In a Vacuum at Lazy Days

Here we are in Tampa, FL at Lazy Days RV Center. We're getting the front end body work done on the RV following Mary's wreck in December. The insurance adjuster came and all is set. It also helps that we bought our rig here last year. They have over 150 bays and with the economy problems, many of them are idle, so they're glad for our business.

The place is VERY "user-friendly" for RVers. We can sleep in our coach so there's no need to find a motel and worry about taking the kitty with us. They provide free breakfast and lunch, then we go out for supper and don't have to worry about cooking and washing dishes. They have a clubhouse with nice showers that we can use if we like and a big, attractive lounge with free Starbuck's coffee and large TVs. The park itself is very nicely done - full of huge old live oak trees that are filled with gracefully hanging Spanish moss. I've been taking my morning walk in the sales section with new motorhomes, fifth wheels, and a few trailers.

We are also having another project done while we're here. Our TV is a big old thing in a cabinet built across the front and Ed keeps bumping his poor bald head on it. They've taken out the cabinet and the old TV and will be hanging the new flat-screen TV that we've just had sitting on the dash since he got it in January. They moved us over to the woodworking area for that, while they continue with the door off the front end back in the body shop.

This part blows my mind. The coach stays inside the bay at night AND we have electrical, water, and sewer hook-ups!! I'm washing a load of clothes, even as I type!!

Our days run something like this:
We have to be up by 8 a.m. so they can start working, which is OK because the free breakfast is 8-9 a.m. in the main office building. We try to sit with people and have met some nice folks. Then I take my walk and we drive over to the clubhouse to shower. If I don't wash my hair, I can shower here.

By that time, the free lunch is ready!! Today they had chef's salad. Ed was still hungry so they let each of us have a 2nd salad. In the afternoon, we "compute", nap, read, go to the store (we can walk to Camping World store right here on the premises), and go out for supper. It's a tough life but somebody's gotta do it, right?

Here's the view out the left of our rig.

This is looking to the right.

It's like a mad beehive around here with people, golf carts, cars, trucks and RVs. There are about 540 employees now, after laying off over a 100 people. Every one is super friendly and if you're out walking, they'll give you a lift in their golf cart to wherever you wish to go.

We're not really in a vacuum but it's like a twilight zone away from the real world. Looks like we'll be here till next Tuesday or so. This is an opportune for Ed to catch up on some rest and I can see he feels better than he did on Saturday.

p.s. Pepper is on her normal schedule - sleeping here, there, and yonder!