Finished at Newmar service center.

 Monday 8 January 2023

   The big day arrived! Very, very early in the morning.  The instructions say the service tech will be out for the coach between 6:00 and 7:30 am. Our guy (Brain) was out just after 6.  We almost made it the coach was running but we had the slides to bring in.  Cold and windy.  Brain went over the work requests and by 6:30 we were sitting in the Newmar lounge, check in time at the hotel was not until

3pm.  We had Rudy and he was not allowed out of the pet lounge, so we had to take turns walking around😒. This place is really nice, only 5 years old and has the latest equipment. Just one item is the scaffold that hangs from the posts that start at the ceiling, they pull a coach in lower the scaffold and back to work in minutes. Next was waiting.  Diane went to get us a breakfast sandwich. And we waited. After lunch we went to the hotel, checked in and I returned to Newmar to get the days briefing and picked up a few food items for in the hotel. The water leak they suspected was the shower drain and they fixed it. One item off the list. Back to the hotel Diane went for Chinese and we ate in the room then played a couple games of farkle. 

Tuesday 9 January 2023

   Rudy woke us up with the noise he heard (6am). Looked out we had an inch or two of snow and very windy. Yogurt for breakfast before I headed to Newmar to talk with Brain.  Each time we talk there is

The Moho in shop.

the good news, bad news update. Good news seal on the slide didn't need replacing, bad news, we still have a water leak.  And several other things actually went according to plan.  Seems every new item is 600 dollars. but what do you do.  By now we had rain and the wind was a howling, just in time for Diane to go pick up lunch (wings) from the Hunters Hideaway, they were pretty good. After lunch I go back to Newmar to check in.  Most of the other items were going smoothly. We need to approve a new part for the heating system, you guessed it $600.  Back to the hotel. Being in the hotel is bad enough but with the weather you can't even walk outside at all. We are having so much fun we decided to stay another day waiting for the weather to clear some. Left overs for dinner, a bully game of farkle (Diane won) 3 games of sequence (Diane won).

Wednesday 10 January 2023

   Well, no snow today but cold, cloudy, with a fine mist. 😔 I don't know how long it has been since we had a nice sunny day. After breakfast (bagels from the hotel) Diane headed over to Service center for computer training. Before the training started she talked to Brain, he told her the Moho was finished, but made arrangements with him, since we were staying in the hotel another night that the Moho could stay inside until we picked it up Thursday morning. And off to class she goes.

 

Older but a nice
hotel anyway.

  Meantime back at the hotel I'm having coffee watching reruns of Andy Griffith with Rudy, he jumps up looking around. About the same time I noticed a very foul odor, I start looking around and our heating unit was smoking. 😕😕I quickly unplugged it and notified the front desk. After checking the heater out. They would have to move us to another room. I figured if we moved it would be back to the Moho.

    Diane came back, we threw everything in the car and headed back to Newmar. Found Brain gave him the update and ask if could bring the Moho out for us. We hadn't paid the bill yet, but he pulled it out into the camping area.  I went to fill up with fuel, returned put the ladder rack and ladder back on the Moho and secure it.  Diane went to the grocery store. She returned, backed the car in our spot I backed the Moho in so we could hook it up. First time to tow the car! By the time we unloaded the car, returned everything to its place in the Moho and sat down we were mentally and physically exhausted.  

Thursday 11 January 2023

   Same old weather today, 33 degrees and drizzle. We are leaving anyway trying to beat an artic front moving in.  We were ready to roll at 8:30 or at least we were until Diane went to set the car up for towing.  Seems we have conflicting instructions on what to do.  After some hair pulling and aggravation we called the hitch place and figured it out. Cloudy and very windy we headed  out.!😙  We drove down south on route 31, a nice 4 lane road but no rest areas. Eventually I had to pull over on the side of road to use the bathroom.😐 They really could use a rest area! 

First time towing
the Equinox!

   We rolled on down the road, around Indianapolis, Diane got us onto route I-69. Well the computer forgot to tell us it was future I-69. The first 30 miles all under construction.  Red lights, one lane sections, a couple cattle shoots to go through and no rest areas! What is with this state. By now we are about starved.  Diane finds a Walmart just off the next exit.  We had to through 3 round abouts into a residential section and then we were there. We took a nice lunch break and believe or not the sun started shinning and the sky's cleared. Oh Yea.

