Monthly Archives: June 2017
Giant Jenga . . .
With a full day on tap, Jan and I left the rig about 11:30, heading for our daughter’s home in the Katy area.
But we had a number of stops beforehand, with the first one being the Jack in the Box in Columbus for a quick breakfast, Jan getting Supreme Breakfast Croissant, while I got a large Iced Caramel Latte. Very good.
Finally getting into the Katy, we dropped off a prescription for Jan at the Sam’s Club, and then it was on to the Kroger near Brandi’s for some last minute supplies. That done, I dropped Jan off at the nearby POSH Nails to get her toesies done while I took the groceries on to Brandi’s.
About the time that Jan’s sister Debbie and her family showed up, Lowell showed up with our dinner, a Rudy’s Picnic Box.
And it comes with pretty much everything you need, two big trays of every kind of meat, boiled potatoes, potato salad, creamed corn, beans, bread, two gallons of drinks, plates, cutlery, and even a red checkered tablecloth.
It’s amazing how quiet it gets when everyone is eating.
After dinner, our son Chris brought in his surprise for Landon and his cousins.
A Giant Jenga game that he made.
It’s obvous that Chris put a lot of time into this, including also make the stand underneath that holds all the blocks for storage and transport.
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It was fun enough that it kept the kids involved for a good while, though the sound that the Jenga tower made as it came down rattled the house.
Later, Avery Jane, Ella, and Landon spent some time with coloring books and some other art projects.
Today’s group totaled 17 with 3 more showing up tomorrow.
And adding to the fun, tomorrow is Gumbo Day, with Chris whipping up a big batch of his famous Seafood Gumbo. Everyone’s looking forward to it.
Everyone started to head out about 8:30, with Jan and I making another stop at Kroger’s on the way, this time for gas, at $1.84/gallon, finally getting home about 9:45 after a really fun day.
And then tomorrow we do it all over again.
Well, no one seems to know what the mysterious red buttons in my engine compartment are, but the consensus seems to that I should press the buttons to see what happens, Jan should be taping from a safe distance, and I should wait to do it on the 4th of July for the best effect in case things go terribly wrong.
Thanks a lot, guys.
Thought for the Day:
It’s hard if you try; it’s even harder if you don’t try.
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Nobody Knows What They Are . . .
We really like the site we’re in, A25, and it’s one of our favorites. We’ve been here at least once before, as well as A24 and A23 right next door. They’re all really nice.
There’s a couple of large oak trees for some nice shade, without shading our satellite access. Just about perfect.
Our water was off for a few hours this morning, but not a problem for us since we always keep our fresh water tank at least 3/4 full. You never know when you’ll need it.
Before we left Lake Conroe I was trying to make us TT reservations for the next several months, but ran into a problem when the Thousand Trails website wouldn’t let me book 9/3 to 9\/17 because it said I was trying to book more than two holidays at the same time. Since the only other holiday I had booked was for July 4th, I couldn’t understand why I had a problem.
But when I called TT I found that it’s not the actual holiday itself that’s the problem, but the ‘holiday period’, i.e. the week before the holiday and the week after. But they lady also said once we left Lake Conroe and moved to Colorado River, I should be able to book the date. And she was right. When I tried it today, it went right through.
Yesterday I called Passport America to see about what it would take (and cost) for my friend to sign up his RV park under PPA.. Turns out to be easy-peezy. And it’s free.
All he has to do is to give’em a call with all his park info, and it’s done.
Later in the afternoon I did get under the bed and lift the engine cover to see if I could get access to the top of the hydraulic fan motor that came loose last week.
And here’s the motor off to the right side.
And as I told Jan, even if I was skinny and she held me by my ankles, I couldn’t get to it. In fact I don’t think it can be accessed at all from the top.
But now I’ve got another question, and so far, nobody knows what they are. I don’t know why I never checked them out before, but I was curious as to what these two red buttons/switches? are for.
By proximity they seem to have something to do with the PacBrake. The control valves, the air lines, and the electrical power are all right in that area. Each red button has ‘120’ printed on it.
I didn’t explore more because a lot of heat was coming from the opening, so I closed everything up, deciding to just call American Coach and find out.
And American Coach had no idea, but didn’t think it was anything of theirs, and said to call Spartan, our chassis manufacturer.
And Spartan had no idea either. So next I called PacBrake, thinking it might be theirs.
And PacBrake had no idea either.
So I’m throwing it to the blogosphere. What say you?
Otherwise I’m going to be forced to open up the compartment again and actually press a button.
Save me from the temptation.
Thought for the Day:
A license is a right taken away from the government and then sold back to the citizen.
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