A lot has happened since the last post! Our plan all along has been to put the motorhome in for service at LazyDays while we visit the BlueGreen resort in Miami Beach. I had to delay the input to LazyDays on Good Friday and must have gotten the "grumpy guy". "They couldn't possibly change the schedule and see my unit until November! YADA YADA YADA!" I do not argue with terminally stupid people. So I waited until my "real" service advisor was back on Monday and suddenly everything was straightened out after a nasty email. "Illegitimus Non Carborundum!" Don't Let The Bastards Wear You Down!
So we turned in the motorhome, loaded our toys on the Prius and went to Naples to see Phil and Gayle. Just adding air drag to a Prius drops it from extraordinary to mediocre-- the mileage dropped to an amazing 22 MPG at 70 MPH! Back up after the roof was removed!
Had a fun time with the Coxes and Luecke's and, of course, their dogs! One memorable event was seeing a rehearsal of Gayle's a Capella chorus "Spirit of the Gulf". It is inspirational to see women of all backgrounds and body types, some compromised by health issues, able to form a powerful 80-member chorus and harmonize. The "phantom voices" (beat frequencies) in their four-part harmony will make the hair stand up on your neck! Beautifully American!
We're at a resort vacation club / interval ownership club that we signed up for a "sampler package" before the motorhome and airplane were on the scene. It's very nice! On South Beach. The suites are more than acceptable and the activities and amenities are just what we need. To bad that it won't fit into our plans now. So we'll sit through another sales spiel and turn them down. But if you're interested in vacationing in very nice surroundings for reasonable overall rates, I recommend BlueGreen. Everything has been as promised.
I've been dealing with the details and administrative stuff of buying the airplane. It's almost as involved as buying a home, but the FAA is involved. We're doing escrow, title search and insurance, hull insurance and getting Gene on the policy as a student to train in his own plane, etc. It takes time and the Internet to do it. And money! Every service has a price. I love capitalism! No bribery or "insiders" needed, just pay the fees! Try that in the Third World!
The sunrise over the Atlantic was one of the steel grey cloudy affairs this morning, but the palms are a-sway and the water is warm enough. wind brings out the kite-boarders. That is an exciting and fun thing to watch combining surfing, knee-boarding, and flying! Spectacular leaps and flips! Oh to have good knees for just one more day! But, they have youth, I have an airplane!
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