Daily Archives: June 11, 2010
Work, work, work…
Today I spent some more time working around the coach and getting us ready to travel.
First I finished up cleaning the bugs off the top of the front cap and windshield, and then cleaned the side windows.
Next I set up a new hose reel to store the air hose that I use to add air to my rig and toad tires.
About 2 pm I went down to the Elk’s Lodge office to pay for an extra day here. Originally we were going to leave tomorrow, Saturday. But now we’ll be leaving Sunday on a 6 day, 1000 mile trip back to Austin for our daughter Brandi’s wedding. We’ll probably do it in 5, but I like having an extra day just in case we have problems.
Around 4 pm I saw a news story in the Internet about a plane crashing into the Round Valley High School in Springerville, AZ. We passed through Springerville a few days ago on our sightseeing trip out to Greer and back, and we drove right by that high school. It looks like only the two occupants of the plane were killed.
Here’s a picture of the video camera I mounted on top of the engine under the bed to monitor the operation of the PacBrake exhaust brake. That’s it being held in place by the two white TyWraps.
As I said when I posted the resulting pictures a few days ago, I’m not exactly sure how I’m going to proceed next. I probably won’t worry about it until we’re back in Texas and the wedding is over.
About 5 pm we all drove over to Licano’s Mexican Restaurant here in Show Low to have what turned out to be a great Mexican meal. And as usual we spent a lot of time telling stories, laughing, and talking. It seems like we usually spend more time talking than eating, though you couldn’t tell it by looking at me or Nick.
We got home a little before 7 pm and were in for the night.
More tomorrow…
Quote of the day:
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me. – Hunter S. Thompson
