NOVEMBER 2002

We arrived at Cotton Lane RV Park on November 1. I immediately got busy putting the Freightliner and the New Horizons fifth wheel up for sale on various websites, even tried a stint on E-Bay. Although we got several inquiries, no offers were made.

We had nerf bars put on the Chevy as well as having a spray-in bed liner put on.

Made a trip to Brenda to check out an RV park there where we could put a park model. We also checked out some park models, even going so far as putting a refundable deposit on one that we liked. However, in doing some additional checking on park models, we found out that while banks will loan money on a new park model, they will not loan money on a used park model. Therefore, when you go to sell a used park model, you'd either have to carry the contract yourself, or find a buyer willing to pay cash. We decided against a park model.

Cotton Lane RV Park had some manufactured homes on various lots around the park, two of which we really liked. Unlike park models, banks will loan money on used manufactured homes. We thought that once our truck and fifth wheel sold, we'd buy one of these homes. The only drawback was that we wouldn't own the land on which it sat; we'd only be renting the land.

Earl golfed with Buck and other friends, usually twice a week...Estrella Golf Course, Falcon Golf Club, and Villa De Paz Golf Club being the usual hangouts.

We did our usual eating out, normally lunches...Takamatsu, a Japanese & Korean restaurant; Kyoto Bowl and Japanese Express, both Japanese fast food places with Japanese Express being our favorite; Lilly's, a Mexican food restaurant where we ate with Buck and Phyllis; On The Border, another Mexican food restaurant; Bennetts BBQ; Cracker Barrel; and Schlotzsky's, one of our favorite sandwich places.

We had a quiet Thanksgiving by ourselves...cooked a chicken rather than a turkey because it's tough to find a turkey small enough to fit in the roaster than fits in the oven and because space in the refrigerator is limited for leftovers. We did take part in the potluck at the RV Park the weekend before Thanksgiving, which was fun.

Had the couch and the carpets cleaned professionally in preparation for selling the fifth wheel.