Wednesday, June 17, 2015

THE BIG EEE & LIBBY ARE HOOKED UP & READY TO ROLL FIRST THING THURSDAY MORNING

DSC_0011

HOOKED UP & READY TO RUMBLE

A bit on the hot & sticky side today so my outside activities were somewhat curtailed.  Chain sawed down a 10' Pine tree stump to make a spot other than the carport for the utility trailer & took half a load of yard waste to the Park's recycle area.  I'm going to try & get in the habit of parking the Jeep Liberty in the carport.  After all that is why we had it built in the first place.  Had a little mishap moving things around this afternoon when I parked the motorcycle right next to our Pontiac Sunfire.  Apparently I didn't have the kick stand properly deployed & when Pheebs & got back from the recycle area the bike had fallen over into the Sunfire.  It's a very heavy motorcycle & I had quite a time straining to set it up back on it's wheels again.  Small dent & some scratches in the Pontiac's passenger door & it broke the mirror on my bike. 
DSC_0002

NEW SPOT FOR OUR UTILITY TRAILER DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS

DSC_0007

THIS IS MY IDEA OF A BEST BUDDY RIDING PARTNER & YES HE’S WEARING A BUNGEE CORD SEAT BELT

DSC_0005

YEP I’M DEFINITELY NEEDING A NEW DRIVER’S SIDE MIRROR HERE

DSC_0006

THIS IS ONE VERY HEAVY MOTORCYCLE WHEN YOU HAVE TO STAND IT BACK UP ON IT’S WHEELS FROM A LYING DOWN POSITION:((
Backed the Motorhome out of it's spot late this afternoon & parked it in front of the house.  Rolled the Jeep up behind & hitched it up.  We are off to London Ontario early Thursday morning.  Our first destination is FOREST CITY MOTORHOMES where we will leave the rig for them to repair the hydraulic pump that blew a valve a couple weeks ago.  Have to have the rig there at 9.  We bought our 2011 Class C Winnebago here in 2013 & they treated us very well.  From Forest City Motorhomes we will take the Jeep over to the other end of the city where Kelly has a 10 a.m. appointment with her liver specialist at University Hospital.  It is to go over the results of her blood tests & liver biopsy last month.  From there it is back to Forest City RV to pick up the hopefully finished & repaired Motorhome.  Hoping to make it back to Bayfield before predicted afternoon rains.
DSC_0009

ON A MORNING WALK LAST WEEK KELLY FOUND THIS SEWING MACHINE CABINET DISCARDED IN OUR PARK’S RECYCLE AREA & IMMEDIATELY WALKED BACK HOME, GOT IN HER SUNFIRE & CAME BACK TO RETRIEVE IT

DSC_0010

THE VENEER FINISH WAS PEELING OFF THE TOP SO BETWEEN THE TWO OF US WE GOT MOST OF IT SCRAPED OFF & GAVE IT A LIGHT SANDING…KELLY IS GOING TO PAINT THE TOP PART ONLY…NO SEWING MACHINE INSIDE OF COURSE BUT LOOK AT THOSE NICE FOLD OUT WOODEN DRAWERS

Thanks to Steve in our Shout Box for the link to Great Lakes and Seaway Shipping.  With that helpful link I was able to go to the site & look up all the info on the great lakes freighter I had featured in my Tuesday post.  It has an interesting history being originally built in Germany as a sea going vessel.  You can read about the Cedarglen here & see why Cedarglen was not it’s only name.

DSC_0006-001

IF YOU LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT THIS PHOTO YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE OUT THE LETTERS OF WHAT THIS SHIP’S PREVIOUS NAME WAS
Several times in previous posts I have reflectively said ‘if only we could have started our RV life earlier than we did.’  I still feel that way of course & this following paragraph coming from a fellow Blogger brings it home on a very personal level as to why that is.  Sherry from IN THE DIRECTION OF OUR DREAMS writes, “ {Those of you younger than we are who are waiting until you “have enough money", “can get full retirement” or any of the other standard reasons for working 40+ years, take heed.  That Life is SHORT is a very serious understatement and unless you take some risks you may not have the freedom to follow your dreams until it is too late to do it.  How much money you need depends entirely on you and how much you actually have to spend to maintain a lifestyle that makes you happy.  It’s not money but your health that will determine your joy.  So be careful”}.  Now having read this paragraph I suggest you go back & read the 7 paragraphs preceding this one at NOT SUCH A GREAT WEDNESDAY
DSC_0013
GROANER'S CORNER:(( A policeman arrives at the scene of an accident, in which a car smashed into a tree. The officer rushes over to the vehicle and asks the driver, "Are you seriously hurt?"  "How do I know?" the driver responds. "I'm not a lawyer!"

---

Ditzy friend to another: "I failed the driving test. I entered the traffic circle and the sign said '30' so I drove 30 times around." The other one says sympathetically, "You probably counted wrong."

---

When asked for her occupation, a woman charged with a traffic violation said she was a schoolteacher. The judge rose from the bench. "Madam, I have waited years for a schoolteacher to appear before this court," he smiled with delight. "Now sit down at that table and write: 'I will not pass through a red light' five hundred times!!"

9 comments:

  1. Oh darn! I was hoping you were off on an adventure. Good luck with the MD appointment Kelly.

    ReplyDelete
  2. My Mom had her Singer sewing machine in an identical cabinet to that one from before I was born until sometime after I left home. I miss that machine. I learned to sew on it. Funny seeing the exact same thing on your blog.

    ReplyDelete
  3. I was thinking you were off somewhere fun too! Hoe both the motorhome and Kelly's appointments go well.

    I love finding useful things that others have thrown out, that sewing table looks like great find.

    I think Sherry's last paragraph in her post says it all!

    www.travelwithkevinandruth.com

    ReplyDelete
  4. The sewing cabinet is beautiful. How hard would it have been to donate it to a charity or even put it out in front of their house and say "Free"? There are stupid people then there are very stupid people. Thankfully you rescued it.

    ReplyDelete
  5. I have a new wind screen to install on my Suzuki now. It was ordered after a incident in my garage, I know the feeling. With airplanes we called incidents like that " hanger rash ".
    Best wishes for good news tomorrow.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Anywhere we travel in our Motorhome is an adventure hope the repairs and tests all went well.

    ReplyDelete
  7. I hope that Kelly receives good news from her test results...

    ReplyDelete
  8. Oof! That's a lot of bike to pick up - glad the damage was minimal. Your "curtailed" activities would be more than enough for me to think I had accomplished a LOT for one day!! Nice to be able to get several errands covered in one trip, and give the rig a big stretch in between adventures.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Thanks for the shout out Al. I had no idea you were reading my blog. Drop a comment when you do. it's nice to know who is out there. So sorry about your bike and the car. Those are the little niggly things that irritate. Sure hope Kelly's tests give her good news. We're not doing so well in that department as you know. Thanks again!

    ReplyDelete