Update on New Years Day and broken fridge.

Where are we today ?

Destin Florida

Looks like won't make it to Topsail State Park this time

        To back track a bit. On New Years Eve Day I was chatting with a friend from Plattsville Ontario,(our home town) on facebook. They had just arrived in Destin Florida to a three bedroom rental house and invited us to come and stay with them. Funny we don't see them much in Ontario but run into them down south. Last year we met them for lunch at Big Nose Kate's in Tombstone Arizona.
       Well we had made plans to leave this resort and head west towards Biloxi Mississippi for a couple weeks. But decided hey they are only 90 miles away in the other direction, lets go there for a few days. Never been there and all it takes is change a reservation no problem.
      New Years morning we awaken a bit later than usual no hurry to leave. But about 10 am we are securing the coach to depart and our fridge does not appear to be working too good. Now a quick check and the fridge says (suprise Happy New Year!) I do want to work anymore in 2013. Hmph... Appears all of the yellow ammonia has leaked out of the cooling unit. Know what that means?? Our fridge is done, kaput, broken, pooched, not fixable. But hey it is 14 years old. 
        So what to do? New Years Day on the road, did a quick check and find a Camping World that is open almost at Destin, in Gulf Breeze Florida. So stop there chat with service and not much they can do until the morning, the woman in charge of this stuff will be in the morning and check things out for us.
        Now what to do with a fridge and freezer full of food (its still frozen). Called our friends Marc and Erin and their offer to stay was still open, and their fridge and freezer is empty, they have not stocked it up yet. Talk about a stroke of luck eh? So packed up all of our foodstuffs and some clothes and headed to their place about 1:30pm. Stored all our perishables in the fridge, and relaxed with a cold beer, ahh needed that!

surfing country

the white sand look like snow

        As the changed plans unfold, we chat catchup, Marc is making a stuffed pork roast, and brussel spouts, and we are going to Barry and Marlenes rental next door to a New Years Day feast with 2 other couples eight of us altogether.

Erin and Marc

their rental house

our bedroom

nice kitchen

Marc loves to cook too

At Barry and Marlene's

Marc carving

lotsa great food

awesome

christmas pudding, rum sauce and frozen yogurt

       So there, a screwed day up ended up not so bad after all. We saved our food, have a place to sleep visit good friends we have known for over 20 years. Other daughters figured skated together for many years, way back when. And my last six years working (after closing my restaurant) was in Marc's Tool and Die shop.

       This morning first thing, I went back to the CampingWorld and talked to Caren. She had already located a new replacement fridge (In stock) and by 8:30 this morning they were getting ready to begin work on our coach. How's that for service? It will be installed by the end of the day.

       So I think our plan may just be to stay here with friends for two more nights leave the coach there (free storage) and pick it up friday morning and head back towards Biloxi with a new fridge. Well at least we saved the cost of three nights camping here $120.00 it will help take then edge off a little bit on the cost of our new Dometic fridge, that is replacing our very sick Norcold. These things aren't cheap as any Rv'er will tell you.

        Now thats an update as of noon today, Jan. 2nd, looks like we will enjoy some more time here hanging out and maybe even get to see a bit of Destin in the meantime.
        Thanks so much for dropping in and hope your new year started a little better than ours.

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