Today was a chore day. It was quite boring. We scheduled a honey wagon visit. Peggy did some shopping in Costco, re-provisioning out freezer and cabinets, particularly the liquor cabinet. I took the truck to Les Schwab to have an errant Phillips-head screw extracted from the tread of our almost-new front left tire. They had a sophisticated removal method extracting the screw out by grasping the head in a pair of side cutters and yanking. They checked whether the screw created a leak by putting a finger over the hole and declaring, “I don’t feel nothing” and “Looks okay!” before indicating I should move along. Peggy got to go to JoAnn Fabrics where she acquired some sewing and crocheting stuff. She came out of the store with a big grin and a bag of loot. I went to Harbor Freight to buy a vibratory cutting tool that I already own but which is safely ensconced in my garage at home. I was unable to find or buy any tool of that type because the folks in the Burlington store have never heard of such a device and do not sell them. I mentioned to them that I have purchased such a tool from the El Cajon, CA, store but they still insisted that such a tool was imaginary and unavailable there. I left, dejected.

We also took a spin to a little sub-campground of Mount Vernon TT called Friday Creek. On Google Earth the place looked okay but we thought we should give it a sniff because we are scheduled to stay there for a few weeks in August. The direct route between these adjoining campgrounds is quite short, easy to drive and currently blocked by road construction. We took about a ten mile detour and found our way to Friday Creek, which turned out to be quite unsuitable for our rig. It also claims partial hookups, no WiFi and no satellite reception in addition to unreliable cell service. We will need to rejigger our upcoming schedule because neither of us really want to stay there, particularly for three weeks.