July 4

June update

Buster’s spot Holly Springs, North Carolina - Saturday, June 1, 2019
Morning 65 Degrees, Wind NE at 1 to 4 Mph, Humidity 90%, partly cloudy.

Rain yesterday evening. Zane’s baseball games cancelled today because of yesterday’s rain

Zane Pitching

Buster’s spot Holly Springs, North Carolina - Sunday, June 2, 2019

Zane Batting

 Zane baseball games in Zebulon, North Carolina one and one (win and loss) then waited most of another game for the standings (we did not make it) and we were done for the day. Zane played shortstop and pitched, field play, batting had a hit and walked and struck out, overall played well.

Buster’s spot Holly Springs, North Carolina - Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Morning 74 Degrees, Wind N at 1 to 2 Mph, Humidity 84%, mostly sunny.

Ariana

Ariana’s day. A nice day (we have had a lot of rain this month) for Ariana’s graduation eight o’clock tonight at Raleigh convention center. We went for dinner at longhorn steak house for dinner before gong into Raleigh. Cindy came also. All of the high schools in Wake County have graduation ceremonies at the convention center, the same day one hour. Ariana’s graduation was at eight o’clock at night.

Ariana, John & Chris

Buster’s spot Holly Springs, North Carolina - Saturday, June 15, 2019
Morning 54 Degrees, Wind N at calm Mph, Humidity 87%, sunny.
Afternoon 8 Degrees, Wind  at  to  Mph, Humidity %, .

Zane & Ariana

Baseball tournament weekend for Zane in Red Oak, North Carolina. There was one game on Friday (we did not travel there for the one game) then Zane went to the high school for tryouts for next year. The team won that game and Zane was pitching. The team played a second game but lost.  Zane will be a high school freshman when school starts in August.

Today the team won two games so they will play tomorrow, more if they win that game.

Cindy & Ariana

We arrived just as the game was starting they had to be there one hour before game time for practice & attendance. During the game they got the call that Zane was selected for the High School base ball team.

Buster’s spot Holly Springs, North Carolina - Sunday, June 16, 2019
Morning 68 Degrees, Wind NW at calm Mph, Humidity 97%, sunny.

These four boy's made their schools team

Only one game in Red Oak, North Carolina and they lost, started out a close game and got away from them after an error was committed. Zane was pitching and doing well. 

Buster’s spot Holly Springs, North Carolina - Thursday, June 20, 2019
Morning 74 Degrees, Wind N at calm Mph, Humidity 95%, partly sunny.

Holly Springs high school game

Thunderstorm, Holly Springs high school summer game. We traveled to Pittsboro, North Carolina High School for the game. We supplyed the transportation and had to be at the field one hour before the game time. Chris, John and Ariana were in Charleston, South Carlina for orientation Thursday and Friday.

Game rained out just arriving at the field the sky’s opened up. Then we got the text the game was canceled. We were in the storm most of the way home very heavy rain but it was dry upon arriving home . A couple of hours after the rain came but not as bad compared to when I was driving.

Monday going north

Clearwater, Florida - Sunday, May 26, 2019
Morning 72 Degrees, Wind E at 4 to 9 Mph, Humidity 78%, partly sunny.


We visited Alice’s today as tomorrow Buster is on the road north. After returning back to Buster we started the packing and preparing for travel.

Clearwater, Florida - Monday, May 27, 2019
Morning 75 Degrees, Wind SE at 4 to 6 Mph, Humidity 79%, sunny.
Afternoon 8 Degrees, Wind  at  to  Mph, Humidity %, .

We were on the road at nine o’clock headed east on SR 60 to Interstate two seventy-five north to Interstate seventy-five north. Moderate car traffic with only a few trucks, but plenty of cars on Interstate seventy-five north. We then switched over to CR 326 to US 301  the towns was a little slowing but a welcome change from the busy Interstate. We took that north to Interstate ten east. There is construction in Starke where there is a by-pass of the town being built. It was not open this year may next year. At the Interstate ten there is also construction, this was open but not complete. It is now a right turn onto the Interstate that used to be a left turn that was crossing the southbound traffic, big improvement. 

Buster took Interstate ten east to Interstate two ninety-five north to Interstate ninety-five north and into Georgia where we spent the night.

Walkabout Camp & RV Park

Thursday Television

Clearwater, Florida - Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Morning 77 Degrees, Wind SE at 5 to 9 Mph, Humidity 78%, partly cloudy.

Beach day, we were there (on San Key Park) before ten thirty soaking up the sun. easy parking there and it is open. Leaving there we stopped to eat lunch and noticed the crowds building, we think it is “off” season but they (large groups of people) are still coming to Florida. 

Clearwater, Florida - Thursday, May 23, 2019

Morning 73 Degrees, Wind NE at 5 to 6 Mph, Humidity 75%, partly sunny.

