Thursday, August 13, 2009
Thursday: Let's play back yesterday, first!
I was up at 6:30 yesterday morning....and after not even drinking my first cup of Fr. Roast.....I went outside....as far some very strange reason I kept thinking that I should probably check the tire pressures on the truck and RV. In doing so......3 of the 4 tires on the RV were fine....but OMG, OMG.....one tire which should have been right at 110 lbs, it was only 71 lbs!!!!! Shocked....I went inside, trying to figure out just what to do about this........and so, I began calling Goodyear tire shops in the general area, which are not many!! I called Cape G. and they told me to call Scott City, just south of Cape G......and after telling them the size, etc., etc., they looked and they did have a couple of new ones!!! Hooray!!
Next.....at 7:30...I called the local in town Plaza Tire Shop. Asking if they could vacate their driveway so that I could my huge rig into it, they quickly agreed and told me to call after about 20 minutes. Knowing that I had enough things to do to get ready to hook up and move the 39' 5th wheel, I called them back when I was ready to leave....and they told me to come on, as they had moved everything from their driveway/parking area. The took started to take off the sick tire....and immediately saw a nail in the groove. Removing it, they found another one right at the edge of the sidwall part of the tire. They fixed both.....and, OF COURSE,....the were rusty roofing nails. GRRRRRRRR........these were definitely nails that had flown off of roofs during the May 8th storm!!!!!
After getting it fixed....they told me that the second nail was located in a place which really weakened the side wall......and it was just a "blowout ready to happen"!!!! OMG....I told them not to put that tire back on the trailer......and as I thought through this new problem...I decided to change out the spare tire, putting it on the trailer...and using the damaged tire as only a necessary spare. WHEW......the bill was only $15.00......a great deal from Plaza Tire!!!!!
Back to the stick and brick.......the remainder of the day was spent in continually loading items that we just "have to have" on this journey. By 7pm.....the contractor and his roofing crew had finished the roof!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After seven days of working on it, we had a ton of new wood for the decking, new shingles, 475 feet of all new guttering, a repaired chimney......and the house looks great!!!! After writing him a HUGE check.....we knew we were on our way out of hot and humid Misery and heading to the mountains with cooler and drier air!!!
TODAY.....
We were up early, finished putting in the last items from our kitchen, and by 8AM....we pulled out of the driveway...and 10 minutes later we were on the highway. We had made reservations in an unknown to us RV Park in Paxico, Kansas for tonight......and after 8 hours of easy driving, lunch at a rest stop, one gas stop.....we arrived at the RV Park....and we were happily surprised. Never knowing just what you are going to find when making reservations for a site......it was beautiful!!!! GREEN.....expertly manicured....friendly staff in the office....and easy, easy access to all pull-through sites.....just great..and, only $25 and change. The only drawback: we are about 150 feet from the railroad tracks.....with the Union Pacific freight trains going by VERY frequently!!!!!! We will see how many awaken us tonight!
Tomorrow, we will go to to Stasburg, Colorado....just east of Denver, where we have reservations at an RV park there. From there on Sat morning, it is only about 80 miles or so!!!
It has been a very good day.....and the relief from knowing that most of our house is now repaired from the three months ago inland hurricane which struck out community. And so.....as always.......
LIFE IS JUST REALLY, REALLY GREAT!!!!!!.....And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!
Next.....at 7:30...I called the local in town Plaza Tire Shop. Asking if they could vacate their driveway so that I could my huge rig into it, they quickly agreed and told me to call after about 20 minutes. Knowing that I had enough things to do to get ready to hook up and move the 39' 5th wheel, I called them back when I was ready to leave....and they told me to come on, as they had moved everything from their driveway/parking area. The took started to take off the sick tire....and immediately saw a nail in the groove. Removing it, they found another one right at the edge of the sidwall part of the tire. They fixed both.....and, OF COURSE,....the were rusty roofing nails. GRRRRRRRR........these were definitely nails that had flown off of roofs during the May 8th storm!!!!!
After getting it fixed....they told me that the second nail was located in a place which really weakened the side wall......and it was just a "blowout ready to happen"!!!! OMG....I told them not to put that tire back on the trailer......and as I thought through this new problem...I decided to change out the spare tire, putting it on the trailer...and using the damaged tire as only a necessary spare. WHEW......the bill was only $15.00......a great deal from Plaza Tire!!!!!
Back to the stick and brick.......the remainder of the day was spent in continually loading items that we just "have to have" on this journey. By 7pm.....the contractor and his roofing crew had finished the roof!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After seven days of working on it, we had a ton of new wood for the decking, new shingles, 475 feet of all new guttering, a repaired chimney......and the house looks great!!!! After writing him a HUGE check.....we knew we were on our way out of hot and humid Misery and heading to the mountains with cooler and drier air!!!
