The 2006 Travels of Richard n Shirley

We will be getting the oil changed in the Vue this morning. It will be the first one. The suv has an oil change light that has not come on yet with the 3660+ miles. I checked the oil and it is down about a 1/4 of a quart. I do like to change the oil at the 3000 mile point. The 94 Cavalier is a good example of this. The car has over 157k and uses very little oil. Its oil has been changed at 3k nearly every time.

We will have to go to McAllen which is about 15 miles to the Saturn dealer. We went to Wal-mart but they dont have the filter in the computer. I'm sure its the same as the 06 but will find out at the dealer. I will try to get to the driving range and get in some needed practice too. It's past due for golf.

This is our thru the wind shield side yard. As you can see we have one neighbor. I'm sure that will change soon though.

Mid afternoon update-

I arrived at the Saturn dealer and got the oil changed. Total of $19.95 + 8 1/2% tax which included a wash, vacuum, tire pressure check and fluid check. Not to bad. Next change will be at the 6700 mile mark.

We went to the rec hall for lunch. They served sandwiches only so we ordered burgers for $7.00 with water and tea. No fries, etc. On wednesday is the evening buffet starting at 4:30. We will make that and see what there is and the cost. Hope it is good.

Because this place is rather large, most everybody has a golf cart to drive. Since we will be here a month, no cart for us. Rental prices range from $95 to $180 via hersay. Still more than the suv will cost for the month. They have park models and mobile homes for sale here. The park models go for $80k. The one we looked at had a deck and car port. We just looked so we don't know what is included. I think we both are more interested in the Granbury area or something up that way.

Be sure to check out the pics link for more than will be posted on the blog.

Evening up date-

Shirley went to bible study at 1 pm and I updated the blog. After she got back, we went to the golf course and hit balls at the driving range. Practice, practice. After that we went to the pool hall, sounds bad doesn't it, and shot some pool. DW is pretty good. I told her all her days in the bar when she was younger have paid off. We came back and had dinner about 6 pm.

There was bingo at 7 pm in the rec hall so off we went. First time either of us have played since we were kids. Didn't win a thing. Just donated our $2 bucks. Oh well, it was fun. We got back at 8: 15 pm.

We will watch some tv, cable here, and or do the internet thing. The wifi here requires us to sign in way to much. I will probably have to re sign in before this is posted. Tomorrow up goes our DW dish and away goes the sign in. I will lock all others out since the wifi is here, free or not.

Tomorrow is walk on golf for me, fitness center instruction at 8:30 am for DW and then later she is going to a Swedish weaving class. Lunch for her is at the rec center and at the golf course for me. The afternoon plans are yet to be made but we will do the evening buffet at 4:30 to 6 pm. Lets see what that is like and how much.

We have spent more in Oct than we will here for our stay at this resort. The rv is at a half a tank and will get its fill up when we leave. Its all budget things. We budgeted only one tank for the suv and we have already put in three that I can remember. And it has averaged 23+ for all the gallons so far. Usless info till you need gas on an empty tank and its 12 miles. Do you have enough? Thats for the month. Oh well, we will have to re figure that item. We are trying to do a $1700 budget and see if this is workable. Some months no and maybe some months yes. We just need to average it over several months.

I'm going to get some pics of the permanent resident housing. Some of the spaces are close and some are not. They are well kept up and very nice looking. The new park here is called the north area and it has W I D E spaces. Our space is probably 25 feet. The north area must be 35 feet wide and longer, say 60 feet. Our 36 footer fits but suv parking is tight. The space is around 45 foot long. My only complete is our west area has water outlets too tall. So tall it is in the way of our storage doors. If they were no more than 24", no problem. They are about 36" tall.

Thats all for today. Lets see how the golf game is, winds at 15-30 and gusty. We have a front coming thursday am and hence the high winds. It does blow here but not like that. Normal winds are in the 10-20 range and not gusty. The course is a par 72, 6718 from the black, 6327 from the orange (or white), slope 105. The par 5's are 509, 514, 505 and 562. On a windy day, they get real long. The par 3's are 176 to 193. Going to be fun.