Awake: 5:50am Temp 49 sleep 5+48 cloudy overnight @ Fayetteville, AR.
No dew this morning so it's not necessary to check those slide tops.
We left the Southgate RV Park @ 10:16am following I-540 north to County Road-71 to Joplin, MS & I-44 westbound to US-400 to US-69 southwest to our destination for now, Miami, Oklahoma & the Newell Motorhome service & factory, arriving @ 12:25pm.
Today's travel: 116 miles 2+20 time 19 gal used 6.2 mpg 49 mph avg speed.
After choosing our parking slot, enlarging our bus etc, we ate a late breakfast & then I had a casual chat with Syd outside, who we met (2) yrs ago. Syd is having a brand new motorhome built as we speak. He is also reorganizing his current bus stuff & offered to give me (2) clear water canisters & (3) filters, which I gladly accepted. Now I really have to be nice to him & his wife, Linda.
I suggested to Kathy that we should visit the service dept & let them know that we are in town. After quite a few visits to Newell over the yrs, we know nearly all of the techs & the head honchos of the service dept. Not in order, we chatted with John, Creslie, Whitey, Tommie, Chuck, Boyd, etc; then walked over to the production factory & toured the (4) motorhomes in various stages of being built, including Syd & Linda's. Next, we visited the renovated office section & chatted with Pat, Cindy, Brian & Sally. Our favorite salesman, Sam, retired yesterday & Pat has taken over his position as sales manager.
From here, we went outside & toured the (3) new show coaches on the sale's lot & tried to figure out all the upgraded & hi-tech bells & whistles that these 2010 yr models have. We also checked out a few of the pre-owned coaches parked under the roofed area.
Dinner: leftover tuna casserole with asparagus, mixed salad & mango slices.
Evening movie: "Funny Face" with Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair, etc. Stylish & highly stylized musical with Astaire as fashion photographer who turns Hepburn into chic Paris model. 1957. I selected this movie for Kathy due to its delectable revue & fitting for our 38th wedding anniversary tomorrow. She likes musicals, esp. "Funny Girl" & so I thought this would be perfect! Boo, hiss, yuck, etc. She disliked it so much it kept her awake & she couldn't nap. A review from Kathy: don't waste your time on this one.
As I was shutting down our computer for the night, I noticed something usual about our cell phone.... the bottom screen was lit & when opening the top section, it was dead. I tried several different approaches: cleaning the connections, replacing the battery, gently striking the phone etc, to no avail. We absolutely have to have a working phone; tomorrow I will get right after this serious dilemma.
Lights out: 11:49pm
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