Fun, chores

Yesterday, we went to the impromptu beach and took a swim. Emo thought he needed to come out to see me, so he kept swimming out to me and then swimming back towards shore where he could touch bottom. There is an earthen (really stone and gravel) dam there that goes about a quarter mile to an island, after swimming we walked out there. Saw some dead fish, long and narrow with long snouts and teeth, I'll have to ask someone what they are. Emo was worn out on the walk back. After that, we drove up north to get gas, then back home. 

Today, I slept in a bit, watched Obama's news conference, and we went in search of a laundry. The GPS on the Blackberry sent me on two wild goose chases, first time I'd tried it. It got me to the address it thought was a laundry, but they were not laundries. I shut it off, went to the little town outside LBL, and found a place easily. It is a car wash and a coin laundry, and it has a bay with no roof at all, so I think I will wait until I need water to dump, fill up, wash the bugs off the front of the RV, and do laundry. Emo enjoyed the driving today, and hanging around the car wash/laundrymat wasn't too bad. When I got back, I did dishes and cleaned the floor (dog food, dog hair) and now we have the black tank 1/3 full, grey tank still sitting on E, and the fresh water tank reading 1/3. Each tank has 3 sensors, so I have between 1/3 and 2/3 tank fresh water. I think we will need to make one trip to the dump station, fresh water being the limiting factor.

Two people I met, one lady at the gas station after the southern end of LBL, she was at the pumps in a Lazy Daze Mid-Bath. I approached her and started talking RVs, as I studied a lot about Lazy Daze before I bought the Winnie. She asked for directions, and I happened to have an extra LBL map to give her. Nice lady, she says she half times, 3 months traveling, 3 months at home.

The others were a couple. I had just crossed the US68/KY80 bridge from Camden going across the lake, it is a narrow bridge, My turn to go back to Energy Lake campground is right after the bridge, but there was a pickup/travel trailer rig in the way. I went around and asked the lady ground guiding her husband if they were OK? She said, "I think so, the window broke, we're going to pull in here and look." Turns out a semi had clipped the outside mirror, slamming it back so it broke the driver's side window. The old gentleman and his wife were fine, I gotta give him credit for holding it straight on that narrow bridge after that! They cleaned up and he intended to head on to their destination at KenLake State Resort then try to find a Ford dealer.

When I got back this evening, I saw a motorcycle camper a couple sites down, I may talk to him some about motorcycle camping. 

Things I miss:

Motorcycle

Washer and dryer in basement

Soup at Lihn's restaurant

Familiar AA and lots of it

that's about it. There's something to balance out each of those, too.

Tomorrow, maybe a long hike? I wonder if Emo will want to go along?