Archive for March 3rd, 2010

Hi! Wow, Daytona Beach! The weather was beautiful and all the bikes looked great. When we first got to Daytona Beach we decided to attack the beach and pay the $5 dollars to put the pick up truck on the beach and ride on 6 miles of white sand against the salt water. That was neat! What put a real kink in my sand riding adventure was that no dogs are allowed to touch the sand. City ordinance says no dogs on beach So after exiting the beach we went looking for where all the bikes were hanging out. I had no idea where the “Bike Week” gang of Daytona Beach were hanging out. But it didn’t take long to ride up Atlantic Avenue to find Main Street. That’s where Bike Week is….on Main Street. And a small street it is and I was surprised to see that cars can drive up and down that street along with the bikes. I was expecting the street to be blocked from cars going thru like Laconia’s Bike Week is in New Hampshire. And I was surprised to see a lot less bikes than Laconia’s Bike Week too. There wasn’t many people or bikes at all. Plenty of room to walk the sidewalk, plenty of time to cross between traffic. Daytona was nice, don’t get me wrong, but nothing really to brag about. Maybe if I got drunk and waited for night fall I might have a different impression, but New Hampshire’s Bike Week in Laconia is a lot better in my opinion.
We spent a good part of the day there and Jake went too! Ohhhh, don’t get me started….I put his pleather jacket on him – Harley Davidson embroidered – and everyone at Bike Week just loved him to pieces. He got his picture taken from at least 8 or 9 people and one guy tried to take a picture with his camera while holding a cup of beer. My mom took the cup of beer from the guy so he can manage operation of his camera. It was a riot! Jake was an absolute hit there. A biker chick ran after us to give Jake a scarf to put around his neck. And yes, right now, at 8:30pm he’s out cold in his bed dreaming about all the biker chicks that gave him so much loving today! An amazing, fun day!
So, we got home (managed thru 5 o’clock Orlando I-4 highway rush hour) and we are staying home tonight watching American Idol. I’m trying to think of anything else that happened today, but that was it. Well, that’s it for now. Have a great night!

Hello! Okay, I did quite a bit today so keep up with me! This afternoon (I have to start with “this afternoon” because I slept all morning)….so this afternoon we started our day out at Denny’s. You know how I feel about Denny’s and it’s always a win-win situation second to Perkins Restaurant. So that was uneventful as I only had soup and water. Wasn’t really that hungry. Well, don’t think I just rolled out of bed….I did walk Jake, gave Jake a bath which went rather predictably well, and other morning stuff. So, after Denny’s my Mom had to make a Discover payment and you know where to go to make that payment!! Sears!
There are a couple of Sears around, but, me, Miss GPS, pointed that device towards the Florida Mall! Woo Hoo! (Hey, it’s the little things that count – so it’s off to the mall!!). So at the mall, we made the Discover payment and walked the mall and did we walk!! That mall is huge compared to the malls back home in New Hampshire. We actually got lost for a moment. I came across a Sprint Store and bought a Blackberry plastic screen protector which I have to change every other month on my phone. If I keep it on there months on end, then the protective shield get crappy and starts peeling up on the edges. Anyways, I also purchased a pre-paid Visa Gift Card from the mall guest services counter (it’s a Simon mall like the one we have back home) and they sell Visa pre-paid Gift Cards that can be used anywhere Visa is accepted. I do this a lot because there are purchases I make online in which I do not want to use a real credit card or my bank debit card. So when I buy online thru, for example, Amazon or iTunes, I just use this pre-paid card. I want to check out http://www.bplay.com again and get some cool ring tones for my Blackberry too. I’m a tad paranoid on putting my personal banking information online and no, I don’t pay bills online. I know, I know….I’ve been told before I should get up with the times, but just can’t bring myself around. Anyways, whenever I get around to making my online purchase (my purpose of the card), after my purchase I can use the remaining balance of the card for anything else like gas or Dunkin Donuts. Anywhere Visa is accepted.
So, moving on, after we ventured around the mall, we found a post office to mail other bills out (don’t start with the online bill paying system….LOL!). Now we get two miles from our RV park and I get an email on my Blackberry from the local Camping World store. You see, I had emailed the parts department on my Blackberry along with a picture of the broken plastic wheel fender that got snapped in half from the tire blow out back in Texas. My parents were going to wait to get this fixed back in New Hampshire but decided to check out options around here. Kelly over at Camping World told me to take a picture of the damage and email it to him with the Montana VIN#. Easy enough for me….so he emailed me back today with a new fender part price of $123.00 plus shipping coming in from Indiana. So when I got this email we detoured it to Camping World and talked with Kelly about placing the order. As he placed the order for the part, which took a little while, I had a chance to roam the store….and you will never believe what I came across….a dog hammock!!!! Yes, a hammock for a dog!! Now, hang on….don’t chalk me up to being crazy yet…..it’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. It’s a foldable, one piece, hammock for little dogs….probably can hold up to 25 pounds. So, I hadddddd to have it and if it can keep Jake off the ground outside he won’t get dirty as easily or that often. See, I hadddd to have it! So, I came home with this doggie hammock and Jake loved it! He hopped up there by himself and laid down and let out a big sigh….so comfy! I’m looking for a dog bone shaped silk pillow for him now! Ha! And if you are wondering about the price of the hammock it was $19.97.
Okay, so where was I here….oh, we ordered the fender part and that will come in within a week. So the total damage amount done from a one tire blow out has added up to….($140 for new tire installed plus $123 for new fender plus shipping costs)…..well, there ya go. Not cheap. Oh, and our new tire pressure monitoring system is working great! I’m going to have to get the brand name for you on that one but we bought it at Camping World also and it came in a white box (the other one we bought and returned came in a black box). So, everything is going good and this evening we….,noooo, my day isn’t done yet…..we went to Bingo with four other people….it was me, Mom, and four others from this park that we met here. One of the ladies in our group of 6 won the $250 jackpot! I wish it was me, but not this time, but we are going to try again on Thursday night. Bingo here is Tuesday night, Wednesday afternoon, Thursday night, and Friday night. We can’t go tomorrow afternoon because we are heading up to Daytona Beach for the day!!!! Woo-Hoo!! It’s Bike Week at Daytona Beach!! Yes, with Jake….oh, that reminds me, I’ll have to dig out his pleather Harley Davidson jacket!! It’s got the Harley Davidson symbol right on the back of it and zips up underneath and it’s black and has a jacket collar, just like a leather jacket! I’ll tell you all about our Daytona Beach adventure tomorrow. I’ll take pictures and try my best to post them if the internet signal wind blows my way. Have a great night and I’ll be back! Nite Nite!