister Jean died in June at the age of 84. Both my son in Oswego & the Guidos in Binghamton are expecting daytime temperatures in the teens with windchill below zero, so I can't really complain about the low 30's here. On top of that Kyle is expecting 1' or so of lake effect snow in Oswego over the next 2 days. Here we are still expecting rain, although there is a winter weather advisory stating up to 1" of snow & 1/2" of ice by Wednesday morning. I prefer my other weather app which calls for rain.

I went to Walt's Ford around 10:30 & they replaced the fuse panel cover, picked up their electrical tester they left in the truck, and checked the check engine light for a code. It was a general code for a bunch of things, none of which was catastrophic, and after resetting it, they couldn't get the truck to throw another one. So, by 12:30 I was back at the campground with no charge for the truck. While long waits, I have to give thanks to Service Advisor Gene Nelson for getting me in two different days without appointments.

Since I skipped my morning walk to go to the Ford dealer, I did it when I got back. Only a few of us left here in the campground, most waiting out the snow before driving north or west. I unhooked from the water faucet & will run on the fresh water tank even though the lowest prediction between now and Thursday is 30°F, something my hose should survive. 

I took a photo of the new site (35A). The sand is more like dirt, and it is a long run to the utilities (needed an extension for both the water & electric) for $40.79 per night. For some reason that is $5.00 cheaper than the earlier site. It probably would have been better to loop around the sites & pull in from the other direction - certainly would have made shorter runs to the utilities although I'd need to park the truck behind the trailer and block the road when hooking & unhooking. In any case, closer to the bathrooms & reasonably level (1" side to side & 1" drop on the tongue).

Site 35A

I spent the afternoon reading. Current book is #3 in the Amos Walker series by Loren D. Estleman, The Midnight Man, and still listening to The Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve Hamilton. 

Dinner was an Amy's Broccoli Pot Pie.

Until Next Time -