Random Thoughts

 Location: Heart of Haynesville RV Park; Mansfield, Louisiana

I've been back at my homebase for two weeks. I've done a few maintenance items but mainly waiting for cooler weather. I always seem to come back a few weeks earlier. I haven't figured out the reason for that yet. My simple justification is I need to experience a little bit of the hot weather in the south so I will be able to appreciate the nice fall weather to come. Also, by coming back early, I can complain about the heat and not be looked at like a "reverse snowbird". The RV Park is about 60% full and the owner isn't doing much more than receiving monthly payments. There are still several workers in the park but I'm beginning to see it turning more and more into an old style trailer park. Lots of people have started living in their RV's instead of houses/apartment. Nothing wrong with living in an RV, heck, I've been doing that for over eleven years now. This campground is conveniently located to my family and doctors, so I'll be here at least one month and possible through Thanksgiving.

Random Thoughts:

1) Charlie Kirk was assassinated a week or so ago. He was in the middle of one of his conversation meetings on a college campus. His wife and children were there nearby when he was shot. As I posted on Facebook after it happened, his assassination is solid proof that there are real demons among us, and he was silenced for not only his strong Christian beliefs and for also for being a proud, outspoken Patriot of the United States. They may have silenced the messenger, but his message is now being amplified a thousand times over. He knows all the answers now.

2) I got tired of getting what I thought was spam from Verizon and went down to my local Verizon store to find out for sure. The deal they were offering was a free Google Pixel 10 Pro cell phone and a better/cheaper phone plan. Well, I showed them and didn't accept that phone but did get the Google Pixel 10 Pro XL for $1,000.00 off. That leaves me paying about $200.00 interest-free spread out over 36 months. My new plan also has an unlimited amount of hot-spot data instead of only 30 GB with my old plan. Plus the new plan is slightly cheaper. I've had a Google Pixel Phone before my current phone and loved it. I meant to replace my old Google Pixel with a new one last time but some goodlooking salesperson told me she thought I needed the Motorola that I ended up buying. I'm just happy she was only selling phones and not car or houses. Anyway, I walked out of my local Verizon dealer a happy man this time. Oh, and I just got another surprise, when I was downloading my pictures, they went directly to my Picasa account. I wasn't able to do that over the last couple of years. My new phone solved that problem. All around, its a "Good deal, Lucielle".

3) My Curt Echo brake controller has worked perfectly. I would have preferred having an integrated controller hard-wired in the truck, but a few things prevented that from happening. I've been 90% satisfied with the Echo. I'll clarify that statement by saying, I'm 100% satisfied with the Echo in terms of safety and brake operations. Cheaper/adaptable/as-good, is always a good deal.

4) My Starlink is another item that I've been satisfied with it effectiveness. There has been times when I've received a star link connection when I would have thought trees would be blocking access. Surprise, surprise. I'm prepared now for those campgrounds where I can't get a cell signal to use my new "unlimited hotspot data".

5) I've been super happy with Trump's selection of cabinet members. They are all reform minded secretaries who are shaking things up. Although I don't agree with everything being done, I do think the whole system needs shaking up every so often and it definitely overdue. 

6) I believe all illegal immigrants should be deported but at the same time, the legal immigration should be increased. I wish Trump would establish a 3 to 1 rule that would say for every illegal immigrant deported, the number of legal immigrants is increased by 3. And if he wanted to increase that to a higher number, I'm OK with that too.

7) I started using Fire Honey last weekend and have had positive results in a short period of time. I'm not completely convinced about it's effectiveness but will continue using it to verify. Fire Honey is made when you combine local raw honey with turmeric, cayenne pepper, cinnamon, black pepper and ginger. The proportions are 1/2 cup of honey to 1/2 teaspoon of each spice. You can take it any number of ways from just swallowing it or like me, in my morning coffee. Yeah, yeah I know the heat from the coffee kills some of the beneficial effects of the honey but I'm OK with it. Adding black pepper surprised me but after reading up on it, black pepper really jacks up the effectiveness of the turmeric, who knew? Oh well, so far, the preliminary results are positive and I'm real sure it won't kill me.

This is from my last night at Rocky Point COE before arriving back here at my base camp. This was looking out my door, can get any easier than that. 

That blue sign means I'm back in Louisiana. She has some problems, but it's home and my kids, grandkids and X-wife lives here. That brown sign in the backgrounds is a memorial sign dedicated to Greg Wall. He worked for me for several years and before that we were co-workers for years. He was a good Christian man and a respected engineer. He and I had our disagreements over the years, but it was always a respectful disagreement. Both of us being kind of hard-headed may have contributed some to the disagreements. The Cancer took him not long after I started traveling. He was one of the good ones. 

This is looking out my back window at my current campsite. It is also the first picture I've taken with my new Pixel Phone.

Not too much proof-reading tonight, so please bear with me.

Ya'll take care of each other. Maybe I'll Cya down the road.