Awake 6:00 am Temp 36 Clear sky Overnight in Nicktown
Drive to 8:00 am mass, then meet with my sister Corinne @ the Keystone
Truck Stop off Route 22 for breakfast. Corinne is keeping herself very
busy...we were lucky to have this time together. She is doing good things.
Back to our bus @ 10:30.
Drive over to Carol's business & talk with Jean...an assistant. She says
that Dave, Carol's husband will be up shortly to assist me in getting
our(2) cars out of storage & drive them around. About 10 min later, Dave
arrives. He turns on the big air compressor, we pump up both front tires
on the Lexus and a jump start using the Suzuki battery gets the engine
running. I drive the Lexus around the local area for 20 min to warm the
engine sufficiently then park it behind our motorhome. Walk back to
Carol's business, uncover the Riviera & start the BIG BLOCK 401 cubic
engine & drive that around for 30 min. Both cars run fine. With Kathy's
help, we park them back in storage, remove the batteries, and here they
sit for another 6 months or longer. This whole process takes about 3
hrs...that includes talking with Jean, Dave, & Steve, a neighbor in town.
Next, I drive the Suzuki down to Al's Tire Service & have (4) new Cooper
tires mounted & balanced. The guy working on our Suzuki is Mike. He is the
son of Eileen & Walter of Nicktown. Eileen is my 2nd cousin & I had
talked with her & Walter on Friday & they mentioned that their son was
working for Al. Mike was just a youngster when I had left Nicktown for
college. Now he's a BIG guy. Anyway, I am comfortable having good rubber
on our Suzuki tow car again. Back to the bus @ 4:20.
Meanwhile Kathy has secured airline tickets for our travel to Zack's
graduation. Price is not good but we did wait a little too long to make
the purchase.
Call my sister Mary Jo in Lodi, CA. She reports that all is well. Brian
who (4) weeks ago, severed a tendon on his pinky finger, has not returned
to work yet...but Matt is now working @ Loew's Hardware.
6:00 pm Dinner: Leftover Italian sausage with spaghetti & meat sauce +
salad. We watch the vice presidential debate. Both guys, Cheney & Edwards
are very effective speakers. Lights out: 11:30 pm
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