TODAY.....
We were up early, finished putting in the last items from our kitchen, and by 8AM....we pulled out of the driveway...and 10 minutes later we were on the highway. We had made reservations in an unknown to us RV Park in Paxico, Kansas for tonight......and after 8 hours of easy driving, lunch at a rest stop, one gas stop.....we arrived at the RV Park....and we were happily surprised. Never knowing just what you are going to find when making reservations for a site......it was beautiful!!!! GREEN.....expertly manicured....friendly staff in the office....and easy, easy access to all pull-through sites.....just great..and, only $25 and change. The only drawback: we are about 150 feet from the railroad tracks.....with the Union Pacific freight trains going by VERY frequently!!!!!! We will see how many awaken us tonight!
Tomorrow, we will go to to Stasburg, Colorado....just east of Denver, where we have reservations at an RV park there. From there on Sat morning, it is only about 80 miles or so!!!
It has been a very good day.....and the relief from knowing that most of our house is now repaired from the three months ago inland hurricane which struck out community. And so.....as always.......
LIFE IS JUST REALLY, REALLY GREAT!!!!!!.....And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
TUESDAY: BUSY with preparations....
I had barely raised my sagging hulk out of the bed and started my Fr. Roast coffee dripping and I heard the roofing crew up on the roof, walking across from side to side, and lifting and dropping the 80 lb squares of new shingles. And.....these sounds of work on the roof never ceased until after 6pm this evening. Did they finish.....nope....not quite. There is still a small section to be shingled...and then the task of making the guttering and attaching it to the house. Some repair on the chimney is still yet to be completed.....and then a few details and they should be through. Tomorrow??? Well, I am not sure how much longer it will take them........???
However, we are leaving on Thursday morning, and with that in mind, we spent the entire day making certain we had the items we need for the trip we are taking. With the changing climates and temps, we are now finding it necessary to put in some fall clothes with sweat shirts, jackets, and jeans. As I carried my things for cooler weather out to the trailer....I kept thinking to myself: WHY?????? The sweat was dripping off of every extended part of my body....and my clothes were soaked.....and I was carrying sweatshirts???!!!
Most of the day was spent in just checking to make certain that we had everything.....and, of course.......there WILL be something that we will need that we did not load....happens every time!
We are without tv tonight.....not a real problem, but when they were putting on the shingles for the section of the house that had the dish attached, they had to remove it. Soooo, our contractor thought he could just put it back into the same holes, but......and I felt certain it would be this way.....no signal was ever found for a picture. Soooo, I will just have to call DirecTV a week before we return and set up an appt. for them to come out and make the necessary adjustments so we can receive a picture soon after we arrive back.
Talked with Jeremy and Anne-marie this evening. They flew down from Hartford to Mobile to begin the plans for the wedding (Mar 6th) and are there this week doing the things that are necessary to get "the show on the road". And, with the wedding to be a LARGE wedding, there are many, many, many decisions to be made....
Soooo, another day going by so quickly has shortened my Life by 24 hours.......hmmmm, don't you wonder just how many times this can happen???? But, as I always say.....Life is too short to stay in one place.......so, we will be on the road heading westward in less than 36 hours. And...as always.......
LIFE IS JUST REALLY, REALLY GREAT!!!!!!....And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!
However, we are leaving on Thursday morning, and with that in mind, we spent the entire day making certain we had the items we need for the trip we are taking. With the changing climates and temps, we are now finding it necessary to put in some fall clothes with sweat shirts, jackets, and jeans. As I carried my things for cooler weather out to the trailer....I kept thinking to myself: WHY?????? The sweat was dripping off of every extended part of my body....and my clothes were soaked.....and I was carrying sweatshirts???!!!
Most of the day was spent in just checking to make certain that we had everything.....and, of course.......there WILL be something that we will need that we did not load....happens every time!
We are without tv tonight.....not a real problem, but when they were putting on the shingles for the section of the house that had the dish attached, they had to remove it. Soooo, our contractor thought he could just put it back into the same holes, but......and I felt certain it would be this way.....no signal was ever found for a picture. Soooo, I will just have to call DirecTV a week before we return and set up an appt. for them to come out and make the necessary adjustments so we can receive a picture soon after we arrive back.
Talked with Jeremy and Anne-marie this evening. They flew down from Hartford to Mobile to begin the plans for the wedding (Mar 6th) and are there this week doing the things that are necessary to get "the show on the road". And, with the wedding to be a LARGE wedding, there are many, many, many decisions to be made....
