It was a near perfect day weather-wise, and a pretty decent day in all other respects. We woke to clear skies with temperatures in the upper 40’s but by late morning it was 70 and gained a few more degrees by late afternoon. Winds were very light from no particular direction and there were very few flying bugs. We had a leisurely morning with our usual coffee and granola. We took showers. Linda vacuumed. I opened the awnings on the coach to let them air out and dry, with assistance from Linda for the patio awning. This was only the second time we have deployed the awnings since we left home, and the first time we planned to leave them open as rain is predicted for only one day in the next 7 to 10 days.
Linda continued with her cross-stitch project and I dealt with e-mail, website, and technology issues. Bill was unable to clear the error codes on Pat & Vickie’s DDEC I engine computer so I e-mailed Butch, who also has a DDEC I, and provided some additional guidance. Bill indicated that they needed wiring diagrams, which Pat did not have. Bill had them, but they were back home in Ontario. Doh! I have the diagrams with us on the Network Attached Storage device. They are all PDFs I got from Bill on a CD. I located the lists of drawing numbers, picked a half dozen that I thought might be what Pat needed, put them in a folder in our Dropbox, and e-mailed everyone back. Dropbox has turned out to be one of the better little pieces of technology in our cyber arsenal.
Around noon we walked to the Grocery Depot to pick up a few ingredients for dinner; a one mile round trip and the closest place to the RV resort to buy groceries. Linda prepared lunch and we ate outside; the first time the weather has been nice enough to do that since we got back to Williston Crossings on January 1st. We then sat outside to work; again, one of the rare days we have been able to do that. Mid-afternoon we went for a longer walk around the RV resort that included our first hike down into the quarry.
We noticed that WCRVR had installed a new sign just inside the new entrance to the resort off of FL-121. This is where the new section of park is being developed with ownership sites that will be available for purchase. The sign said “The Reserve at Williston Crossings” so apparently that is how they plan to market these sites. The sign is framed on either side with a new wood rail fence and plants, all of which looks very nice. The first two sites have had paver blocks added to the concrete pads to dress them up a bit; presumably as demo sites to show prospective owners what can be done if they so choose. It will be interesting to see what else they do in this area before of the park before leave.
When we returned to our coach we continued to sit outside to work and just enjoy the day. Although the park is quiet and peaceful, it is not silent during the day. We rarely hear other residents (talk or music) but there are always folks walking or riding bikes, and maintenance work being done by resort staff and residents. We are near the south/old entrance so when we are here we see all of the rigs coming and going that way. We saw more people out tending their sites or cleaning their vehicles than on past walks. And there are birds—lots of birds—and with the sunnier, warmer weather they have had a lot to say.
Eventually, inevitably, as afternoon faded into evening it cooled off and we lost our light. We retreated inside, had dinner, and watched Antiques Road Show on Gainesville PBS while working on projects (cross-stitch and BCM) before retiring for the night. Linda made a delicious acorn squash stuffed with white rice and mushrooms, and onions and we opened our bottle of Blueberry Rhubarb Wine from Forestedge Winery (LaPorte, MN). We have been spending time at the resort on less than ideal weather days so we could use good weather days to go exploring. We enjoyed finally spending a nice day at home.