Earlier in the week we were making plans to go to Crystal River today with John and Marian Hagan but by Wednesday evening realized that being out three days in a row would be too much and put us too far behind on various tasks. Besides, the weather forecast for Friday was for cold, overcast, rainy conditions; not ideal for exploring and hiking, especially when we had the option of going some other time. The forecast for Saturday was even worse, but the forecast for Sunday looked much better and turned out to be a better day for them anyway. We would have had to be back early today anyway as tonight was pizza night and our pickup time was 6:30 PM, so we stayed home today and planned to stay home tomorrow as well. I did not take any photos today.
Linda concentrated on her cross-stitch, went for a walk, and took a call from Butch, who had another potential buyer for their business (Linda helps them with accounting and tax returns). I worked on e-mails and blog posts and had a couple of phone calls and e-mails with Pat, who had a relay replaced in their bus and needed someone to clear the fault codes in the DDEC I engine computer. Unfortunately the only cartridge I had for our Pro-Link was for a DDEC II / III. Pat had already called Prevost’s Nashville service facility and they did not have a code reader for a DDEC I. I suggested that he contact Bill in Orange City. As I blogged in late December, Bill has a newer diagnostic instrument with cartridges for every DDEC version, as well as Allison transmissions, and was camped relatively close to Walt Disney World. I also suggested Prevost’s Jacksonville service center and Florida Detroit Diesel Allison in Jacksonville, both of which are only an hour from Fort Wilderness.
With the January 2014 issue Bus Conversions Magazine started adding additional content to the digital edition which they send out as a PDF or allow online (registered) users to download. With the February 2014 issue they began offering the digital edition in two versions; Standard Definition (SD) and High Definition (HD). The SD/HD editions has expanded content compared to the print edition, most of which is additional photographs with the photos in the HD version being much higher resolution than the in the SD version. They have also made the advertisements live links to the advertisers’ websites and plan to add video and other expanded content in the future. I had an old login for Bus Conversions Magazine that no longer worked so BCM set up an online subscription for me so I could access the online only HD version. My old login did not work for the BBS/Forum either so I also registered for that.
Volunteers at Williston Crossings RV Resort (WCRVR) make pizzas to order every Friday using the clubhouse kitchen, which has a small conveyor type pizza oven. Orders have to be placed by 4:00 PM on Thursday and are for a specific pickup time. We decided to give this a try after our neighbors described how it works and told us the pizzas were pretty good. We ordered one with mushrooms and onions, hold the cheese, and asked for thin crust.
Friday and Saturday evenings are campfire nights at WCRVR so we had a salad at 6:00 PM, picked up our pizza at 6:30 PM, and headed to the fire pit. The pizza was big enough for two people to split, only cost $6.00, and was partly a social thing. Kevin, John, and Ali were there along with a few other folks. Kevin had a nice fire going and John had his guitar. We ate our pizza and then Linda got us a couple of glasses of Moscato. WCRVR is not over programmed, but there are plenty of things to do here if you want to join in. Of all the nice things at Williston Crossings RV Resort, the Friday and Saturday evening campfires have been the nicest, with John, Jeff, and others providing musical entertainment. And they have been best when they were more lightly attended, which has been the case on these cool, damp evenings, allowing for more and better conversation.
After we returned to our coach for the evening we turned on the TV and watched a couple of interesting shows on PBS while I finished creating the blog posts for the two preceding days. Such are our days at WCRVR in Florida.