Soooo, another day going by so quickly has shortened my Life by 24 hours.......hmmmm, don't you wonder just how many times this can happen???? But, as I always say.....Life is too short to stay in one place.......so, we will be on the road heading westward in less than 36 hours. And...as always.......
LIFE IS JUST REALLY, REALLY GREAT!!!!!!....And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!
Monday, August 10, 2009
Monday: Whew....really steamy and hot today.....
Ahhhh......this was another of my early days. Was up and going early....and then went over to Kemp's Auto Body shop to check on my mirror. Left the truck with them, as it had arrived...and reminded them that I needed a left turn signal bulb installed. Then after being picked up by the 1st Lady, I went by Plaza Tire to get those tires on the Park Avenue balanced again. Got an 11AM appt.....and then went back home to get some things on done on the RV.
Took the Park Avenue in and in 20 minutes drove away, and hopefully, the tires will not shake the living daylights out of us the next time we have a roadtrip. Later this afternoon, it rained just a wee bit, but enough to halt the roofing work. Soooo, we probably will not leave here until Thursday....arriving in Estes Park on Saturday sometime.
We continued to load the necessary items which somehow had walked back into the stick and brick since we last used the 5er!!!!???? I washed the windows on the 5er...and began to gather together the tech equipment we need to take with us: GSP, Cobra walkie-talkies, tech box with cords/cables, etc., XM Radio, camera with tripod, iPhone cables/cords, laptops and necessary items for them, RV Parks guide books, etc., etc. Sooooo many items that we need to have at our fingertips when traveling across the country.
This was another of TheHowserHouse's Panini nights........REAL fresh tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, fresh picked basil from my herb garden, Ciabatta buns, thick peppered bacon, and a little bit of Zatarain's Creole Mustard on the buns........grilled on the George Freman electric grill.....and OMG......what tastes....what flavors!!!!! The melted cheese dripping down over the bacon and tomatoes....the crisp crunch of the grilled artisan buns,....my mouth is watering right now even though I certainly am not hungry!! And....of course, the one thing I do not write quite as much about.....my dark red medicine. Tonight I uncorked a bottle of Pepperwood Grove Cabernet Sauvignon.....and it was wonderful!!!!
This evening I worked on the upcoming band reunion....and did contact a former student who graduated from Eldon HS in 1982....and no one had heard from him since he finished college. WAS HE EVER SHOCKED!!!!! Soooo good to talk with him....and he just couldn't get over the fact that I had found him after all of these years!!!
And soooo, another day has passed in my ever shortening Life span, but.....you know...as always.......
LIFE IS JUST REALLY, REALLY GREAT!!!!!......And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!
Took the Park Avenue in and in 20 minutes drove away, and hopefully, the tires will not shake the living daylights out of us the next time we have a roadtrip. Later this afternoon, it rained just a wee bit, but enough to halt the roofing work. Soooo, we probably will not leave here until Thursday....arriving in Estes Park on Saturday sometime.
We continued to load the necessary items which somehow had walked back into the stick and brick since we last used the 5er!!!!???? I washed the windows on the 5er...and began to gather together the tech equipment we need to take with us: GSP, Cobra walkie-talkies, tech box with cords/cables, etc., XM Radio, camera with tripod, iPhone cables/cords, laptops and necessary items for them, RV Parks guide books, etc., etc. Sooooo many items that we need to have at our fingertips when traveling across the country.
This was another of TheHowserHouse's Panini nights........REAL fresh tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, fresh picked basil from my herb garden, Ciabatta buns, thick peppered bacon, and a little bit of Zatarain's Creole Mustard on the buns........grilled on the George Freman electric grill.....and OMG......what tastes....what flavors!!!!! The melted cheese dripping down over the bacon and tomatoes....the crisp crunch of the grilled artisan buns,....my mouth is watering right now even though I certainly am not hungry!! And....of course, the one thing I do not write quite as much about.....my dark red medicine. Tonight I uncorked a bottle of Pepperwood Grove Cabernet Sauvignon.....and it was wonderful!!!!
This evening I worked on the upcoming band reunion....and did contact a former student who graduated from Eldon HS in 1982....and no one had heard from him since he finished college. WAS HE EVER SHOCKED!!!!! Soooo good to talk with him....and he just couldn't get over the fact that I had found him after all of these years!!!
And soooo, another day has passed in my ever shortening Life span, but.....you know...as always.......
LIFE IS JUST REALLY, REALLY GREAT!!!!!......And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!
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