Awake 6:43am Temp 40 Overcast sky Overnight @ Newell campground
Around 7:30am, Tracy rings our door bell. He says we have to move to
another parking site because the environmental department of Miami will be
sending their heavy equipment here to dig up the soil on 2 sites due to a
fuel spill 2 months ago. It seems that a customer, when parking his
motorhome, hit the curb & ruptured his fuel tank...unbeknown to him as he
left his coach there over the weekend. Slowly his 234 gallon gas tank
drained into the earth.
Kathy walks into the customer service lounge & talks with John & Bub about
a small leak still re-occurring on slide #2. While she is doing this, I
ready the coach & move to another camp site. After I park, Bub & Tracy
show up with a ladder & caulking gun to re-seal our driver's side bedroom
window. We hope that will solve the problem.
@ 12:45pm Tommy rings our bell. The beefed up base plates for the driver's
seat will not be arriving today. It's our choice if we want to stay here @
Newell for another day. Well, we've been watching the weather channel &
agree that another day here would be to our advantage. Tommy says tomorrow
for sure the plates will be in.
@ 1:30pm We drive downtown Miami & do a serious tour of the famous &
historic Coleman Theatre with the manager of the restoration committee,
Barbara. This theatre & tour, without a doubt, was the best & most
impressive theatre exposure we have ever encountered. Built in 1929 by
George L. Coleman, Sr., a local mining magnate, the theatre was built so
well that it's condition remains well preserved.It has never closed since
it's opening, altho for 40 years it was used. misused, and abused aa a
local movie theater. The 2 upper balconies were constructed using steel I
beams & fastened together with rivets, like one would build a ship. It's
incredible. Barbara took us back stage where the curtains are hand cranked
up & down by ropes attached to counterweights. The light controls are huge
rheostats on a large control panel. There is a chandelier in the center
of the theatre ceiling, surrounded by a large circular area; both change
colors before & after the performance. Height from the stage floor to
ceiling is over 60 ft. The mighty Wurlitzer organ has been restored and
Barbara gives us an electronically controlled demonstration of the organ's
sound with a rendition of "Phantom of the Opera," fantastic! We just
can't find enough eloquent words to adequately describe this magnificent
building.
Back in the Newell service building, we check on Jim & Betty's coach
repair progress. It's shaping up nicely.
7:30 Dinner: Italian beef sandwiches with lots of beef & juice from Lukes
in Phoenix. These sandwiches are oh sooo good but oh sooo messy!
8:15pm Watch movie on cable: "The Philadelphia Story" with Cary Grant,
Jimmy Steward & Katharine Hepburn.
Today's high temp=53 Lights out: 11:15pm
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