Monday 4 December 2023
We stayed another day in Tioga County to avoid driving in an all-day rain. The rain never did amount to what the weathermen were calling for. But anyway, today we are moving down the road to Dillsburg. I have the Moho and truck Diane is driving the car. As usual I head down the road while Diane had a multi stop/shop trip. She had to pay the electric bill at the campground, then drive north to the post office turned in our keys and cancelled the P.O. box rental. I'm driving slow in the Moho and she is just a flying down the road. By the time I stopped at The Turkey Ranch she was right behind me. We had lunch and were back on the road.
My job was to fill up with diesel and meet her at the campground. She was stopping at Purity's candy store and grocery store. I skipped the diesel fill-up so I would arrive before dark. It was dark by the time I unhooked the truck parked the Moho then walked back to get the truck. It was difficult to see the site layout, so I waited for Diane to arrive and check it out.
Despite the cold I dug the grill out and made our usual travel day meal, burgers with a wine or two.
Tuesday 5 December 2023 and Wednesday the 6th
Both of these days were spent filling up and emptying out the Moho. Since we didn't have much of a shopping selection up north, we let the frig and pantry run low. Diane shopped all the stores to replenish. So, she filled the Moho and emptied the check book at same time. 😁 I had several trips returning all the hunting stuff to the storage unit and reloading the Moho with camping stuff like fire poker and shovel etc. It sounds easy but getting anything in or out of the storage unit is a challenge it is just so full.
The good news the weather has been decent, cold but bearable.
After running around like crazy we took the night off and went into the VFW for dinner. I had (no surprise) shrimp and Diane had chicken tender both were good.
Thursday 7 December 2023 Pearl Harbor Day
Diane spent most of the day shopping with Mel for the great grandkids. Then had dinner with Taylor and Olive before Olive left for Arizona.
Now you remember I skipped filling up with the diesel fuel on way down. Today was payback for thinking I was smart. I bought a diesel can up north and thought I would simply make a few trips 5 gallons at a time and fill us up. First trip, credit card had expired. 😑 Back to Moho got another card back to Sheetz and filled up the can. It overflowed just a wee bit. Back to the Moho, couldn't get to fill cap with the slide out. So, in the Moho, roll up rugs and clean-up to bring in the slide. Dumped fuel in except for a wee bit that stayed in the container and wee bit that ran down the side of the Moho. 😒 The next 5 trips went about the same. Overflow filling it up, not quite emptying the can completely. By the time I was done(quit) it was 4 hour later (included lunch) myself, the truck and the Moho smelled of diesel fuel. Lesson learned.... that was a dumb idea. 😕
Diane walks in and says, "I took all day to get some fuel" The end of a perfect day.
Friday 8 December 2023
Deer meat pick up day. I left the Moho at 7:30 heading to pick up meat in Galeton, with a stop in Williamsport for Christmas gifts. Made the first stop then pulled into Liberty for lunch. Diane calls me to say Lawrenceville post office has two packages for us. Ugh?? so off to Lawrenceville I go. When I arrive, I find two boxes of coffee she ordered in October, that never showed up. Diane has spent hours over the past month trying to find out what happened to the order. Finally, just yesterday she called the credit union to dispute the payment and poof they show up today more than six weeks late. But, we have coffee. Next stop the cabin to drop off hunting clothes and then finally the butcher shop. I'm back on the road around 1:30 and again trying to make it back to the Moho before dark. I arrived just before dark, around 4:30, Diane returned shortly thereafter. She had been to the Dill Tavern craft fair.
Wine and something for dinner...I was beat.
Saturday 9 December 2023
A nice sunny day. Diane was off to the West Shore Farmers market and up to the kayak store for a roof rack for her car. I took the deer meat to Bev's to store in her freezer. I made an extra trip to the storage unit, and we were done for the day.
An evening to relax and enjoy. We had steaks on the grill with baked potato and all the fixing. along with a good wine, it was a good night.
Sunday 10 December 2023
With Christmas coming there really hasn't been much down time. In between all running around, Diane has been cooking, cleaning, shopping and of course wrapping gifts. I often try to help.😂 Today was no exception. We made a list for next week of people to call and things to get scheduled as we prepare to visit the Newmar service center and get the car rigged up with base plate and wiring so we can tow it. Yes, we are aware that winter is here, and it is cold in Nappanee, but we must get this water leak checked out. And of course, it hasn't been leaking the past two weeks.
And during the whole past week I've had to hook up and unhook water every day. Just a pain in the butt. I forgot to unhook one night, and the water filter froze and broke.
Diane is closing in on finishing the wrapping especially for the out-of-town gifts that need to be shipped. We have two packages to go to Colorado and one to Tennessee. Would like to mail them no later than Tuesday. We made an unscheduled trip to the storage unit, cause, we are missing gifts we bought in Maine and stored "somewhere". We live in 300 sq ft Moho and loose more things. I can't imagine what we would be like in a house.😐
Stuffed peppers for dinner. Yum!!
Monday 11 Dec 2023
Let the phone calls begin. It always ends the same. I start out with pencil and paper ready to get stuff done. First call insurance agent...on vacation. 2nd call dentist office...closed and so the day went. After phone calls I continued sorting and rearranging bins when I found gooey stuff dripping out of the Oasis heat exchanger. 😠 Oh great! While I was doing this Diane got some pricing on shipping boxes. Turns out it cost $80 to ship $60 of things to TN. After an hour or two she decided to return the gifts to the store then order them online with free shipping. So, then we unwrap the gifts put them in the car for return tomorrow.
By wine time all we had scheduled was service for the Moho on Thursday. I still need to get the car scheduled for towing stuff to be installed. Better luck tomorrow.
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The mess in the basement and the pipe that is leaking.
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