Moving on while having computer and RV problems

 Seven years ago I had a winter of RV problems. See this old blog: Old Failure Blog

Now it is starting again.

1. On our first day from home one of the cupboard latches failed, not a problem I carry spares.

2. I noticed my batteries didn't have the full capacity I needed while boondocking and since they are 7 years old I planned to stop in Gainesville, FL to buy 2 new deep cycle batteries..

3. The side door lock broke again but now an inexpensive fix is available and I can use the dead bolt to lock it until the parts are shipped.

4. My 6 year old laptop's SSD drive is running out of capacity, possibly an internal failure since it should only be half full. The battery has been failing but I mostly use 120v power and some keys on keyboard don't work so I am using a wireless keyboard. But it's time to buy a new one. I looked in Ocala and did not find what I wanted so I ordered a new Dell which should arrive at my friend's house in Inverness on 12/16.

Hopefully no more problems occur and I get the new laptop going and my programs working.

After I left Juniper Springs on Thur. 12/11 I camped at a Lowes for two nights, shopping for the computer and planning my trip. 

On Sat I biked the Marj. Carr Cross FL Greenway Trail, It is a very pretty, up-down scenic paved trail. The trail is 15.5 miles long so my roundtrip ride from Walmart omn SR200 was 32 miles long. It was a sunny cool day. The trail goes over I-75 on a land bridge that animals, like deer and bear, also use.

Peggy in 2020 viewing I-75 traffic from the Landbridge

After my ride I drove to Dunnellon, FL where Rainbow Springs and its pretty river is. Two year ago I paddled here with Erin Betha and her friend Kathy. The area near the spring was scenic but the rest of the river has homes on both sides and lots of other paddlers. So it is not a river I like to paddle. When we took out just before it joined the Withlacoochee River I noticed that they had extended the 46 mi long Withlacoochee State Trail by 9 miles with a connector trail that someday may even connect with the Cross FL Greenway.

Trail crosses the Withlacoochee River

 This short hilly trail goes over the Withlacoochee Trail on this new bridge.

 Sunday afternoon I settled down to my campsite #48 at Cypress Glen Campground near the Withlacoochee River and bike trail until Christmas.

On Monday the LatchFix parts arrived, so I biked 14 mile round trip to pick them up at the nearest PO. Today, Joan's package arrived with some cables to tranfer files from my old computer to my new one, so anothe 14 mile bike ride to pick it up. Hopefully the new computer will come to my friends Paul & Helen's house in Inverness.