Sunday, December 28th
It was 48° when we left Dunkirk at 7:30
this morning. By 1:30 p.m., it was 69°. Despite the warmer temperatures,
everything still looks dead. I am looking forward to seeing green grass, trees
with leaves and flowers blooming.
We were on the right side of the road
today. There were a couple of grass fires along the northbound side of I-95 and
several fire trucks were on the shoulder. Lots of traffic backed up for a long
way.
We worshipped at Redeemer Lutheran
Church in Richmond. Our former Vicar now Associate Pastor, Seth Korte was ill
and not at church today. We were disappointed that we didn’t get to see him.
We had some time to kill before going to
church so we took the opportunity to look for a nearby geocache. Unfortunately,
we were not able to find it before we ran out of time. We were disappointed
because it is supposed to be fairly easy to find.
Cordell had already planned to spend our
first night near Smithville, NC so that we could re-visit a cache in Selma that
we could not find last April when we were driving back home. It is on an old caboose
at a historic railroad station. We had spent 1 ½ hours looking for that cache
the last time and I didn’t have much hope of finding it today especially since
other geocachers had to return several times before they were successful and
some had not found it at all. We had received a little help from a previous
finder and that information had been percolating in Cordell’s mind for over 8
months.
On our way to the site, we had to wait
while a train was stopped on the tracks crossing the street.
Once we arrived at the caboose, I
halfheartedly looked in a couple of places and then got discouraged. While Mr.
Duo continued his search, I saw something that looked suspicious and sure
enough it was that dang elusive cache.
I am embarrassed to say that when we
were at the front desk to check into our room and the clerk could not find our
reservation, we discovered that we were at the Comfort Inn rather than the
Holiday Inn where we were supposed to be. This was after I got the bright idea
to have Cordell unload all our luggage and bring it into the lobby while I
waited in line for 3 other people to check in. The hotels are side by side and
the Holiday Inn is so new that it doesn’t show up on our app program. But at
least one of us should have noticed the signs on the hotel and behind the lobby
desk. We were wondering how we could find a teeny tiny geocache and not find
the correct hotel and we hope that we do find our way to Fort Myers.
We went to a steak house and enjoyed a
nice dinner. We were seated immediately and our meals were served faster than
we expected. When we left the restaurant, there were people waiting to be
seated so it seems that we had good timing.
Back at our room, we began to settle in
for the night. I had changed into my PJs, we had got the laptop connected to
the internet and decided that this day couldn’t have been any more perfect. We
were ready to watch some football games and then discovered that the television
in our room would not come on. Cordell tried everything he could think of, but
nothing worked. When he phoned the front desk, the solution was to move us to
another room on another floor. So, we packed up again and quickly made the move.
But it turned out better for us because our second room is much larger than the
first one.
So, we have been able to relax and look
forward to doing some geocaching in this town tomorrow before we get back on
the highway south.
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