Awake: 6:29am Temp 56 sleep 6+37 sunny overnight @ Newell campsite.
I call Kathy, the Newell receptionist, to find out when to expect today’s
mail. She tells me she’ll be going downtown for mail pickup around 11:00 &
return about 11:30.
We are expecting our Suzuki’s license renewal tags to arrive today with
the mail. On my way to visit Sam @ his office, I ask Creslie to prepare
our service bill as we are making plans to leave tomorrow. Upon entering
Sam’s office, Kathy the receptionist, hands me our coveted & forwarded
mail envelope from Alaska. Sure enough, our Suzuki tags have arrived. I
say our goodbyes to both Sam & Kathy + thank Kathy again for her
notarizing talent & then, get a good man right on the project (that’s me)
of getting our tow car street legal to travel again.
Being legal to travel, inspires K to immediately start motoring: by doing
some last min grocery shopping @ Marvin’s & Wal-Mart + visit the library;
but not necessarily in that order.
I mentioned to K as she was leaving, that I would (out of curiosity) call
Sony to find out if they have analyzed our plasma TV problem & what time
frame might expect its return? To my surprise, it has been repaired & is
on its way back to Newell as we speak. Kathy, who on some rare occasions
is not a die hart optimist, is not going to believe this story.
Well, this changes the whole picture. Our minute planning with selecting
Wal-Mart stops & campground destinations are nixed. The Sony man confirmed
our TV has left San Diego, transited thru Los Angles & will arrive Dallas
@ 0600 Friday. That is all he knew @ this time. After this recent
development, I wander over to the service office to let the guys know that
we like it here, so we’ll extend our vacation time into next week.
Actually Kathy did believe my story about Sony; I tried to make it sound
fictitious but she didn’t fall for it.
Now for our daily walk: this time, we drive to the west side of downtown
near the hospital & begin walking the streets. An hr later, we did not see
any (2) homes that even resemble one another in architecture. Miami is an
old, well established town.
6:40 dinner: Swordfish steak, brown rice, broccoli, spinach salad & toast.
Kathy again watches her “Dancing with the Stars” program while I wash the
dishes…. & she helps dry them during the many commercials.
Late satellite movie: “Bad Day at Black Rock” with Spencer Tracy, Robert
Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, Ernest Borgnine, Lee
Marvin, etc. One-armed man (Tracy) uncovering a skeleton in Western town’s
closet. 1955. Great cast & performance by the one-armed Tracy but, we
recommend fresh coffee with an uncomfortable chair while viewing this slow
motion story.
High temp=77 Lights out: 11:29pm
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