Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

on the road again.....
rrrrrrrrrrrrrrdiditrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrdiddit, etc and squeaking constantly
all because of crummy track.
room is much better, tiny bathroom, like sitting in a tiny shower, a bit claustrophobic with no windows. There are two bedroom cabins on this car and it appears you can open a door between them. Which is of course locked now, but it's all on rubber and seems to be bouncing up and down about a constant 1/32. Porter tried jamming towels in track on other side, this is no surprise to him, and I've got my big suitcase jammed up against it with towels wedged in there.
It works for a few minutes, then all the jiggling makes everything move.

and the cabin thermostat is broken. Oh the heat automatically comes on at 7pm. I wonder if they just turned off the heat to save money....now Rodney the attendant who will be with me all the way to Trenton, and everything is included, except the gratuities, he noted without a trace of shame....

I had a really nice time and I'm happy to be here. Trick is to have low expectations of this train and then be pleasantly surprised. Covid was brought up by one conductor, said they can't get staff for their trains, particularly in NorthEast. Which is why I'm still stuck on the milk run instead of the express. Well at least I don't have to leave this cabin for anything the whole time.

train went up past Palm Beach and headed NW up to Okeechobee Lake. Didn't see anything on way down, at night, maybe will see something this afternoon. That would be nice.
Just passed the Walpole concrete plant, huge and very impressive, spotless trucks.
Otherwise once you leave the coasts, whole lot of scrub pine and swamps.
track has smoothed out and we are going flat out.

I redid my squeak towels and took the play out of the door from a different direction.
Much quieter.
If I see anything to take pics of I will but pretty desolate. Train feels like about 80mph now.

not very attractive land we are going through near North 98, looks like no one lives in this area.
well except the alligators

Does he call you Mr. Benny?

 

[Alien]

Went to the mailbox a couple of days ago and could see some junk mail so I reached in to grab it. Ouch ouch ouch, There was a paper wasp nest in there and they didn't like me intruding. 5 painful stings on hand and arm. I am allergic to stings so off to the Dr. My hand was swelling badly so he put me on a high steroid dose. 2 days later it is improving but still swollen and itchy as heck.
I took the Mortein out and sprayed the heck out of them. They didn't like that. It was a large nest but cleaned the wasps out straight away.
Yesterday I spent the day spraying Lantana. A few hours later it rained. Hope I didn't waste my time. I guess I will have to just wait and see.
The tractor wouldn't shut down with the key. Lucky it has a stop button. I sprayed DWF into the ignition key and it fixed it straight away. Lucky fix.
Closest neighbour came over for a new year drink. Stayed for a couple of hours. He told me one of our other neighbours had covid. Don't see that one much thankfully. Can do without that. After having no covid in Queensland a couple of months ago we are now getting thousands of cases a day since they opened the borders. Crazy politicians. We keep away from unvaxed people but still need to shop unfortunately. Glad I don't live in the city.

 

[toppop52]

The latest guess for us is a total of 8”-13”, I sure hope they’ve way overestimated.

 

[daugen]

The latest guess for us is a total of 8”-13”, I sure hope they’ve way overestimated.

that's a bunch
5 inches predicted for New Hope Friday into all day Saturday
Just what I wanted to come home to

 

[daugen]

going through Lakeland FL
very common sight of cars backed up
looks wet out there

 

[Thomas]

22F temps heading towards low single numbers to night.

Some parts finally show up for my friend skidder so we spent day replace items...still waiting on the BIG ticket items.
Not plan for the evening...feet up dinner feet early pillow time.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Thomas]

The latest guess for us is a total of 8”-13”, I sure hope they’ve way overestimated.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

RNG, remind me to stay out of Kernville. Nice pic.
Happy belated birthday to Suzette!

Prayers for all with covid, and other maladies, and for our families and country.

David, hope you figure out how your pup got cut. Hope she heals quickly.

Randy, you too! No more parking lot flops.

Ken, hope your out of the doghouse.

Drew, hope ride home is good.

 

[RoyJackson]

When I went to grab the mail, i noticed we had gotten more snow last night then I expected...1½-2". So, cranked up the Deere and did the driveway, then with the EGO, did the walks...should be good until the weekend. Our forecast is for 5-6 inches (so, settle down, Thomas!)
Pretty cold though...never did hit 20°
Tonight, supposed to be 0°...cold, but not bitterly cold...

 

[Rich B1]

I am not sure what is going on with cat food. My wife did try to order from Chewy Saturday night and they showed no stock . Locally, the dog food was ok stock level in both stores we were in. We are ok now for cat food. But if we run low, I can see our cats showing us the door!