Friday, July 09, 2010

TODAY WE MET RANDY & PAM WARNER OF THE ROADRUNNER CHRONICLES

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RANDY & AL WITH PAM CHECKING A MAP INSIDE THE COACH

The overnight rain & slightly cooler weather front took a big chunk out of the recent oppressive high humidity & our day was slightly less muggy.  Emphasis on 'slightly less muggy.'

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RANDY & KELLY DART ACROSS THE BUSY HIGHWAY

Message on Facebook this morning from Randy Warner from, THE ROADRUNNER CHRONICLES  saying they would be rolling through Bayfield on their journey north somewhere around noon.  We had been in touch a couple weeks ago so we knew they would be heading into our neighborhood.  Only place we could think of with a parking lot big enough for a large motorhome with a car on back was a place called the 'Docks' just off highway 21.  Randy phoned when they got to Grand Bend so we knew they would be in Bayfield in about 25 minutes.  Kelly & I drove over to the Docks & found the parking lot full of cars.  The Docks is a restaurant & it was lunch hour!!  We saw Randy & Pam come over the bridge & one look told him he was not going to get into that parking lot.  Randy threw a blinker on & pulled over to the side of the road.  It was a Friday & the highway was busy but he jumped out & came across the road to where Kelly & I were.  A quick handshake & the 3 of us hustled back across the highway to the safety of their Allegro Bus Motor Home.

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PAM & KELLY IN THE ROADRUNNER

Met Pam inside & we all had ourselves a quick RV chin wag for about 20 minutes.  Covered a few of the normal bases such as computers, routers, phones, routes & destinations, etc.  We knew Randy & Pam had a ways to go yet today so didn't want to hold them up alongside the road.   Slipped outside for some more pics, handshakes & goodbyes.  Kelly & I were no sooner back across the increasingly busy highway & Randy had the  Allegro Bus wheels rolling.  Grabbed a few last pics as he hit the big diesel air horn & they were northbound & gone.  Been following Randy's blog for about a year now so it was nice to finally meet the person behind the keyboard.  Nice fellow.

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RANDY EXPLAINING HIS ROUTER SETUP

Later in the day Kelly tracked down an unsuspecting Jeep owner.  She had noticed a jeep wrangler parked at the Tucker Communications Office in Bayfield different times during working hours & because of the problems I'm having trying to figure out the hard & soft top dilemma she went in & asked the guy if he could come over after work & help her poor mechanically challenged & totally frustrated husband to get the hard top off the Jeep & the soft top on.  And that's how we met Peter today.

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KELLY TAKES ANOTHER DEER PARK LODGE RESERVATION

OK, fast forward................Now, it's nearly 9 p.m. & we just got home from a mud, water, mosquito & branches in your face kind of jeep foray through a heavily wooded forest near by & I will save  our last '3 hour Jeep lesson for tomorrow's blog.  Am just needing a little R&R at the moment.  And, another coffee...... two thirds of my 7 o'clock coffee got jolted right out of it's holder & dumped into the Jeeps transfer case & I later found my top denture on the passenger side running board:))  We went a muddin!! 

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PETER SHOWS US HOW TO PUT THE SOFT TOP ON........'OHHHHHHH', WE HAVE SO MUCH TO LEARN:((

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AND PETE LEADS THE WAY THROUGH AN APPLE ORCHARD TO THE FOREST BEYOND

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'OH OH'....... THIS COULD GET SERIOUS!!

GROANER'S CORNER:))  Here are 5 good tips for our fine hard working women folk......

1. It is important that a man helps you around the house and has a job.
2. It is important that a man makes you laugh.
3. It is important to find a man you can count on! And doesn't lie to you.
4. It is important that a man loves you and spoils you.
5. It is important that these four men don't know each other.

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9 comments:

  1. It's always great to meet a fellow RVer and a fellow Blogger is icing on the cake. Glad you all have the opportunity to meet even if for only a short time.

    Nice to see the pics of the back road trip!

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  2. how great that you got to meet Randy and Pam!!!..lucky you!..as for the top off the jeep..yahoooo!!!..when we bought ours we let the dealer keep the soft top!..when you live in a condo it is pretty hard to find somewhere to store the hardtop!!..looks like you and kelly had a fabulous day!!!

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  3. Randy and Pam are great folks! We first met them when we were in Texas last year. Super couple.

    We have the soft top for our Jeep and have never put it on. I will be looking forward to your post on that. We just have nowhere to store the hardtop when we are on the road.

    Take care!
    Mike & Gerri (happytrails)

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  4. Randy and Pam are great folks! We first met them when we were in Texas last year. Super couple.

    We have the soft top for our Jeep and have never put it on. I will be looking forward to your post on that. We just have nowhere to store the hardtop when we are on the road.

    Take care!
    Mike & Gerri (happytrails)

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  5. I LOVE the groaner today.

    Who would think it would be so hard to switch tops on a Jeep. Makes me think I'd better not get one.

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  6. YEEEEEEEHAW!! GET SOME MUD ON JEEPER'S TIRES...SHE WON'T CARE!!! YOU AND KELLY HANG ON AND LET HER JUST TAKE YOU MUDDIN!!!LIVE THE LIFE YA LOVE, AND LOVE THE LIFE YA LIVE!!!!

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  7. Say,Al, do you know four men like that? I might be interested! :)

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  8. Great that you met up with Randy and Pam! They both popped in to see us in Desert Hot Springs last year and we also had a nice visit with them. Glad to see you were able to get some help with the Jeep's top too! I'll be looking forward to hearing more about that!

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