Orientation day went pretty well for Mike. I dropped him off at 8 a.m. and waited at the hotel until Jeremy and Ceili (my son and his girlfriend) came. We went to Seminole State Park and rented kayaks. We didn’t have a lot of time out there, but we had a lot of fun. It was probably a good thing that we didn’t have much more time because I definitely got a bit of a sunburn. Not complaining, though, because it felt so good to be back on a kayak out in the water again.

We went over to where Mike was doing his orientation, and he wasn’t quite finished yet. We hung out over there until they were done for the day, offloaded all his stuff from the Ram to put onboard the truck, and headed out to grab some dinner.

The original plan was for his truck to be assigned to him and for us to help him set it up; however, we ran into a little bit of an issue with the truck that was to be assigned to him. For whatever reason, it wasn’t available. The options were to go back home and wait a few days (not an option in our book), have Mike hang around here for a few days (also not an option in our book), or to take a different truck and be dispatched when it was ready. There was a bit of work that needed to be done on the different truck, and it needed to be cleaned up. We opted to do that and are currently waiting for that truck to be ready.

The trucking company has an on-site Penske repair shop, so that may make things a bit easier when repairs on the truck are needed. Right now, the refrigerator and microwave have been installed, and we are hoping that the truck will be released to him later this morning. We can then get all his stuff onboard and set up.

We shall see what today brings!