October 31, 2013

Happy Halloween from Big Lagoon State Park, Pensacola, FL

Living this roving lifestyle can be pretty exciting sometimes-we get to meet new people and explore new areas but sometimes we have to do the same mundane chores we did when living in a sticks and bricks house.

First order of business was deciding where we wanted to eat lunch.  I had a yen for a hamburger so I entered Steak and Shake in the GPS.  No luck-so we settled on Checkers.  It was not a pleasurable experience. 

#1- We had to wait a couple of minutes for attention at the walk-up window.  When the guy finally opened the window, he didn’t greet us-just looked at us waiting for us to give our order. 

#2-We had to wait ten minutes for the order to be filled (two cars that drove through after we placed our order received their orders before we did)

#3- We had requested two cups of water when we ordered but were only handed the bag with the burgers and one order of fries.  Monte had to remind the guy about the water.  There were only two napkins in the bag.  I asked for more napkins and was given ONE!

 

 

#4-When ordering the special of 2 Cheesy burgers for $4 I inquired if there were onions on the burger and if so were they raw. (I just CANNOT digest raw onions) He said they were grilled.  I should have checked prior to taking a bite because the onion was raw.

 

 

#5-We ordered a medium fries.  After dividing the fries up to share we each ended up with around 12.

#6-The CHEESY part of the burger was disgusting tasting like artificial cheese from a can.

In summary-Next time we are in the mood for a burger we will go somewhere else and spend a little more money—sometimes the saying is true—You get what you pay for!

Our next chore was to do laundry.  I had checked out the website prior to leaving the rig and chose this particular Laundromat because they advertised they are the cleanest in the area and offer free WiFi.    If they are the cleanest I can only wonder what the other Laundromats in the area look like!  Almost every other machine had an “Out of Order” sign.  It cost $3 a load to wash and $1.25 for 20 minutes to dry and 5 minutes for each additional 25 cents.  If you don’t check to see if things are dry prior to the time running out, you have to pay another $1.25.

We got three loads of wash going and set up my laptop.  When we tried to log on as guests a box popped up that required a pass code.  When we asked the attendant what the code was she informed us she didn’t know.  She said the manager has the code and he was out making a delivery.  Ten minutes later when the manager showed up and we asked about the code, he turned my laptop around so we couldn’t see what he was typing and entered the code.   

We watched a TV show on HULU that ended just as the three loads were dry. Sam’s Club was next followed by Walmart.

This guy was doing some acrobatics on top of the sign advertising a restaurant.  It was silly but I give the people who do this type of work credit.  What it says to me is no job is too silly and I would rather do this then stand on a corner with a sign asking for a handout.

By the time we returned to the campground it was dark and the gate was closed.  Luckily we had the pass code with us.