Awake: 5:10am Temp? sleep 5+50 sunny outside overnight in Bay #18.
Today Whitey has returned our dashboard to its former look. He was very meticulous, patient, & knowledgeable on the job at hand. I was definitely impressed. Next, Whitey was assigned to fix the water leak on our Pex system... & that too, was done professionally with (3) tests of higher pressure applied.
Kathy called our neighbor Chuck in PA. Chuck had pneumonia shortly before we left Nicktown & he is still complaining of tiring more easily & having diminished energy.
Chuck said the pulmonary Dr. gave his lungs a passing report & suggested that his problem is more likely related to a blocked cardiac valve." He will see the cardiologist next week. His wife, Shirley, is making a slow recovery from back surgery. Chuck also said he has already mowed his grass this Spring; looks like we're going to be busy "gardeners" upon our return to Nicktown!
Mid afternoon, Jimmy replaced a small transformer & now my dashboard back-lighting is working again.
We only have (3) things yet to do: the safety recall notice from Caterpillar, the coach alignment & a coach wash, which I passed up last October. We were scheduled for the alignment this afternoon but the computer system on the alignment went sour, so hopefully over the weekend it'll get fixed.
Meanwhile, we are the only one here that needs the Safety Recall fix from Caterpillar. If there were (2-3) more coaches that needed the recall fix, the guy from Joplin, MO, Chris, would have sent a mechanic down here to Newell to take care of that.
Tommy suggested that tomorrow we drive our coach up to Joplin & get the recall taken care of; "that would allow you guys to leave sooner next week," he said.
Caterpillar recently began advising owners of certain C15 engines of a recall. Caterpillar determined that after approximately 500,000 miles of operation, an oil line may wear, create an oil leak, and potentially cause an engine fire.
With the opportunity to get a head start on leaving on Monday or Tuesday of next week, we took the offer & got the name, address, & other data necessary from Tommy to have this done in Joplin, MO tomorrow. Then we were driven to site #8 in the Newell campground, the favored spot as it is the only one close to the dumping area.
Dinner: pork chops, apple sauce, fried noodles, broccoli./asparagus/cauliflower sauté, cantaloupe, & cuties while watching our political programs.
Later, in our coach, we continue watching: "Ball of Fire" with Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka, Dana Andrews, Dan Duryea, S.Z. Sakall, Richard Haydn, Henry Travers, etc. Burlesque dancer moves in with eight prissy professors (led by Cooper) to explain "slang" for their new encyclopedia. 1941. Delightful story; highly recommended by us movie watching experts.
Lights out: 12:01am.
Today Whitey has returned our dashboard to its former look. He was very meticulous, patient, & knowledgeable on the job at hand. I was definitely impressed. Next, Whitey was assigned to fix the water leak on our Pex system... & that too, was done professionally with (3) tests of higher pressure applied.
Kathy called our neighbor Chuck in PA. Chuck had pneumonia shortly before we left Nicktown & he is still complaining of tiring more easily & having diminished energy. Chuck said the pulmonary Dr. gave his lungs a passing report & suggested that his problem is more likely related to a blocked cardiac valve." He will see the cardiologist next week. His wife, Shirley, is making a slow recovery from back surgery. Chuck also said he has already mowed his grass this Spring; looks like we're going to be busy "gardeners" upon our return to Nicktown!
Mid afternoon, Jimmy replaced a small transformer & now my dashboard back-lighting is working again.
We only have (3) things yet to do: the safety recall notice from Caterpillar, the coach alignment & a coach wash, which I passed up last October. We were scheduled for the alignment this afternoon but the computer system on the alignment went sour, so hopefully over the weekend it'll get fixed.
Meanwhile, we are the only one here that needs the Safety Recall fix from Caterpillar. If there were (2-3) more coaches that needed the recall fix, the guy from Joplin, MO, Chris, would have sent a mechanic down here to Newell to take care of that.
Tommy suggested that tomorrow we drive our coach up to Joplin & get the recall taken care of; "that would allow you guys to leave sooner next week," he said.
Caterpillar recently began advising owners of certain C15 engines of a recall. Caterpillar determined that after approximately 500,000 miles of operation, an oil line may wear, create an oil leak, and potentially cause an engine fire.
With the opportunity to get a head start on leaving on Monday or Tuesday of next week, we took the offer & got the name, address, & other data necessary from Tommy to have this done in Joplin, MO tomorrow. Then we were driven to site #8 in the Newell campground, the favored spot as it is the only one close to the dumping area.
Dinner: pork chops, apple sauce, fried noodles, broccoli./asparagus/cauliflower sauté, cantaloupe, & cuties while watching our political programs.
Later, in our coach, we continue watching: "Ball of Fire" with Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka, Dana Andrews, Dan Duryea, S.Z. Sakall, Richard Haydn, Henry Travers, etc. Burlesque dancer moves in with eight prissy professors (led by Cooper) to explain "slang" for their new encyclopedia. 1941. Delightful story; highly recommended by us movie watching experts.
Lights out: 12:01am.
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