12/31/18 - On 12/28, I left Bradenton and drove to Tampa to pick up Aunt Esther.  She came in from Cleveland at 9:30 am.  We got her unpacked and settled in.

12/29, I went to the office to inform them that I needed to stay at least an extra day or even maybe two since I was having trouble getting the RV repaired.  I was told the space was rented on the 3rd of January and I would have to move out of the space by then.  Aunt Esther and I talked it over and knew we had to move before Monday morning since I had the repair guy come out to take out the alternator since he had to take it to a shop to re-build.

12/30, We went to church and then had lunch with1st cousin Connie Miller, husband and family.  We had a good time.  We decided not to go to their house for the afternoon since we needed to move the RV to another space.  We got home, changed clothes and started to put things away, locked up things, unhook to move to another space, when Aunt Esther went to move in the slides, there was no connection and no movement.  I had a FIT.  I also learned that the engine would not start!  I was so upset but we started to discuss things and decided that we probably could try to jump the battery.  It was very tight between the RV and the trailer next door but with a lot of help from Aunt Esther we got the car in, hooked up the jumper cables and then tried to start the RV but no luck.  I then changed some of the cables, and I had to increase the RPM's in the car and after a little while, sure enough we got it started.  Then to get the car out of the tight area was a bit of a challenge but we got it done without hitting anything.  The slides came in, the unhooking continued and soon I pulled out of the site.  The site I am in now, was a pull through so a little easier to get in.  We got hooked up and then rested awhile and then really hunger for ice cream so off to the store.   Aunt Esther did buy a few more items but ice cream was definitely on the list.  Back to the RV to watch some football since the Cleveland Browns were playing.  Sad to say, they lost by 2 points!  We then showered since it was rather warm, turned on the air conditioner and settled in for the evening.

Today, I made a phone call to the repairman about my battery getting drained and my fiasco but of course he has not called back.  The repair guy came at 9:00 am and took out the alternator to get it re-build and hopefully put in on Thursday so we can leave on Friday.  Time will tell.