New Rig

Last Monday, Brenda and I decided to take a ride down to PPL and look at MH and 5th wheels.
Brenda is not really interested in 5th wheels as she likes to get up and move around while we are travelling.
We had looked at many (20-25) MH and 5 or 6 5th wheels. We had been there about 2 hours and we couldn't find anything that we really liked.
We were both getting tired and wanted to leave before the traffic got too bad.
There was a rig on the very back row of MH (they have about 300 rv's on site there) that I wanted to look at. As we approached it the sign in the windshield said "way too much for your budget", so we skipped it. 2 rigs to the right was a clean looking 37' rig with 4 slides that had a price that we might be able to live with.

It is 2006 Holiday Rambler Neptune XL with a 5.9L Cummins diesel and Allison transmission.
After looking through it, Brenda suggested that I might like to drive it.
We contacted a salesman, and took it for a drive. It was a dream to drive and a much different ride than our present coach. It has an air ride suspension, so it is much smoother than the spring and shocks on the Southwind.
The floor plan is nice and it looks comfortable. The bedroom can be closed off if needed, but that door has to be closed if you want to use the sink. A small problem that we can easily live with.
Brenda has to have a 4 door refrigerator and this one has one. I may be funny, but I don't want it in a slide and it is not, so both of us are happy.

Wednesday, I took the Southwind down for them to evaluate the condition, and after about 6 hours it was determined that we had reached an amicable price difference in our coach an the new one. We are planning to close on it on Nov. 30.

We are looking forward to our new home, and we hope it is a reliable home for many years.

Ta ta for now

Our Second week

Last Saturday, one of the owners came over to look at the Kubota Tractor. The engine will not even turn over, and it will have to be taken to a repair shop, if he decides that he wants to spend more money on it. He had taken it to the local Kubota dealer, and they did not do a complete job of repairing it.
It is old and some one has messed with the electrical system. There are a lot of disconnected wires. The tail lights are missing. The head lights don't work, it is quite a mess.

He and his brother had brought over the old family Ford tractor. It runs pretty well and I am using it as transportation and other chores around the park.
He plans to bring some gravel in for the roads and a couple of the sites, and he wants me to spread out the gravel and level some of the sites.

I am slowly putting the last of the picnic tables together, but, I have run out of sites that need them. I am putting together an area where people can gather for barbecue and have an area for a fairly large gathering. Some of the guests want to have a park barbecue.

Brenda's week went well. No major problems in the office or in the park.
She has gotten most of her doctors visits completed. When you are away from your doctors as much as we are, there is a lot of catching up when we do return. If we stay away as much as we plan to, we are going to have to find some other doctors in other parts of the country.
We are planning to start to 'summer' in the Monroe, Wa. area this next year. We may look for doctors there. We really missed our kids and granddaughter last year, so we plan to spend our summers up there, if we can find jobs. The best would be at the park we stayed in this year. We will check about jobs after the 1st of the year.

After church yesterday, we went out to breakfast with Val and Tony, Michelle and her girls, and Chris and Linda and their grandchildren. We had a good visit (no politics), and the meals were planned for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Val has the largest house, so the holidays will be there.

The weather has been hot and muggy, but a cold front is passing through here this morning. The temperatures are supposed to get cooler with hopefully less humidity. That would be great.
We have a dehumidifier, and I empty it 2 times a day. It hold 2 1/2 gallons, so 5 gallons a day in our 350 square foot home.

We are looking forward to a productive week so:

Ta ta for now.

Our first week at work

Today is our last day of the first week at work in Timber Ridge.
We started our week on Tuesday, and all went smoothly with Krystal here to help Brenda refresh her knowledge of the paperwork. She fell right back into it.

I emptied the coins out of the laundry machines and coke machine, then rolled them in wrappers for deposit. I then swept and mopped the laundry floor. It looked much better.
The driveway in front of the laundry is asphalt and it slopes slightly towards the building. The soil in the park is mostly sand and gravel, so when it rains the sandy soil accumulates in front of the door and is easily tracked into the laundry.
It is no big thing as long as the floor is swept on a regular basis.

The park is full with monthly guests, so it is really easier this year. Nobody is coming and going. These people plan to stay for months and we don't expect much turnover while we are here.
The people here are very nice and follow the rules pretty well. There are a few spots that need attention and Brenda and I will take care of that as time goes on.

There are 12 picnic tables to be assembled. I started on them yesterday. The Kubota tractor and trailer that I used last year is not running, so I will have to wait for the owner to come look and see what needs to be done to repair it and if he wants to put any more money into it. It has not been used since we were here in February. I can't move those picnic tables around the park until I get some sort of transportation.

The park looks good on the whole, although there are a lot of limbs and various debris around the park that needs to be picked up. Again, I need the wagon. It will all work out eventually.

We saw Neil last week and we are going to The Texas Opry tonight for dinner and a show with him and His friend, Margaret. We went last year with Ted and Donna and really had a great time.

We had breakfast with Val, Tony, Chris, Linda and their grandchildren last Sunday after church. We hadn't seen Chris and Linda since last February and it was good to see them again.
I really wanted a breakfast burrito that Forest Cafe serves, so I was very happy when Val chose it. She chose it for the convenience for all parties and it was a great choice.

Ta Ta for now