April 22, 2023, Saturday - Springfield, Illinois

We had a leisurely morning - drank coffee and talked about what we were going to do today and how we were going to get through the 40-degree day.  Yes, I know... I never thought we would have this issue, but we do.

We are moving to a new spot, so we unhooked the power and took off.  We went to Menards to get pink winterizing fluid and a 4-step ladder.  Kip is going to winterize the boat today, and the 4-step ladder will make it easier to get onto the boat from the ground.

We parked in a grassy area and went to work.  Kip did the hard stuff and I just looked for pink liquid coming out of the outside drains and turned buttons on and off for him when he needed them.  

After winterizing the boat, we rode our pedal bikes over to the horse barns to watch the Clydesdale sale and a few riders going through standard horse maneuvers to pass some type of test.  

The Clydesdale horses were huge and really beautiful.  The auction was fast and intense, and the prices people paid for the horses were between $2,500 and $23,000.  Some had mane ribbons, some were very calm, and some were excitable.  We kept our hands on our lap, so we didn't accidentally bid on something.  Can you image us buying a horse?  Yikes.

We hurried back to the boat.  We decided the wind chill had to be below zero (even though it probably wasn't).  We both tucked into our sleeping bags and took a long, warm, nap.  We cleaned out our refrigerator when we left Stuart, Florida, so we are having a carb-filled supper tonight with whatever we could find in the cabinets.

We had expired instant mac and cheese, SpaghettiOs with meatballs, toast, and dry Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal.  Yum.

There isn't a Wild game tonight, so dominoes will have to do (along with some rock n roll music).  We should be pulling into Elk River tomorrow sometime, barring any issues.