Gadabout Travels

We decided to "eat high on the hog" last night, and went to the Jekyll Island Club restaurant instead of Blakbeards. They try to duplicate the atmosphere that was prevelant during the Club"s heyday back in the 20's and 30's, but it can't be the same. During that period, the millionaires dined in this style everyday (no wonder they suffered from gout),but now there are some of the old time residents of the Island, but the diners are mostly made up of celebrants (like us).

Our meal was pricey, but it was excellent....lobster and steak (surf and turf in Maryland lingo), special of the day (no pricing of course, wait to be surprised). I'm glad we decided to go, it's nice to be treated so well at times, and it made for a great evening. Even the guitarist (Tony Baker from North Georgia) was laid back, low key.."shine on, shine on, harvest moon". Later on he got a little rowdy, sang some folk/Irish songs, little bit of Gordon Lightfoot.

Our replacement "water closet" arrived via UPS while we were out, and someone from the office brought it up to our site. When I finally got around to opening it, discovered that it was broken into about a thousand pieces. Called Thetford (how they must dread that!), left bad news message, later good news message on the cell phone, new replacement on the way via FedEx, next day. There must be a jinx (or hex) on this whole deal, can't wait to see what happens next. Thetford says to trash the broken one, but I will cannabilize it and save the electrical/electronics devices (the ones that go bad) for a future need? I have a theory that if you keep extra replacement parts, you will never need them....

Shelby wanted us to go for a long walk since we had missed one day. So, we walked to the pier, turned right, then onto the beach (tide was out), then decided to walk the beach all the way up to where the bicycle path meets Riverview Drive. Doesn't look far on the map, but in reality it was much farther than expected. Shelby was beginning to lose faith in my navigating when we finally came out on the path. I just acted like I knew what I was doing all along!

Sun's out this morning, but local forecast is for some more rain today.....