Boy, that was fun

We spent the night hanging around the campfire talking and everyone got a pretty good nights sleep.  It was a beautiful breezy morning and Buster was itching to get a run in today.  Karen and I got up and had a couple cups of coffee and then took Buster out for his run.  The conditions were perfect and we just ran down roads that meandered along the Homosassa Spring River.  When we got back we decided to for go breakfast and stop for lunch at the Asian Bistro.  When I think of Homosassa Florida I don't exactly think of fine Asian cuisine but Karen had read good things about the restaurant.  She was right.  On the way there (it was only 8 miles from the campsite) we got lost twice.  Always fun trying to do a three point turn on little winding roads.  Even more entertaining pulling a U-turn through the church parking lot as church is letting out.  Well, I figured that was our excitement for the trip.  Boy, was I wrong!

We got to our parking spot at Castle Keep Storage and prepared to park.  Our spot is very sandy so Karen and I had thrown down several bags of mulch to try and build up the parking spot.  It works fine if you get on the right spot but a foot right or left and you are stuck in the sand.  We were stuck in the sand.  Much trying and spinning of wheels only got us deeper.  I finally went to the office and called Good Sams Club for our free towing.  It was going to be a 2-3 hour wait so I asked the owner of the storage if I could borrow a rake to try and dig us out while we were waiting.  Luckily we have levelers on our RV so we were able to jack the RV up really high and dig the tires out and put wood and anything else handy under the tires.  After about 10 tries we broke free.  Good thing because my free towing was going to cost me $180.  I talked the owner into giving me a temporary better spot until another spot opened up.  At least we are on concrete now.

Interestingly enough when I took the rake back to the owner he said, "Oh, if I had know you were going to dig yourself out I would have helped you".  I replied, "Hey, no problem.  It gave us something to do while we were waiting for the tow truck" as I was thinking "what did you think I was asking for the rake for"?