Daily Archives: March 29, 2012
A Little Bad News . . .
This morning we had a late breakfast and called it lunch.
It’s Thursday and it’s Turkey and Dressing Day at Cracker Barrel and Jan needed her cornbread dressing fix. Remember, If it ain’t cornbread, it ain’t dressing.
Our cats, Mister and Emma have really taken to hotel life. They normally avoid each other, but they’re OK sharing the king size bed. Don’t know what they’re going to think going back to the rig tomorrow.
Later I went by Rush Truck Service to check in on the rig. They still found no coolant in the oil after yesterday’s test drive and still have no idea how it got there in the first place. They also did another pressure test on the engine while it was hot and found no further coolant leakage anywhere.
The system stayed pressurized without losing any coolant. So we’re back to square one on this problem. I’ll just have to keep a close eye on it for a while. They were working getting the exhaust manifold gasket replaced, and said they still expected to have the rig ready to go by 4:30 this afternoon.
But then about 3pm Clayton called with a little bit of bad news. The exhaust manifold is cracked and will need to be replaced. They will have the new manifold in tomorrow morning and expect to be done about noon. We’ll see.
About 4:30 we headed back to Cha Chi’s for a repeat of last night’s delicious meal. I again had a 3 item combo plate, but this time substituted a chicken flauta for the tamale. Just as good as like night. Even the rice and beans are good. Especially the beans. They’re the lumpy kind of refried beans, with whole beans mixed in.
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Jan had a repeat of last night’s plate with a chile relleno and a soft beef taco.
Cha Chi’s is definitely on our list when we come back to Las Cruces next year.
Heading home, we stopped off at the Wal-Mart right next door to the hotel for a few things before getting back to the room for the night.
Hopefully tomorrow we’ll be on the road to Balmorhea, TX.
Mega Millions is up to $540 Million Dollars!
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Thought for the Day:
It doesn’t matter how often a married man changes jobs, he always has the same boss.
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