A Run-Around Day

We managed to get all of our errands accomplished yesterday, and nobody died...at least not at our hands. It was surprisingly calm on this side of Savannah. When we left the RV, Smitty was curled up taking his morning nap.

He was going to need his strength for last night's activities which I'll tell you about in just a minute.

On our list was a stop off at the grocery store for a few last minute items. It seems we're always running low on eggs and sandwich bread, and so that's nearly always on the list. There were a few other things. Our next stop was at Target to pick up an item we'd ordered it online, and so it was a quick in and out there. Here's the thing: There are cats who barf, and there are cats who don't. Smitty is the latter. Sadie, sadly, is the former. Gracie was also a barfing cat. It was during the reign of Gracie that we discovered the Spotbot. There's a reason they put a cat on the box.

It's a sort of carpet cleaner and vacuum combination in one tidy and portable package. We brought ours from home, but it's gotten quite a workout on this trip...not to mention frequent hard bounces as we travel down the road. The old one was coming apart, and so it was time to replace it.

Next stop was at a Staples. I needed to print something, fill it out, sign it, copy it, and then mail it to the agent in Portland for our family get-together next year. We used to keep a printer in the RV with us, but we used it so infrequently that the ink would dry up in between and it never worked when we wanted it to. This stop at Staples proved to be pretty quick and relatively inexpensive, especially when you consider the cost of purchasing ink cartridges that were used one time and then discarded when they dried up.

After that, we considered visiting a quilt shop, but we were worn out from the previous stops, traffic, people, and general Christmas madness. The quilt shop will have to wait for another day and, probably, another destination.

When we had things put away back at the RV, we took a short drive down to the beach to see the Tybee Island Light Station. I promised you a better picture, and here it is:

Here's a little bit of information about it:

It was possible to climb to the top, but the cost was $7 each for seniors, and we were feeling particularly cheap. Besides, we kind of wanted to see the beach. There is only paid parking on Tybee Island, and...like I said...we were feeling particularly cheap, so we headed back to the RV. Hopefully, we'll get a chance to walk the three blocks to the beach and get a look at it today. As we were leaving the parking area, I noticed this sign.

Clearly, they take hurricanes very seriously here. It's easy to see why. Tybee Island is a barrier island and the area where we are located is surrounded on three sides by the Atlantic Ocean. You can see a satellite image of the area below. The RV park is right in the middle. The lighthouse is off to the right.

Fortunately,  there are no hurricanes in the forecast.

That's pretty much the whole day right there. Today will be a little busier. It's Christmas Eve. Back home we'd be having the kids up for Christmas dinner. We'll have our Christmas dinner tomorrow, but I'm making dessert today...a Bailey's Chocolate Chip Cheesecake I've been making for nearly 30 years. It's a family favorite. I shared the recipe in a previous post right here. Today I'm cutting the recipe in half and attempting to make cheesecake for two, using two individual springform pans. Wish me luck. I'm hoping it'll turn out fine, but if it doesn't, I have ingredients to make another pecan pie. Think of it as my emergency back-up dessert.

As for the kitties, it's all quiet on the RV front right now. Last night seemed particularly busy. They weren't so much running around as scurrying. Neither Mike nor I said anything to one another, but in our minds we both were thinking it sounded as if they had a mouse. Both of us dismissed this idea until we got up this morning. Fortunately, we have a brand new Spotbot to take care of that little, um, spot, er...yeah, let's just stick with "spot" as a descriptive term. It's Christmas Eve. You're welcome.

I'm planning to take the day off from blogging tomorrow, and so I'll wish you a Merry Christmas right here. I hope the season has been good to you.