Sand dollar

Today started out calmly enough. We got on the road somewhat early in the morning taking our time. Once on the road, we decided to find breakfast and ended up at a little restaurant called Country Skillet not too far from the campground. It looks like an old Waffle House, with newish decorations. The waitress was great, the food was good too!

We then refueled the truck with a lot of gas! Cheaper than a hotel hauling a camper, but we went through over $ 100 in gas. Ouch! I keep reminding myself cheaper than $100+ a night hotel! Our campground is about $275 for 5 nights. All told before we even open our tent, the show will be well over $1200. It's not cheap to do art shows folks!

On the way down here, we stopped in Clearwater Florida to go to the showoff canopy showroom. I was looking to replace two of my roof rack at Corners as they have gotten bent and been repaired numerous times. Because my tent is over 28 years old, they had to custom make the brackets for the two corners. When Chris saw this he asked if we could get two more. Turns out this is my anniversary present from him. They are much heavier cast aluminum and have holes that it will allow him to put the ratchet straps in the brackets. It will be interesting to set up the tent the first time with the new brackets tomorrow on our anniversary!

Tomorrow marks 40 years that we have been together! I can't imagine spending my life with any other person than this Man of Mine! Any other man might not be willing to set up for an art show on his anniversary either!

Time to wind down for today, the night has fallen,  dinner is done and cleaned up, and we are tired. Tomorrow is a big day!

Sand dollar, acrylic on canvas, 6x6
Day 21 of the 100 days-100 paintings Spring 2019