Awake: 6:25am Temp 45 sleep 6+47 fog overnight @ Newell campsite.
Outside in the fog, I talk with (2) Frank’s: one from Wisconsin who drives
a Newell pulling a huge trailer duplicating the paint job of his coach
(combined length 72 ft). The other Frank, driving a year 2005 Prevost with
2 slides; he has just traded his Prevost in for a new Newell show coach
with 4 slides, 625 horsepower engine, steering tag axle, etc. Sam (vice
president of sales) tells me during the last 2 yrs, over 20 Prevost owners
have traded up to a new Newell.
I call Alpine Electronics in Long Beach; Cheryl tells me our GPS is very
sick & is being transferred to another department for some major surgery.
“Will this be a lengthy visit?” I ask her. “Yes, I’m afraid so,” she
responds. I remind her that we are basically in a parking lot in Oklahoma,
waiting for our navigation unit to be fixed so it can help us in deciding
where to go from here. “Just a minute,” she replies & puts me on hold for
a while. When she returns, she informs me that they will ship us an exact
replacement GPS unit….same price. Shipping out today or @ the latest,
tomorrow; I am quite comfortable with that plan.
Next call: Scott in Ligonier, PA. K & I have decided to retain Scott as
our architect for our house design but we want the progress to be casual.
We chat for about 15 min.
After talking with Sam in sales earlier, he mentioned the new doors the
Newell metal shops are making. So I wander through the production section
of the factory & get Richard to show & demonstrate the new & improved
bi-folding doors being used on the basement compartments on the new
coaches. They are well built, with new ideas on weather stripping & the
bi-fold allows less bending down to access the compartments.
I call & talk with Gary J. in eastern PA. We talk about motor coaches but
cut our chat short due Gary driving through a tunnel.
K & I walk for over an hr in the vicinity of the Miami airport for exercise.
6:25 dinner: Artichoke chicken casserole in white cheddar cheese sauce ,
leftover green bean casserole, spinach salad & toast.
Kathy watches “Dancing with the Stars” on TV while I clean up the dirty
dishes.
Late evening satellite movie: “La Strada” with Anthony Quinn, Giulietta
Masina, Richard Baschart, etc. A simple tale of brutish strongman Quinn
taking simple-minded Masina with him as he tours the countryside, where he
encounters gentle acrobat Basechart. 1954. Hey, this was the best Foreign
Film Oscar winner of 1954 so keep it on your list.
High temp=68 Lights out: 11:36pm
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