Well, the web site Dupre sent me was pretty much a bust. It would only show the finish line of Ginny's race and then the picture was so small and grainy that we couldn't tell much. We watched the finish of her race for hours, it looked like they had staged starts as they came in in waves both men and women. They didn't list the stats very well either. The last note we ever found for her was that she was seen after the bike ride. We think we saw her cross the finish line but we aren't sure. It was even hard to tell the USA uniforms from the UK ones and by the end of the race everyone had wet hair and looked pretty similar. In fact, we still don't know anything more. I was texting Dupre but I guess his cell didn't work in Germany. Oh well, it was an accomplishment for her to compete and however she did we are really proud of her.
We're going nuts here trying to leave, I think we are really out of here today. Stuff came up that we hadn't thought of earlier. Stuff like, we need new vent covers for the RV so we can open them in the rain. Apparently 2 of ours were not in good shape when Mimi took them off to re-seal the roof. We are heading south in the rainy season and there are hurricanes dropping even more rain. We need to be able to open the vents and run the fans when it is raining. Also, Mimi now hears an odd noise in the air conditioner. You know how good she is with hearing these things and we really need that AC so that delayed us. We have an appointment this afternoon with a tech to look at it and he ordered us the vent covers as well.
Third, we had waffled on whether to buy new tires for the RV or not. We've decided we will. We have about 47k miles on this set of Michelins, we got 50k on the last set of Firestones but we had a blow out at the end. We were lucky that time and it didn't do any damage. We might not be so lucky this time and we are overloaded and want to be as safe as possible. So, I spent hours, really hours, on the phone yesterday trying to find 6 tires anywhere on our route. Who knew it would be so hard? I have a shop in Yuma that says they will have 6 for me tomorrow. I'm not completely confident that they are telling the truth but, we'll be there and find out. If not, we may have to go to Phoenix or Tucson. I really just wanted to cross the border in Yuma and not drive up and across AZ.
I took some last pics of the old pond and the new one but I don't have time to post them. I won't get to be here for the completion of the new pond but it looks gorgeous and Diane will finish it with style. She can handle anything. I really wanted to help plant the bog filter and help catch some of the Wakin fish to move to it but...
OK, you're updated and I'm back to work getting things stored.
We're going nuts here trying to leave, I think we are really out of here today. Stuff came up that we hadn't thought of earlier. Stuff like, we need new vent covers for the RV so we can open them in the rain. Apparently 2 of ours were not in good shape when Mimi took them off to re-seal the roof. We are heading south in the rainy season and there are hurricanes dropping even more rain. We need to be able to open the vents and run the fans when it is raining. Also, Mimi now hears an odd noise in the air conditioner. You know how good she is with hearing these things and we really need that AC so that delayed us. We have an appointment this afternoon with a tech to look at it and he ordered us the vent covers as well.
Third, we had waffled on whether to buy new tires for the RV or not. We've decided we will. We have about 47k miles on this set of Michelins, we got 50k on the last set of Firestones but we had a blow out at the end. We were lucky that time and it didn't do any damage. We might not be so lucky this time and we are overloaded and want to be as safe as possible. So, I spent hours, really hours, on the phone yesterday trying to find 6 tires anywhere on our route. Who knew it would be so hard? I have a shop in Yuma that says they will have 6 for me tomorrow. I'm not completely confident that they are telling the truth but, we'll be there and find out. If not, we may have to go to Phoenix or Tucson. I really just wanted to cross the border in Yuma and not drive up and across AZ.
I took some last pics of the old pond and the new one but I don't have time to post them. I won't get to be here for the completion of the new pond but it looks gorgeous and Diane will finish it with style. She can handle anything. I really wanted to help plant the bog filter and help catch some of the Wakin fish to move to it but...
OK, you're updated and I'm back to work getting things stored.
posted by Jonna at 2:32 PM
1 Comments:
If by any chance you two are held over in Phoenix (for whatever reason) we'll be visiting my sister there this weekend. Otherwise we'll see you next year when you return.
Safe travels.
Ilene
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