RV Blog--Life in a Box. This just ain't 'camping' any more....

Sunday, August 15, 2004:

Re-arranged furnture in our RV the other day! Now THERE's a trick! LOL! Put the couch across the end (after removing 9 screws that held down the built in end table between the recliners) and put the chairs where the couch had been. Now, of course, that has to be switched back when we pack up to travel, but in the meantime (until Nov 1) it works quite niceley!

Got the new TV yesterday, finally. Insurance check came and Keith found a bargain 27" at Sears--so once again we can actually SEE what we're watching, and hook up to the surround sound! :)

Weather has been fantastically cool here all week! :) We even got to crank up our fireplace! Puts out heat if we want it, or not if we don't. Beautiful fake flames. All that's missing is the crackle--and the smell. And the dirt!

Aside from all that, we just keep plugging along, getting stuff all in one place for next month's auction. WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP (yes, I said "crap") we've collected over the years. Of course, MY collections of baskets, dishes, knick-knacks and chattskies are all going--Keith's knives and guns, toy cars and reloading equipment are, of course, sacred.... Poor dear has such a difficult time with NOT identifying himself by his "stuff". But hey, *I* won't have to keep track of it all, protect it from theives, rust, mold, and varmints! Life is good, eh?


Dinah // Sunday, August 15, 2004
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Wednesday, August 04, 2004:

Here in Illinois it's a balmy 81 degrees, with a mere 66% humidity level. Better than yesterday....

The truck is under reconstruction, most of the camping gear has been stowed away where it belongs, laundry is still being done...life goes on.

Well, there WAS this little glitch, where the pump on the water well faded away and K discovered that something-or-other had frozen and cracked last winter and the wellhouse was partially full of water, red wasps and colonies of ants.... After a trip to Rural King and installation of a new what's-it, we have running water again.


Dinah // Wednesday, August 04, 2004
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Here in Illinois it's a balmy 81 degrees, with a mere 66% humidity level. Better than yesterday....

The truck is under reconstruction, most of the camping gear has been stowed away where it belongs, laundry is still being done...life goes on.

Well, there WAS this little glitch, where the pump on the water well faded away and K discovered that something-or-other had frozen and cracked last winter and the wellhouse was partially full of water, red wasps and colonies of ants.... After a trip to Rural King and installation of a new what's-it, we have running water again.


Dinah // Wednesday, August 04, 2004
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Sunday, August 01, 2004:

And so, we're back from SD. Another "adventure in travel", as it were! We left there in the '91 pickup, pulling a trailer loaded with various and sundry--including 80# of buffalo burger and 30# of dry ice in a large cooler! So, 3 hours East and the air conditioning quit working. 3 more hours and we were in a campground near Keith's favorite sporting goods haunt, preparing to spend the nite in a TENT! That actually went well, there was a nearly full moon, the temps dropped to reasonable levels, we met a guy on a motorcycle...the usual. Day 2 was very hot (I kept cool by periodically pouring water over my head), and very long--got all the way to Columbia, MO and spent the nite with friends in their nice, cool house. Had a great visit and headed out this morning on Day 3, with the transmission on the truck making occasional chirps and snarls. All the way thru St. Louis it kept talking to us! In fact, we made it to within 68 miles of homebase, and off the Interstate and into a gas station--where it quit working entirely and smoke began to roll up thru the base of the gear shift!

Now, you're thinking that I got on the phone and called "Roadside Assistance"? I did. And "due to an unusually high call volume" was on hold for 20 minutes, in the sun, in an un-airconditioned truck with 2 little dogs--before a tow truck passed by on it's way to nowhere in particular! It had a lovely flatbed to put our pickup on, and a bumper hitch to hook our trailer (still loaded with 80# of frozen meat (we hoped), and AIR CONDITIONING! :) So we're home now, the meat and the last of the dry ice are in the freezer, our 'box on wheels' is cool and our featherbed awaits...

Life is good.


Dinah // Sunday, August 01, 2004
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