Our RV Adventures

Jan and I headed out on our walk this morning, but this time with company. Our friends, Garland and Valencia Scott, drove over from their site in the ‘E’ ring in their golf cart and did the 1 mile circle with us. Then when we were done, they did another round, while Jan and I had our coffee and waited for them to return.

When they got back we sat outside and talk for over an hour before they headed home. We plan on doing this again Saturday, and then get together for dinner later that evening.

During our walk we passed this coach that I couldn’t identify right off the bat. It looked brand new, and the name of the side was Solitaire, something else I didn’t recognize. Usually that means it might be a Canadian rig,

But as we got around to the front, I saw this.

It was a Beaver motorcoach, a brand that i thought had been out of business for a while. But it looked so new, I figured the brand name had been resurrected, like Country Coach is being brought back.

But a little Googling told me different. Beaver has been dead since the 2009-2010 timeframe and no new Solitaires have been built since that time.

So this is just a very well-preserved 5 – 6 year old coach. Really nice looking

About 4pm Jan and I headed out for dinner, hoping to avoid all the wild and crazy guys out there tonight. We had decided on China Delight, a place that our friends, Ed and Debi Hurlburt, had introduced us to a couple of weeks ago.

I had the Spicy Mandarin Chicken (their definition of ‘Spicy’ is not mine),

and Jan had the Chicken Volcano. I would have gotten a picture of hers,  but it looked exactly like mine, except for the Bell Peppers (they give Jan migraines).

Of course I’m always packing a jar of Volcano Dust Pepper Flakes in case ‘Spicy’ food doesn’t live up to its name.

Tomorrow we’re heading down the Clear Lake area to meet up with our son Chris and his family for dinner, as well as take care of a couple of other errands.

Then Sunday we’ll make the trip back over to Colorado River Thousand Trails for the next two weeks. I think this time we’ll give the ‘fabled’ shorter route through country a try, going through Egypt, Magnolia, Hempstead, Bellville, and beautiful downtown Cat Spring. It’s about 14 miles further, and according to Google it will take about 45 miles longer. So we’ll see how the trip goes.

Thought for the Day:

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With 54° and not a lot of wind, we were able to do our 1.04 mile walk this morning without getting rained on. And this time, since we were doing the same 1 mile route, we worked at increasing our speed, dropping from a little over 31 minutes per mile to today’s 27:45 minutes per mile.

On our walk we noticed that the park is much fuller than we’ve seen it recently, with few openings. Guess a lot of people are back on the road after the holidays.

I had started the coffee right before we left, so when we got back I toasted up our pumpkin/lemon bread and we sat outside for a while, the first time in a good while that the weather has been nice enough.

Later I worked on a couple of chores, and planned on a few more. When I was at Lowe’s yesterday getting the longer screws and White Oak Pickling Stain for Jan’s “Oh Sh?t Handle”, I also checked out plumbing access panels to cover up the holes that I had to make in the bedroom wall behind my shower when I was repairing the leak.

I was looking for just a plain plastic cover, but all I’ve found so far are ones that have a access door as part of the cover.

Since I don’t plan to open the panel any time soon, I’d just as soon not pay the extra money for a door, especially since if I do need to get in, I can just take out the 4 screws.

I’ve checked Lowes and Home Depot online, as well as Amazon and Google without luck. So next I’ll check out that really good hardware store in Columbus when we’re back there next week.

As an update, all of my recent plumbing repairs, i.e. the toilet ball and seal replacement, the lavatory faucet replacement, and the repairing of the shower leak, all seem to be holding up with no further problems.

You can relive my plumbing repair saga here

https://ourrvadventures.com/2015/12/almost-finished/

https://ourrvadventures.com/2015/12/like-butter/

https://ourrvadventures.com/2015/12/found-it-2/

Coming up next, I’ve got another electronic repair to take care of, this time replacing the cracked glass screen on my son Chris’ Galaxy S5 phone.

My last electronic repair, about 2 months ago while we were still on the gate, was to replace the charger port on my ASUS laptop. You can revisit that one here.

https://ourrvadventures.com/2015/10/not-even-for-special-occasions/

But this repair has a booby-trap attached. If I’m successful, the repair will only cost about $10, which is the cost of this repair kit.

Front Outer Glass Lens Screen Replacement For Samsung Galaxy S5 + Adhesive Tape + Tools Kit

But the glass screen is glued to the LED/Digitizer screen and has to be VERY carefully separated, using a heat gun/hair dryer and an infrared thermometer to monitor the temp as you go.

But if I’m not successful, and break the LED screen, the new glass screen/LED/Digitizer kit is about $150. So I’m going to be VERY, VERY careful.

You can check out the upcoming repair sequence here. 

I’ll pick up Chris’ phone on Friday when we’re down in the Clear Lake area on Friday, and then try to get it back to him on Monday or Tuesday when we’re back at Colorado River TT.

He’s borrowed a phone from a friend and will transfer his number to it for a couple of days so he won’t be without one.

Tomorrow we’ll walk again, as long as the weather holds. Should be OK but you never know.

As far as tomorrow night, we’ll probably eat out, but early to avoid all the celebration fun and games.

Thought for the Day:

“To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them.” – George Mason, referencing advice given to the British Parliament by Pennsylvania governor Sir William Keith, The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, June 14, 1788

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