House is set

We're not sure any work was done today but yesterday they were putting it together and strapping it to the ground.  There are 13 straps on each side tied to augers into the ground.  There are also metal straps on the wall studs securing them to both the roof and floor.  Not that we want to test it in a hurricane but ya gotta have done what has to be done.

Ya think she's anxious?  She has been very busy furniture shopping too.   We worked up an appetite and went out to lunch today with friends to Papa Rocco's for lunch at 11 so the guys can start playing poker at 1pm, YEA!

  

Happy birthday Judy

What a busy day and did she get presents!  We started with breakfast at Krystals after her water aerobics.  I received a text saying our house was being moved so we they wandered over there without telling her.  We drove back into the community and it took her quite awhile to notice the house wasn't where it had been stored.  She became alarmed and realized what was happening when I was laughing then hit me.   Half the house was in place and the other half was nearby. 

 

Next she had a call her new glasses were in so went after them.  Next came a call that the used golf cart we bought was going to be delivered that afternoon.  After it arrived we went to De Soto's for dinner with friends.

                                    Judy's convertible.

And we had to have a birthday cake from Publix.

No way her 72nd can be topped next year!

Red dirt

Our home site has had a load of red dirt spread so on it so it's
S L O W L Y making progress.  We are expecting a time consuming process and are quite comfortable, as we have been for 11+ years, living in our HitchHiker at Gulf Breeze RV Resort.  The site to the right in the picture is unsold and the two sites to the left have sold signs on them.  It's a good thing we didn't wait much longer as there are only about 12 sites on the pond.  There is lots of activity working on new homes doing concrete work and building sheds and car ports.  Judy has been doing some furniture shopping and taken me to see some potential stuff.  Judy has been doing water aerobics at both the campground and with the new ladies at The Grove while I have been playing poker there twice a week. 
Don & Zola are here so we have been spending time with them and going out to eat. 

  

Hurricane Michael

We have dodged a bullet.  Michael went east of us into the Florida panhandle so we are on the calm side of the hurricane.  The forecast has continued to be favorable for Gulf Shores so we just closely monitored it and stayed put.  A few RVers left but not many.  It's 81, overcast and a little breezy but no rain.  At least not yet and Michael has already come ashore.  Judy went to the beach this morning to watch the waves while doing some errands and came back for me so I could also see the beach action.

Our new home arrived!

Patrick at The Grove texted me that our new manufactured home arrive a day early.  I didn't tell Judy, we both though it would be a week or so late as most things seem to be late.  We rode through The Gove to see if work has begun on the home's site and Judy noticed it sitting on an empty lot as soon as we turned the corner.  I think she was excited and happy.

She sent the kids a picture and they told us it was broken in half and we needed some glue and tape.  We still anticipate it being completed the end of the year.  No work on the site has started yet.

Gulf Shores

It was another good day for travel so we made the 450 mile tow from Hudson, FL to Gulf Shores, AL in one day.  I guess we were anxious to get "home". 

Do you think Dustin enjoys playing ball?  Look at his smile and focus.

It's time to harvest peanuts before tropical storm Michael brings rain to lower Alabama.

 

WIndow repair and Jacobsen plant tour

We have been in Hudson, FL three nights staying in the Suncoast Designers RV sites for minor warranty window repairs.  We arrived the day before, the work was done the next day and we stuck around another night to tour the Jacobsen Homes manufacturing plant.   

Today we went to Safety Harbor to see where our new home will be built.  We have been informed it is scheduled for completion October 3 and delivered to The Grove in Foley October 5.  We are a week too early to see it on the line, it takes 7 to 9 days to build a home depending on the model and ours will be started next week.

Frame entering line to complete the exterior.  It's then run through the line on the right to complete the interior.

Here's a roof frame going on.

Here's some of the exterior parts waiting to be installed.

 Here's an interior under construction.

After the short tour we spent an hour or more in a model of the home we have ordered, it was furnished so we have ideas where furniture will go.  It felt very comfortable, kinda homey.