Promotional Alerts and Gas Gripes

If you're planning on bringing your RV to either Hilton Head or Port St. Lucie, we've discovered some promotions to take advantage of. Stop at the South Carolina Welcome Center and get a 25% off coupon for the Hilton Head Motor Coach Resort. And just today I found a free 3 night promotion for the Port St. Lucie Resort online at the Outdoor Resorts of America website. It's good through the end of April. I made reservations for 3 nights over a month ago. Let's see if they will acquiesce and accept it now.

Went to the beach in St. Augustine this morning at dawn hoping to watch the sunrise. It was blurred by clouds, but there was also no snow, no ice and it was 67 degrees. I had a great walk.

We're trying to head out early, but need to return the rental car first. Had a Budget car this time because my former favs Enterprise let me down again. I had reserved a car and when we got to St. Augustine, they didn't have any cars! Scrambled and found Budget would pick us up also. Anyway, turns out they are located inside a WaMart...this is somethig city girls don't get to see often. So when we returned the car we ended up spending another significant sum on things we forgot and found we needed. For instance, I remembered to bring pearls...but not beach chairs!

We just stopped to get gas outside of Vero Beach. Couldn't believe the prices for regular are more than premium in Georgetown. But, that's not my gripe. Gripe #1...The Chevron advertised price was $3.30 for regular. But it turns out you find out when you get to the pump that price is if you use a Chevron card or cash. We have a 100 gallon tank. Gripe #2...They have the pumps fixed so they will not allow you to get more than $75 worth of gas per transaction. I couldn't fill up my Jeep with premium for $75! Gripe #3 ...it will not allow you to use one credit card more than twice and they don't take American Express. So two Visa cards and four transactions later Gigantor finally has a full tummy.