Do you know the difference between an Air Force pilot and a
Naval aviator. When a USAF pilot takes
off he knows that his airport will be exactly where he left it. When an aviator wants to return to the
carrier deck he has to find a small dot in the ocean that is not where it was
when he left! Full timing makes us kind
of like the aircraft carrier and our service providers need a way to find
us. Mail forwarding services (Good Sam,
Escapees, etc.) provide the ‘radar’ for them to find us! This full-timing thing is easy when your
service providers understand that you are not in a fixed location or can relate
the mail address as a fixed location.
Our health insurance provider (Tricare) uses Express Scripts.
They are efficient; I was already able to pick up my ‘maintenance’
supply for one of my meds at a Rite Aid/ Walgreens in New Bedford, MA.
From the pharmacy it was off to spend some quality time with
the grandkids! As we were heading to
their house I noticed a ladder truck outside Acushnet
Fire Station 1 had the ladder extended and a flag flying off the end of the
boom.
It then hit me that the flag was flying directly over the
town’s 9-11 memorial!
To me it is such a show of respect, not only for the loss of life that
day but, also for those who continue to have ’skin in the game’ 17-years after
the attacks in this country. If anyone
would like to send them kudos you can do it through the link above
Time with the grandkids is precious because we get so little
of it because of the way everyone’s schedule works out. After hanging around my son Jim’s house for a
while entertaining the kids (and the grand puppy) we all went out for lunch
together. Apparently Jim was not hot to
go out for lunch but, when we were at Rite Aid his wife, Erin suggested that
she would like to go to Max’s in N.
Dartmouth. We knew we were pressed for
time since they wanted to get the kids fall clothes after Erin got out of
work. So while we were at Jim’s I asked
if they had any plans for lunch. “Erin
wants to go to Max’s”, he says. So
before he can say “but… “, I suggest that Max’s is a splendid idea and we
should all go! Max’s is a small little
micro-brew eatery that majors in burgers but today was Taco Tuesday. I’d like to give a review but they’re
tacos! How much can go wrong! I don’t know what happened to southeastern MA
after I left (in 1976) but hand cut, lightly breaded onion are the new kick
here! Like the onion rings at the
Apple-Peach festival the rings at Max’s were great!
From there it was across the street to the Dollar Tree store.
This, by the way, is the only one that lives up to its name! The Dollar Store and Dollar General both sell
things for more than $1. One of Lori’s
hobbies is knits scarves as a way to pass time.
When each scarf is done it gets put into a plastic ziplock for delivery
to a local homeless shelter. So at Dollar Tree we bought ziplock bags and some
craft items she can use when she does crafts with children at the campgrounds we
host at.
Our next stop was Walmart so Lori can restock craft supplies
for her Kindness Rocks.
It is a small expense that adds a lot to the camping experience and
possibly will keep us in the memories of the staff at places we like so that
when (if) we reapply we can get in!
Well it’s been a long day but still one more stop. You guessed it, Lee’s Market for a few
provisions. Have I mentioned that
attached to the supermarket is a package store?
Horseneck Beach does not allow alcohol - certainly ‘juice’ is o.k.?
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