Roof, Rain, & Other Stuff - (Jacksonville, Florida)

Tuesday

Jay & Karen went to work while Linda & I sat in their house getting some things done ourselves.  It wasn't the best day weather-wise, so we concentrated on business.

I'm working on a couple of new web pages and business relationships, so that always takes time.

In the afternoon, Linda went shopping and picked up a board game Karen wanted.  The Settlers of Catan has been around a long time, but I'd never heard of it and had never played it.

 

 

After Jay & Karen got home and we had a hot bowl of soup, we broke out the game.

The Settlers of Catan is a strategic game, so that always interests me.  I have to admit, that after reading through the rules for about 10-15 minutes, I was confused.  We just had to start playing and Karen, who was the only one of us that had played before, helped us figure it out.

 

 

The game reminded me of Risk a little bit, although I rarely played Risk and it's probably been 35 years since the last time I played it.  And, though I've never played Farmville online, I've heard others discuss it and there seemed to be similarities there as well.

After Karen beat us, I understood the strategy and the different types of strategy that could be used to win.  I'll be ready next time.  :)

The game took about 90 minutes, and we decided to call it a night afterwards.

 

Wednesday

Today was the day we were supposed to pick up our rig from RVRoof.com (a.k.a. David's Permanent Coatings).  And we also arranged to weight an RV in their parking lot at 2:00.

Well, it started raining about 1:00 and then rained until dark.  We arrived and did a quick inspection of the roof about the same time the folks arrived to get their fifth wheel weighed.

I took a few photos of the roof, but I was rushed a little due to the weighing and the rain.

 

 

 

 

It looks great.  Their patented FlexArmor material is the main part of the sprayed on roof, and then a topcoat is sprayed on over it.  They've been using this particular topcoat for a couple of years now, and there is almost no maintenance except for washing the topcoad with non-abrasive household cleaner once in a while.

The roof is warranted for 20 years, but the topcoat may have to be re-applied after seven to ten years.  The topcoat can be applied by anyone, whereas the FlexArmor (in the case of adding something to the roof or roof damage due to an accident) can only be applied by Roof.com or a someone they have certified to apply it.

The topcoat will make the roof slicker when it's wet, so we'll have to use caution walking on it.  But that also helps dirt and dust wash off easier.

I didn't have time to walk the entire roof, so I climbed down of the scaffolding and headed outside to unload the scales for our weighing.

After the weighing, we talked with David & Jennifer and they provided us with a $200 coupon for RV-Dreams readers.  You should be able to "right click" on the coupon and print it.

 

 

I wanted to pull the rig out of the service bay and do a more thorough inspection and test all the wiring, but the rain kept coming down.  Plus, we wanted to get back to Karen's house before rush hour.

Well, if we have any issues, it would be a short drive back on our way out of Jacksonville.  At least we knew the Datastorm rooftop satellite dish was hooked up to the controller 'cause we had to put it down before pulling outside.  :)

We managed to make it back to Karen's house before rush hour.  It was still raining.

Karen & Jay's driveway is long enough, but it's in a small circle cul de sac and their driveway is curved making it tough to back in.  We barely fit beneath the limbs of a live oak, and the rain didn't help.  We won't be able to test the Datastorm dish here, and there isn't much room for me to walk around on the roof.

I tried to set up our tripod satellite TV dish, but I couldn't get a signal.  That wiring had nothing to do with what RVRoof did, so I'm thinking the opening through the trees was just too small.  Oh well.

Karen came home and she and Linda decided not to follow through on their plans to do some shoe shopping.  The coolness and rain changed their minds about going out.

On Wednesday nights, Jay has a prison program that he does for inmates, so it was just the three of us.  We played a couple of games of Settlers of Catan.  It's a cool game.  I enjoy the strategy of it, and you can change the game because the inner part of the board is in pieces and they can be re-arranged to change the game and the strategy each time.

After my two wins :), Jay arrived.  We spent a little time together, and then we called it a night.  We stayed one more night in their house since we didn't take the time to move all our stuff back into the rig in the rain.

Hopefully, tomorrow's weather will be better.

 

Thursday

This morning, Linda got up early and accompanied Karen to school.  Karen is a fifth grade teacher, and Linda usually goes with her at least one day on each visit to watch her sister in action.

After transferring all our stuff from the house back into our rig, I went to play in a $40 poker tournament.  I hadn't played since January, and I was certainly rusty.  I lasted a couple of hours, but I definitely didn't have my "A" game.

I returned home and tested the new TV antenna just to make sure the roof folks got that all hooked up correctly.  Yep, it's working great.  I found a local channel doing documentaries on the Kennedy assassination.  I sat back in my recliner and enjoyed my alone time.

There were no commercials, and I became engrossed in the stories .... at least until the time my napping tendency trumped my curiosity tendency.  :)

Karen and Linda got home and started dinner in the house.  I remained in my "man cave" for quite awhile before joining them.

When Jay arrived, we had a wonderful dinner of "hearty" casseroles, and then played another game of Catan.  It was anybody's game, but I managed to squeak out a victory.  I'm just a bit competitive.  However, when it comes to games, Karen is right up there with me - in fact, she may be a little more competitive than I am ... as hard as that may be to believe.  :)

Tonight we retired to our rig where we watched a little TV including a 1993 movie called "A Home of Our Own" with Kathy Bates as a widowed mother of six that moves her "tribe" from Los Angeles to Hankston, Idaho in 1962.

After that, we called it a night.  It was good to be back in our own bed.  :)

 

Friday

We didn't have a lot going on today either.  I dropped Linda off at Karen's school where one of Karen's fifth graders was presenting a report on the Kennedy assassination.  It wasn't an assignment - he just wrote a nine-page report on his own, and Karen allowed him to read a portion of it to the class on this 50th anniversary of the event.

After that, Linda joined them for lunch and the class ice cream party.

While she was doing that, I drove to an interstate rest area to meet our RV weighing team, Trey & Susan.  They were passing through and we arranged for them to pick up our scales.  RVSEF has all of the scales certified by the Florida Department of Transportation each year, and this was an opportunity to do all of the scales at once.

We'll be reunited with the scales next week.

I picked up Linda, and the next order of business was to find a lab where I could get my monthly Pro-time/INR blood test.  We found a nearby LabCorp, but they no longer accept my insurance (don't know if that's just a Florida thing or not).  But they directed us to a Quest Diagnostics that was close and does accept our insurance.

Soon, we were done with that and back home.  With Jay & Karen working their Friday night "Celebrate Recovery" meeting, we just had a relaxing evening in our rig until Linda decided to make a fast food/grocery run.

When Jay & Karen returned, it was late.  We spent a little time with them before the yawns started.  So, we retired to our rig and went to bed.

 

That's about it for this week.  I'll post more about the roof once we get it out in the open and I can take some better photos.  Then, I suppose only time will tell.  :)

We have one more full day here in Jacksonville, and then we'll be moving on to The Villages where Linda's Mom now lives for an early Thanksgiving.  It will be the first time we've seen their house and the community, so we're looking forward to that.  :)

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Comments

[Jack Mayer]

So, with regard to the roof....

Would this product be beneficial on a NEW fiberglass roof without seams on it? Would it help the fiberglass last longer or provide any other benefit?

[Pleinguy]

I lived in Jax for 25 years, so your description of weather and trees was familiar. Hope the new roof meets your expectations. The Villages is a complete solution for retirees; they have everything. Linda's mom should enjoy it there.

[Sue Satterwhite]

Looking forward to any opinion you have on The Villages!

[Michael Barnett]

The roof system sounds very interesting. Can you give us a ball park price? Just curious as to how it compares to a replacement.