Friday, May 3, 2013

Tough crawl out of Florida

Day started with rain and noticing our Pup Charlie had worms. Ugh. Took a picture but Lynda won't let me post it(:
So we get the bus out of the so so campground and pull up to the attached BP. That turned out to be a solid stress trip as first we pull up to the pump only to discover a plastic bag over the nozzle. Now this station has some heavy construction going on so we drive all around it and back to a pump that works. With that I head inside to give the woman at the register my BP credit card and to tell her she should put a traffic cone in the faulty pump lane as motorhomes like ours pulling a car can't back up. She says good idea but tells no one. I go out in the rain and fill the coach. When I get back to the Nice Lady, and she was, she runs my card, it says I have accumulated $20 in bonus money for using the card would I like to get that off my charge right now. Why wouldn't I so I push yes. Bam, it says "Declined". Gulp! I call the number on the card and sure enough because I'm traveling they cut me off. Now I ask you if you have a gas card to buy fuel doesn't that come with the assumption one will "Travel"?
Anyway the very Indian sounding woman at BP assured me after I gave her my shoe size, whether I had an innie navel or outtie, mothers maiden name, and on and on that the card would work. I then hang up and ran it again with faith in BP and Gunga Dins spirit. Well again "Declined" flashed across the machine. We tried it once more and now it not only wouldn't go it removed my bonus credits, all twenty bucks. Back to the phone, navel type etc but this time I wanted a supervisor who's first language was English. To close this long story I ended up using a debit card which the woman assured me I would get the discounted cash price. Well that didn't work either so she gave me the difference in cash back feeling sorry for me at this point, she was as I said a nice Lady and the owner. We headed out onto Route 95 north.
Now what next. All winter we ran off our coaches propane tank for the stove and whatever on our trip coming down. Because gas cost $4,99 a gallon in the Keys I had planned to fill it at a campsite traveling north as we use it for our fridge on the road and of course cooking. The Zoo site and last nights so so site had no gas so we ran out. Lynda called ahead to the next RV park and they said the guy that pumps it was gone till Monday. So we got off at Daytona to stay at the place we go there. Lynda calls them before we pull in to verify they had propane and they said yes but don't pump in the rain. We make a u turn and get back on 95. I say find a Camping world as I know they sell it, Lynda calls its a yes and we head way off the road to them. I pull up to their propane pump that states no turning which means I have to unhook the car to get out, not happy. I head inside and some jerk tells me they don't pump in the rain for safety. What the -???
The only time you can't pump is during a lightning storm, at this point it wasn't even barely a drizzle, off I storm turning the rig around in a yard of theirs that says no admittance. Lynda calls a flying j by the park we are in tonight, we fill up cheaply, $3.00 a gallon, and set up in a nice place we have visited before, $18.90 (PA) a night. Then off to a pet store for worm pills, Wall Mart for food and another great meal at Ruby Tuesdays, now to relax (:
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Location:Blythe Island Hwy,Brunswick,United States

1 comment:

  1. OH dear lord where ARE you???? I thought it was Brunswick tonight (rather than here in Yulee!!)? and BTW, seriously you frequent BP???
    Deep breaths David, what a horrid day for the two of you and if you are still (always) welcome to pull off here for a night or three or four ....

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