Surprise again

I can do the Generator service, engine oil change and chassis lube myself.

I was sitting outside the rig in the sun fiddling with something or other and a strange car rolled up. I glanced up and a familiar Australian voice said “How's it going Mate?” and there were our 2 Aussie friends from Florida last year!

We had surprised the heck out of them in Las Vegas a couple of months ago and they had decided to turn the tables on us.

What a great surprise! Before long we were catching up on the news, dragging them along on a tour of thee park, introducing them to the darts evening (Which they seemed to take too like ducks to water!) and piling in the car to go out to dinner at Olive Garden.

I don't think Barbara and I stopped grinning for days, these kind of meetups are exactly what we wanted from a fulltiming experience. We are so lucky to be able to do this and to have met such amazing people.

Dinner out has had us working hard to stay on our diet. Yes we decided to lose weight again and the park has a Weight Watchers group so in we jumped.

The “Freestyling” plan seems to suit us as we can plan ahead for a “Splurge” and eat meals with low point the rest of the day and use more for dinner. There are also “Roll over points” when you don't use all your points one day. They can be applied to the following days for a glass of wine or something similar as a treat. So far I've lost about 15 lbs and Barb around 6.

We don't enjoy be overweight so we need to make permanent lifestyle changes to avoid letting the weight creep back on like it has over the last 3 years.

A lighter wallet wasn't part of our plan but after the brake calipers and rotors were replaced the brakes were still spongy. Turns out the brake booster (Servo in UK) was leaking too, so another day in the shop, which turned into a long day after the wrong part was delivered to them. They have fixed the charge light problem and done an oil and filter change on the engine too so that's more off the list.

Next week we get the slide topper awning replaced. I'm gathering the parts for the Generator service too. 

To fill in time I've been building another RC model airplane!