Awake: 6:33am Temp 48 sleep 7+13 sunny overnight in Newell campground.
Latest report on the alignment machine; the critical part has arrived. It should be fixed & ready for action on Wednesday. What to do today that I haven't done yesterday?
Ah, but Kathy & her friend, Cheryl, already have another touring plan for today, so around 11:45am, they were off to see some more of the countryside.
Today for me was like déjà vu of yesterday; talked with Paul (Cheryl's husband), watched the alignment expert doing his testing stuff, took a few photos & casually watched those techs making repairs on other coaches. I think I'm ready to hit the road!
Mid afternoon, I spotted Kathy the cleaner; she had her rolling cleanup equipment outside of our coach. She asked me where my Kathy was & I told her about Cheryl's tours. She also asked me if this would be a good time to clean our coach. "Perfect timing," I told her. And so I did another hr of déjà vu.
Meanwhile, for my 2nd round of deja vu, I take a photo of "perhaps the oldest Newell motorhome still running." A 60's version.... & not for sale.
Meanwhile, Kathy & Cheryl decided they would avoid the toll road & headed out in search of a park to do some walking. "Twin Bridges State Park" was their first attempt, but it was mostly a fishing/boat launching area; no walking paths.
They then decided to find "Monkey Island," a strip of land in the center of the widest part of Grand Lake O' the Cherokees, where the owners of Newell Co. live. They were successful in finding the Island & rode thru several very nice housing areas, but could not find an area to walk. At last, they stumbled upon a walking path at Bernice State Park, bordering & offering great views of Grand Lake. Unfortunately the walking path was not as long as they would have liked, but they did manage to walk for about 45 min.
They decided to check out Grove, OK, the largest city on Grand Lake (6,011). The GPS, for whatever reason, did not recognize Grove & led them somewhere else. After riding around, totally lost for a while & after asking 2 different people, they finally found Grove, parked the car & explored some of the town, including a well stocked kitchen store & a religious store.
Now it was getting to be time to get back to Newell. Their adventure was not over as they missed a turn & wound up in KS. Kathy called @ 5:00 to let me know they were fine, just lost & would find their way back. They did, returning about 6:00 pm.
They commented about the many gambling Casinos they had seen during their afternoon travel & that all had full parking lots...gamblers? Used car lots? They had to laugh at themselves, in order to avoid a 75 cent toll, they probably spent several dollars on gas! But again they had a good time, lots of talk & laughter & an afternoon away from the tedium of waiting around Newell. Next time, I think I'll take Cheryl's offer & ride with them.
Dinner: Turkey, rice soup, bread, & cutie oranges.
Evening movie: "The Sea Hawk." We watched 1/4.
Lights out: 12:02am.
Latest report on the alignment machine; the critical part has arrived. It should be fixed & ready for action on Wednesday. What to do today that I haven't done yesterday?
Ah, but Kathy & her friend, Cheryl, already have another touring plan for today, so around 11:45am, they were off to see some more of the countryside.
Today for me was like déjà vu of yesterday; talked with Paul (Cheryl's husband), watched the alignment expert doing his testing stuff, took a few photos & casually watched those techs making repairs on other coaches. I think I'm ready to hit the road!
Mid afternoon, I spotted Kathy the cleaner; she had her rolling cleanup equipment outside of our coach. She asked me where my Kathy was & I told her about Cheryl's tours. She also asked me if this would be a good time to clean our coach. "Perfect timing," I told her. And so I did another hr of déjà vu.
Meanwhile, for my 2nd round of deja vu, I take a photo of "perhaps the oldest Newell motorhome still running." A 60's version.... & not for sale.
Meanwhile, Kathy & Cheryl decided they would avoid the toll road & headed out in search of a park to do some walking. "Twin Bridges State Park" was their first attempt, but it was mostly a fishing/boat launching area; no walking paths. They then decided to find "Monkey Island," a strip of land in the center of the widest part of Grand Lake O' the Cherokees, where the owners of Newell Co. live. They were successful in finding the Island & rode thru several very nice housing areas, but could not find an area to walk. At last, they stumbled upon a walking path at Bernice State Park, bordering & offering great views of Grand Lake. Unfortunately the walking path was not as long as they would have liked, but they did manage to walk for about 45 min.
They decided to check out Grove, OK, the largest city on Grand Lake (6,011). The GPS, for whatever reason, did not recognize Grove & led them somewhere else. After riding around, totally lost for a while & after asking 2 different people, they finally found Grove, parked the car & explored some of the town, including a well stocked kitchen store & a religious store.
Now it was getting to be time to get back to Newell. Their adventure was not over as they missed a turn & wound up in KS. Kathy called @ 5:00 to let me know they were fine, just lost & would find their way back. They did, returning about 6:00 pm.
They commented about the many gambling Casinos they had seen during their afternoon travel & that all had full parking lots...gamblers? Used car lots? They had to laugh at themselves, in order to avoid a 75 cent toll, they probably spent several dollars on gas! But again they had a good time, lots of talk & laughter & an afternoon away from the tedium of waiting around Newell. Next time, I think I'll take Cheryl's offer & ride with them.
Dinner: Turkey, rice soup, bread, & cutie oranges.
Evening movie: "The Sea Hawk." We watched 1/4.
Lights out: 12:02am.
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