It was a dark and stormy night!

  And we found out two things, one good and one bad. Which do you want to read first the good or the bad? Some people prefer to get the bad news out of the way first so the story ends on a high note. While others tend to want the good news first.  Me, it doesn't matter really because they're both going to come out eventually. So I will let you, the readers decide. Go ahead, I'll wait. No, really, I've got all day, being retired and all. However others are waiting so I guess I'll do the deciding here. The good news is we found no leaks in the camper,  and it rained for a few hours, so that's a VERY good thing. The bad news is we discovered that our First Mate Squeaky does not like thunderstorms, at all. If he wasn't quivering in on of our laps he was hiding under the table. Some First Mate he turned out to be!

  We bought ourselves a portable icemaker today. In the Texas we were going through 3 10lb bags every other day. This is supposed to make 33lbs a day, so it should pay for itself relatively soon. One must have plenty of ice on hand for one's libations.