Awake: 5:17am Temp 62 sleep 6+32 partly sunny & very windy
overnight @ the Newell campground.
Happy Birthday to Katrina today.
On Saturday, Kathy & I looked @ the pre-owned motorhomes in the sales lot
but couldn’t go inside as all doors were locked. Today, we took time out
from our busy schedule & walked through many of them: mostly the 2003’s &
2004’s & a few of the show coaches (2007’s). Ever since the Newell Company
developed the Caterpillar powered 625 horsepower, 10 speed transmission
motorhome, owners of the 2003 & 2004 model years are trading in their old
coaches & buying the new, most powerful motorhome ever built to this day.
After our self tour of the pre-owned coaches, Ron & Charlie walk over to
our coach in the campground, remove our front plasma TV & then take it to
the warehouse for packing & shipping to the Sony Corp. in San Diego, CA.
Sony will analyze the unit: if the problem is theirs, they will repair &
ship it back here to Newell with no charge. If it’s our fault, then they
will contact us for options.
Kathy has been making Jack O’ Lantern pops out of Rice Krispies and
marshmallows for Matthew & Andrew. While she is working on that project, I
take our Alpine GPS unit out of the front overhead compartment & then make
a call to Alpine Electronics in Long Beach, CA. In lieu of us buying a new
replacement, they will repair any problem for $105.00 & then ship the unit
back to us.
We both wrap our respective packages for shipping via FedEx today. Newell
has a daily scheduled pickup around 4:00pm so we walk over to the office &
add them to the list.
I’ve been watching ads & asking about statistics on the portable Garmin
GPS to use in our tow car. This afternoon, this subject came up while
talking to Sam @ the front office. He mentioned that the “Best Buy” store
in Joplin, MO (30) miles, was having a sale on their line of GPS’s; he
didn’t know what models. We just happen to have an hr of free time so off
we motor to Joplin. Turns out, “Best Buy” was not even close to being a
best buy when comparing their price to a site on line. However, it was a
nice drive & there were some beautiful fall tree colors to view along the
way.
7:50 dinner: Filet steak with baked potato, some corn off the cob from
cousin Florentz’s garden & mixed salad.
Later this evening, I place my order for the Garmin GPS on line.
Later: satellite movie: “100 Men & a Girl” with Deanna Durbin, Leopold
Stokowski, Adolphe Menjou, Alice Brady etc. A superior blend of music &
comedy as Deanna pesters conductor Stokowski to give work to her
unemployed father & musician friends. 1937. This movie was great.
Today’s high=75 Lights out: 11:32pm
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