Monthly Archives: June 2015
That was Easy . . .
I was up about 8:30, much earlier than normal, for two good reasons. We were meeting friends for breakfast at 10am, and I wanted to take a shot at finding the elusive windshield part number that seems to be stumping the repair facility here.
And it took me all of 5 minutes. To get two numbers.
Figuring I’d start at the beginning, I first called American Coach Parts to get the original Fleetwood number. Then I called RV Glass Solutions, the company that supplied the same windshield when it was replaced last year. And again, I had their part number in just a couple of minutes.
Now there. Was that so hard?
I wrote the numbers down and gave them to the service manager, and then Jan and I were off to meet Jim and Zee Hamm at Cowgirl in the Kitchen for breakfast.
One of the great local places we’ve discovered here in Prescott, it’s a favorite of Jim and Zee’s too. As with our last meal together, we spent the majority of our time together talking about books we liked, and our respective reading lists. But of course, along the way, there was a little RV stuff sprinkled in. And as it turns out, Jim and Zee are leaving for France in a week or so, to do a river cruise of France. WOW!
Finally saying our goodbyes, Jan and I drove on down Willow Creek to make a True Value hardware store run to pick up some new screws to replace the old ones that mount our outside lighted grab bar. As I mentioned before I had to drill out one of them to get access to the bulb and socket. So I figured it would be a good idea to just replace them all. Of course, I’m still waiting for the repair shop to finish fixing the grab bar wiring, anyway.
I recently came across a website that I’m sure many people will find useful. It’s called Merlin Bird Photo ID, and does a very good job of identifying 400 North American birds from a photo that you took. And the more people use it, the more accurate it will get. Check it out.
On a completely different note, many of you many remember the 1987 science fiction movie, Predator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Inspiring 4 sequels, two of which pulled in Aliens from for the Alien movie franchise, the movies tell the story of predator aliens who use Earth as their private hunting preserve, to stalk and kill their favorite prey, humans. But not just any humans, but the greatest warriors on the planet. Hence, of course, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
After raising ₤5000 with a Kickstarter campaign, a fan group made this 27 minute movie called Predator: Dark Ages, where a Knights Templar group is called to track down and kill a sword-wielding invisible ‘demon’.
Amazingly, a couple of minutes into this, you will forget this is not a commercial movie. The ‘invisibility’ special effects are as good as the original, and the story holds up as well.
Very well done. If you like science fiction, check it out.
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Thought for the Day:
“Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.” – Lavrentiy Beria, head of Joseph Stalin’s secret police
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Six Weeks and Counting . . .
So hopefully they’ll make some headway on the windshield tomorrow. I’m going to call American Coach Parts to see if they have a part number for it, and I’m also going to look for my invoice from last year’s replacement to see if it has a part number on it.
The last couple of days it’s been cool with temps in the low 70’s, but today it jumped back up to 79. Still very nice. Then it looks to be in the low 80’s for the next week or so. Hope it holds out.
I went into the Thousand Trails website today and cancelled all of our dates for back east, i.e. Indian Lakes, Wilmington, Hershey, etc. As it stands now we’ll head back over to Verde Valley for a couple weeks after leaving here. This will let me check out any problems with the repair while we’re still only about 50 miles away from here, in case I find any problems.
Then we’ll resume the first part of our original journey, i.e., Albuquerque, Amarillo, and then Oklahoma City, before then heading south down to the Dallas area. We plan on checking out the 4 Thousand Trails park encircling Dallas, only one of which we’ve ever visited. That was Lake Whitney, and it was only for one night, passing through.
That should keep us occupied until the last part of August when we’ll be back in the Houston area for Landon’s birthday. Then we’ll decide if we’re going gate guard this year or not. If we don’t, then we’ll have to figure out where we’re going from there.
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Thought for the Day:
“If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it,” – Art Buchwald
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