Awake: 6:40am Temp 67 sleep 7+10 rain…heavy @ times
elevation: 734 ft. overnight @ the HWH parking site near Moscow, Iowa.
The HWH workers are arriving for work as I quietly sneak out of our
bedroom & go into the living room. Later, I watch the weather channel to
find out how widespread this rain system is…..then learn about the severe
flooding in Ohio.
Kathy makes oatmeal with chopped nuts, Craisins & milk for breakfast.
@ 9:30am, K & I go inside the large production building & ask for Angie.
“Next building which is # 2 & go upstairs” we were told. I had talked with
Angie & Mike from HWH in February this year trying to get more info on our
leveling system. I would like diagrams & schematics to better understand
my systems. Angie invited us to visit their factory sometime & stay in
their campground which has 50 amps.
We meet both Angie & Mike upstairs, chat a little then ask about the
technical publications. Mike directs Angie to lead us back downstairs to
the publication department & sure enough, they had a booklet covering in
detail the very things I wanted to know more about. Before we leave bldg #
2, Kathy spots a test setup over in the corner that looks interesting.
It’s a demo unit showing how the hydraulic slide outs & leveling system
works. We ask a fellow by the name of Curt if it’s operational: “sure is,
would you like to watch?” he says. So, not only did we get to talk with
the designers & builders of these systems but also got to hear the oh-so
technical explanation of why “this & not that” theory. I learned more from
Curt, the designer @ HWH, than the many visits @ the Newell factory, but
then that’s understandable.
After that good demonstration & talk, we do a self tour of the BIG
production bldg where we were encouraged to just walk around & ask
questions if you don’t understand something & that we did. According to
the office people, there are some 300 employees working in (4) buildings @
HWH. By the way, they also told us that HWH has no special meaning, the
owners just made it up & it’s a family owned corporation.
Mid afternoon, we drive to the town of Moscow, IA (10 min) where we buy
some veggies from a roadside stand.
6:45 dinner: Italian sausage, whole wheat spaghetti with vodka sauce,
cauliflower, sugar snap peas & toast.
(2) movies from satellite: “Julia” with Jane Fonda, Fred Zinnemann,
Vanessa Redgrave, Meryl Streep, etc. An interesting story with Jane Fonda
playing Lillian & her unusual friend Julia & how Julia drew Fonda into
involvement with the European resistance movement in the 1930’s. We liked
it! 1977.
“Young Frankenstein” with Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Cloris Leachman, etc. A
reasonably funny story (& most quoteable) parody of the old Frankenstein
pictures written by Wilder & Brooks with black & white camerawork & some
of the laboratory equipment from the 1930’s. It was “just ok” if you like
that kind of entertainment. 1974.
High today=77 Lights out: 11:18pm
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