2009/10/19 – Monday - Vacation Day

I did not get up until noon – vacation day for me so I could relax and get a few things done around the house.

I got the RV cleaned out – now it is ready for packing when the time comes for our next adventure.

I finally got a copy of the RV engine key – I had lost my key on vacation – so now we have two keys like we should!

Next thing I fixed was the internet satellite dish – I needed some bolts that have been lost – so now that is fixed.  I set the dish up so we can have Dish up and going.  We received our switch for Dish, but that did not work, so now I will wait for a new switch (not a used one).

I was still busy working on things and Cheryl wanted to do a few more things, so we did not got to Group tonight.

2009/10/18 - Sunday - Drive Back Home From ODF

Both of us sleep in today, I started around 9:00 to get things put away and ready. We did not leave until 11:00 (saying goodbye to friends and taking our time putting things away).

We did stop at Flying J’s to get gas and empting our tanks.

The trip back was nothing like getting to ODF – the freeways were all moving with no stop and go.

We got home about 3:00 – and did our normal car shuffle and got everything put away.

Cheryl and Eric did go to the Croakers dance and said it was a good dance.

Cheryl and Amanda went and got some pumpkins and now Amanda is carving them.

2009/10/17 - Saturday - Jeep and Raffle

We got up a little late – Amanda wanted to wake up earlier, but it turned out ok. We got everything ready.

I went over to A.C. and she stated that I have to put on the spare dress that she had so I could drive in the Powder Pull trail.

Once we finally got going, I drove the CJ5 “Green” over to the start of the trail.

Amanda did all of the driving of the trail. About 1 or 2 into the drive, the Jeep was getting very HOT, so we stopped to cool down. We started to go and we caught up to the two in front and then the Jeep stalled.

Well, the Jeep was not getting any fuel, we finally determined that the ground lead on the fuel pump was no longer connected. That was fixed and all is good (until I get home and do a more permanent fix).

One the way out of the canyon, the temp on the Jeep was much better!

Back at camp, we started the generator to cool down the 104 temp inside the RV (with the windows open). The cats were panting.

At 4:30 the temp stats 105, and now the inside is finally down to 97 and still going down.

We had dinner and now it was time for the Raffle. I did win one bag of goodies. I did get a registration for TDS – so I guess I need to go now.

After all the hoopla was done, we sat around a fire and enjoyed the rest of the evening. (we didn’t get back to the RV until 1:00 a.m.)

2009/10/16 - Friday - Travel Day to ODF

We started the day early – Amanda and I started packing the RV and getting the Jeep ready to go.

About an hour before leaving a stray dog was wondering the neighborhood, with the help of a neighbor we was able to capture the dog. We called the animal control to come pick him up. On then continued packing while Amanda and the neighbor took care the of the dog. Finally the animal control guy showed up. The dog was chipped so he was able to call the people that owns the dog and have them come and get it.

We finally got on the road about noon, but we had stops to do. First mail off the Smart Tire computer and monitor (its on the fritz). Next stop Ralphs for the stuff for the cats. Last stop was at Fresh and Easy to get the last minute items.

Traffic was not good – it was slow going. A vibration had started to get worse. I got off the freeway but could not see which tire making the vibration. Back on the freeway – not 5 miles later the diver front tire blows! (I was still stuck in traffic going only about 15 mph). It took me awhile to change the tire ( A CHP and the Highway Service person stopped by to offer help). I headed on over the America’s Tire to get a new one.

When we got going the freeways were slow again. Our next stop was at Flying J’s, we when next door to get dinner from McDonalds.

We finally pulled into camp about 8:00!

We got all setup and chatted with friends.