Wed., 13 Mar 13

Slept in until 8 a.m.

Charlotte made smoothies for breakfast using the frozen strawberries from the batch we picked up before leaving Florida. A treat! There are enough left for about 3 more each.

Charlotte was reading LuLu's "Crazy Sista Cookbook" - the result was "Toad -n-a-Hole" for lunch. A circle is cut out of the center of a piece of bread and an egg is fried in the hole - easy over . This toasts both sides of the bread. The cut out circle is also toasted on both sides and then used for dipping. Toasting by frying makes the break tastier than using a toaster. Mmmmm good!

We watched the Papal Elections. "Habemus Papum - We have a pope!" - with a few surprises - the Pope is from Buenos Aires, Argentina and a Jesuit - both firsts. Another surprise is that Cardinal Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio - Pope Francis I - is also 76 years old. Speculation were that they would choose a younger Pope.

A lovely clear sunny (coolish - mid-60's) day.  We set out  with the top off on the car. I wanted to check out Direct TV info as I found another address for the Sunshine Satellite, Inc. in Foley, AL. I couldn't find the other day. They had moved and are still trying to get there address changed on the satellite company website.

We then went further south on AL-59 to Old Time Pottery. This place is huge the size of a Walmart. The name is a bit of a misnomer - it is like a cross between Michael's (for flowers and frames), Bed, Bath and Beyond (for linens, towels, chair cushions) and a kitchen and household store. We bought 4 outdoor cushions for our wicker chair set and a few bags of wooden clothespins.

Then we were bad.

We stopped at Five Guys for supper. At least now we have learned to only order a single bacon cheese burger (w/black print fixins) and a regular fry and share. Next time we will only get the smallest fry order. There is a reason they are rated as the best $5 burger by GQ magazine.

Then we got even "badder".

We (at least) walked to the end of the corner mall area to pick up a dozen (variety pack) of Krispy Kreme. We each choose 6. We are stuffed from the shared burger at Five Guys - maybe a donut before bed tonight. We got back at the RV at dusk - still with the top off.

We picked up my mail at the office before we left. I ordered a "Bear Extender" and a higher gain antenna for the laptop's Wi-Fi. My previous Wi-Fi antenna booster would not work for Windows 8. Once installed it appeared to have significantly increased my range (they claim up to 4 times improvement). Most of the Wi-Fi in the park has increased from 2 bars to a full 5. The downloads also appear to be much faster.

The usual TV evening - the last hour watching from the bed.