Seriously Spiffed Up and Covering the Edge

Monday August 20, 2012
Quail Run RV Park Lot 15
Wesley Chapel Florida

 

Poor Winnona and Ruby

They have never sat so long in one place before and they are both getting covered up with dirt and green…..well you know.

 

 

We decide that this is a job too big for me alone so we call up Fantasy Car whom we have seen here in the park rescuing other RVs.  We liked the look of their work.

They are a husband and wife team Gary and Donna.  And boy do they work hard. Believe me when I say both these vehicles were in serious need of their work.

 

 

 

 

Fantasy Car did a GREAT Job!

They are here for over 4 hours doing a full interior detail and a wash/wax for Ruby as well as headlight restoration on both headlights.  Winnona gets a wash and microfinish paint sealant that is a nanotech acrylic formula which protects against radiant heat, UV rays, rain, salt, snow, sleet, insects, road film, harsh detergents and other environmental contaminants.  It’s supposed to last longer than Carnauba wax. We also had a roof sealant put on for Winnona.  The bill was $280 and more than worth it.  Check out how they look now. 

 

 

We can definitely recommend Fantasy Car.

If you are in the Tampa area, they service within an hour in any direction of Tampa, give them a call.  They do fantastic work.

Thanks Donna and Gary.  We’ll definitely give you a call when we’re back in Florida next Winter.  Maybe we won’t be QUITE so dirty then.

 

Since Gary and Donna do all the hard work today, we have a chance to put together a great Vegan Dinner.  

It is a wild rice dish with shitake mushrooms, white beans, dried cranberries and hazelnuts served with red chard steamed in mushroom broth with onions and garlic.  Mighty mighty tasty.

 

 

 

Earlier while Gary and Donna are hard at work, I go by the mailbox.

I really look forward to this short walk these days.  I’m rewarded with THREE more postcards.   This is so much fun, I may be sorry to leave here at the end of the week.   Well, a little sorry at least.  Not because Quail Run isn’t a fine RV park, it’s been perfect for our needs but any place for two months is a BIG stretch for me.  But I’m know I’m  going to miss these post cards.

 

Leanne, who always signs her comments ‘Laurie’s mom’, sent me a postcard from her home in beautiful Salinas, California.  Wow is that gorgeous looking.  Reminds me of  Nova Scotia.   She tells me Salinas is the home of John Steinbeck.  She also informs that you can be in Carmel, Monterey or Big Sur in 45 minutes.  I remember that Steinbeck’s Cannery Row was set in nearby Monterey but in my mind, when I read the book, it didn’t look like this. AND further she entices, it was 75 there today. You don’t work for the Chamber of Commerce do you Leanne?  If it wasn’t 2800 miles from here to there, I’d be on my way for sure.  Laurie you are a lucky girl to have such a neat mom who lives in such a breath taking place.   Thanks Leanne!

 

 

My sister in law Carol sends an a postcard that she must have kept around for a year now waiting for just the right place to send it.  It is of the village of Cortona in Tuscany.  She and David’s brother Roger stayed there before a cruise of the Greek Isles. Yes she lives a very tough life.  J  Sadly, I’m pretty sure Winnona can’t swim so we won’t be RVing to Cortona but it is a really interesting looking Medieval village that I would love to visit.  I just need another life or two in order to do everything I really want.  Thanks Carol!

 

And from my darling Carrie I receive a postcard from a vacation she took last week to the Outer Banks of North Carolina.  One of my very favorite places. She went to Corolla which is at the far northern end as far away as you can get from the crowds and hubbub.  My girl and I like many of the same things.    J  We’ve taken her to the Outer Banks several times over the years beginning when she was just a toddler and continuing on into her adulthood.  We stayed on the ocean front.  We all have fond memories of those days and hope to have many many more ocean visits.  This is a place I know I will see again so thanks Carrie for sending me a postcard of a place special in my heart from one I love with all my heart.  Kisses from your Mama.

 

The entire edge of the mirror is now surrounded in post cards.  Doesn’t it look GRAND??