Get the television fixed that is today’s project. Finished packing Buster making ready to travel to Holiday CampingWorld we were on the move a little after eight. We were checking in and explaining what little I know about the problem. We were moved to the other side of the building and put up the antenna. “Their guy” came to Buster checking things out. Finally I said I need to test these coax wires if there is Continuity because there is no signal coming to the DVR box. These are the coax wires from the antenna. 

These are the two coax cables 

We need to go have breakfast as we had not eaten today and took off looking for a breakfast place. Took us four miles but we ended up in Tarpon Springs “George’s Breakfast Station” I was expecting a call fron the service people that never came. My wife wanted to go to Dollar Tree we did that and went back to CampingWorld. Checking Buster the television was on and no one was around Buster. I went looking for the service writer finding him with another customer he said “meet you there at Buster shortly”, works for me. Well it was the coax wires from the splitter to the DVR box and the second splitter for the bedroom television. I had worse fears of what was bad and needed replacing.  

The return trip was an adventure, my memory of road names and where the road goes is going has left the my mind. Besides there has been tremendous growth in this area and it does not look the same to me. Names of cross streets i am thinking I know that name but where does it come out to where do I go from there and I am passed the intersection to make the turn so I keep going.

I did not want to go south on US 19 as that would have needed a u-turn with Buster and Tan Jan on the back this is not easy to do. I decided to turn right go east to Pasco one south (another right turn) which should become CR 611 (49th street) back to Gulf to Bay (SR 60) and another right and into the RV Park (another right turn). Didn’t work out. I missed the connection from Pasco one to CR 611. My bad memory sunk that, after missing CR 611 we went down thru Hillsborough county finally meeting Hillsborough avenue (SR 580) we turned right and took that back to CR 611 made a left at the traffic light and now back on the original plan. The return trip was twice as long as the going trip but everyone was back at the RV Park safely but a longer trip, with a working television. 

Sunday I 75

Casey Jones RV Park Lake City, FL - Sunday, May 19, 2019
Morning 65 Degrees, Wind SW at 0 to 1 Mph, Humidity 97%, sunny.
Afternoon 88 Degrees, Wind NE at 6 to 8 Mph, Humidity 51%, sunny.

Down interstate seventy-five to interstate four west to SR 60 West and we were here. It was more traffic than I expected for a Sunday and it was more than I wanted. interstate seventy-five has two construction spots (south of Exit 329) where the Florida turnpike turns off and (Exit 301 area) SR 50 & US 98 in Brooksville two lanes each way, but the bridge is complete as last year there were working on that and it was tighter for Buster pulling Tan Jan. Buster pulled in to the truck stop on SR 52 to top off the diesel fuel, maybe that was a mistake today was very busy but maybe busier when we head north. We were set up in the RV site and went visiting my sister and her children

Florida I 10

Bay St. Louis, Mississippi - Friday, May 17, 2019
Morning 65 Degrees, Wind NE at 1 to 2 Mph, Humidity 79%, sunny.

A better day today compared to yesterday’s three hundred thirteen miles only one hundred eighty-five miles. We made our planned truck stop diesel fuel fill and we saw a sign foe Bucee’s in Alabama. Yes it is new and the local’s are flocking there, traffic in and out, but with sixty pumps there was open for Buster, he did not take much but I topped off and we took a walk in side.

All interstate ten today thru Mobile, Alabama (tunnel) Buster had no problem and traffic was light to medium. We were in the RV park just after one this afternoon. The television is still not getting a signal. I will try tomorrow. The only site for Buster had only 30 amp electric power, so we will only use one air conditioner and only propane gas for hot water. Two hundred sixty-seven miles today mostly on interstate ten east bound.
 

Mississippi

Marthaville, Louisiana - Thursday, May 16, 2019
Morning 64 Degrees, Wind NNE at 1 to 2 Mph, Humidity 87%, sunny.


Well another day not to plan. The first part went pretty much to plan a hiccup in the middle and a big change at the end. I found a diesel fuel I wanted along interstate forty-nine then after another twenty miles we changed to US 190 east. As we stared going east the road was rough enough that the television box came out of its box in Buster, I did have it strapped down. I had to pull over and see what I could do, not much. Getting back on the road I had to move into the left lane for a while as the right lane was too bumpy. Going east we then transitioned to interstate ten just before the Mississippi river bridge, traffic. Well that was a slow go for a while as the traffic merged together then separated latter down the road.

The campground planned for the night had the water level go down the day before we arrived and the ground was too soft. I had just taken Tan Jan off the tow bar. Well I would have take the car off anyway to turn around to leave. I am tired after driving all day and that is extra work. We then had to go another sixty-five miles further ending in Mississippi for the night.