Awake: 6:50am Temp 53 sleep 7+02 high thin clouds overnight @ Nicktown.
K & I join Steve & Karen for another great breakfast @ the City Hotel & some more gab time. Then we wish then a Bon Voyage as they drive away & continue their journey to Philadelphia, Virginia & then Florida.
During our breakfast @ City Hotel, Carol calls on our cell phone: “Monte, you can get your car out of storage today if you do it before noon time.” “I am on my way” I tell her.
It’s been (2) yrs since I’ve driven the Riviera; so pouring raw fuel into the 4-barrel carburetor is a good way to get an instant engine start. However, it took a few coughs & a 2nd dose to get the fuel flowing from the fuel tank. Dave gave me hand signals as I pulled out & away from the storage facility.
I take a short drive thru Nicktown, then back to our coach to let Kathy know that I’ll check tire pressure in Barnesboro, then return; tires were close to specification.
This is a fun car to drive….so when I come back, I ask Kathy if she would like to do some local touring; “Yes” she replies. On our 1st tour, we motor south on the Ridge Road, follow number 6 road to Bakerton & thru Spangler where we take the higher elevation road, Crawford Ave, for a change of scenery. As we pass the Northern Cambria High School, a policeman in his car, was monitoring traffic as the school kids were letting out for the day. There were @ least (4) stop signs along the way & we were careful to stop @ each one; then I noticed the police car was following us…then his lights came on…all of them. I pulled over, rolled down the window, took my money clip from my pocket & prepared myself for…what’s up!
Nice guy; he asked us if we really are from Alaska. “Yes,” we told him. He looked my driver’s license over….even verified it back in his police car & then we talked about us living in our motorhome & traveling, etc. Finally, he gave us a ticket for going too slow in a school zone; just kidding! He noticed that our brake lights were inoperative, which I didn’t check….so it’s back to Nicktown where I use sandpaper to clean up (2) terminals, then we continue our touring. (53) miles later & some new interesting areas of travel, we are back to our coach.
Next we visit my 1st cousin Joan, arriving @ 5:10pm. She had picked up a large pizza @ the Nicktown Hotel for our visit & had some homemade wine. “Perfect!” we tell her. Back on our farm, Joan’s homestead & my homestead were about (200) ft from each other, so we’ve shared many experiences with each other’s siblings. We did a lot of gabbing about her earlier yrs when I was still in diapers & that I found fascinating. Before we leave, she loads us down with some leftover pizza, apples from her trees & a few tomatoes. It was a fun visit & we hope we can repeat the rendezvous again soon; her place or ours.
Back @ our coach, we return Katrina’s phone call: she updates us on her teaching activities & social pastime. About (15) min into her call, Zack calls from Seattle on our cell phone: he is driving, using a speaker phone, in route to U-DUB for an evening class in his Masters program. He talks about his visit to a doctor & using acupuncture for his hurting arm; besides that, we discuss his position with the Isilon Company.
After we both hang up, Kathy brings me up-to-date on Katrina & I bring Kathy up-to-date on Zack; both good calls. We enjoy hearing from our kids, no matter where they are.
Next, we watch the: O’Reilly Factor”, then Fox News on the Government bailout or meltdown syndrome.
Lights out: 12:11am
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