Awake:5:49am Temp 49 sleep 7+25 overnight rain, then partly cloudy
overnight @ Boothbay, Maine.
Grace & Kathy go to downtown Boothbay to grocery shop. Later, having used
some of the grocery items she bought, Grace brings us a coconut pie fresh
out of the oven. We eat a few slices…..it was good.
@ 1:15pm Grace, Gary, Kathy & I tour the (3) Newell show coaches. Very
impressive machines; 2 of them have the Murphy bed floor plan. Kathy & I
particularly like the Blade show coach loaded with all the latest gadgets,
bells & whistles. The instrument panel is a glass digital readout with the
option to change screens for monitoring different systems as one drives
along. These coaches are powered with either the 625 horsepower CAT engine
with a 10 speed transmission or the 600 horsepower Detroit Diesel engine
with the Alison 6 speed transmission. We also visit Bobby & Shirley’s new
coach just delivered in March of this yr. Very nice.
Later, I read the Portland Press Herald Newspaper & do the X-word puzzle.
It's been a long time since I've worked a X-word puzzle.
@ 5:00pm all the rally attendees gather in the campground clubhouse for a
social hour & get acquainted and re-acquainted time. We know about ½ of
this group of about 30 people.
6:00pm dinner: The traditional Newell Tenderloin Barbecue…..excellent.
@ our table, we’re seated with Gary &Grace + Don Jones & his wife,
Nieves, from Puebla, Mexico, who live @ 7000 ft altitude. Don has dual
Mexican/US citizenship and speaks very highly of his life in Mexico. This
evening was a good start for our 4 day rally.
Satellite movie: “The Tao of Steve” with Donal Logue, Greer Goodman, Kimo
Wills, Ayelet Kaznelson, etc. Logue, is a self-styled ladies’ man who
follows the Tao of Steve, a code for being cool. Having the knack of
bedding women at will, Logue is flustered when he actually falls in love
with one. yr 2000. Of course, not for children.
Today’s high=59 Lights out: 10:38pm
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