   Back on the road. we pulled into the Evansville 4H complex and campground at 3pm (central time).  It was a long day 310 mile.  Rudy was so good, but we took him for a walk and he wouldn't get back in the Moho. Had to pick him up. A nice evening sunny and almost 50 degrees.

He wasn't getting
back in the Moho!!

Friday 12 January 2023

   The rain started about 2am with a very loud rumble of thunder.  After that we both tossed and turned all night.  Good news we aren't moving today.  Had a nice breakfast got some supplies from the grocery store.  Mostly we worked on trying to make arrangements to camp in Memphis, spend some time with Monique and kids and still get out of town before the snowstorm hits. Planning the rest of the trip south is difficult with the continuing weather changes (snow, wind, ice).  With some almost for certain, perhaps, maybe and if nothing changes 😁😃we have a plan. The rain quit around 3 just enough time to get packed and hooked up for tomorrow.

Moving south to Nappanee.

 Friday 5 January 2024

   Things are looking up this morning no rain, drizzle or snow this morning.  Diane made us a good breakfast of scrapple and eggs. The sun came out and the day was looking good for traveling. I figured after breakfast I would call the hitch guy to see when we could pick up the car and finally get out of here. 10:30 or so I call. Seems they have problem! 😕 I jump in the junker(loaner) and driver over. He talks I listen he shows me some pictures, and blah, blah, blah etc. The turn signals don't work if the lights are on in the Moho 😖. We talked for a while, he called Roadmaster, and they are all working together to fix it. He will call when it is done. 

   I made good use of the trip and went over to Lazydays and picked up a handle for the tv antenna crank. I broke ours putting the antenna up when we got here (right after harassing Diane that she was going to break it, aw 💩)

   Back to the Moho.  The look on Diane's face when I pulled back in still driving the "loaner"😢. We sat in the Moho waiting for the phone to ring, it didn't. I go back over to hitch place; they are still working on the problem. We decided if they couldn't fix it by Saturday morning we would drive the loaner down to Nappanee anyway. Then come back next week for the car. I get home, tell Diane the plan and she reluctantly walks up to the office to pay for another night, it was a long night!

Saturday 6 January 2023

   The time has come. We are leaving, heading to Newmar Service Center in Nappanee.  I was to have the Moho at the hitch place by 9am.  But as our luck goes the antenna is froze and will not turn or lower.  I go to get the ladder that was strapped to the Moho.  Guess what, I needed the step stool to reach the tie down straps.... stool is in the car. So, hanging on with one hand and one foot on the Moho ladder, I get the straps loose, remove the ladder, get a wrench, climb up and turn the antenna with Diane helping from inside.  Then put it all away. 💩 We eventually get packed and ready to roll. I started the Moho disconnected the electric. When I come in the refrigerator alarm is going off lights flashing.  Diane checks the inverter discovers it is not working. Turned it off back on same thing alarm on refrigerator starts up again. By now the hitch guy calls wants to know when we are coming over. Turn the inverter off and pulled out. Phew!

   Over to the hitch place drop off the Moho, load up the car(loaner), gather up Rudy and proceed to kill some time. We are walking around a new store when Diane gets a text. Seems the guys have been calling me, but I didn't have my phone.... the car and Moho were ready😁😁. We run back, first was a few questions about accessories he wanted to sell us, then a tutorial on the system, then Diane had a try hooking it up, then we went over car set up, and then we were finally done.  Pull out swap out loaner for our car pay the bill and we were rolling.

    Diane stopped for groceries and wine. Rudy and I drove straight to Newmar. We parked and had the Moho organized by the time Diane arrived. We sat and reveled in the accomplishment of the day.  

Sunday 7 January 2023

     Woke up this morning to about an inch of snow. ❄ A brief reprieve before the big day tomorrow.  According to the instruction the service rep will be out around 6:30 (AM)!!! to get the coach. WOW! We are planning to get a hotel tomorrow night and Tuesday night if needed.

    On a brighter note. Diane lost her nightstand cell phone cord holder on our way traveling out here.  We searched around, under and in the bed couldn't find it.  You know the feeling, where could it possibly be. All the cupboards, closets and storage areas we could find were searched. We just gave up.  Today I put on my boots to go clean snow and..... inside my boot I found it. Apparently, it fell off the nightstand and into my boot when we were traveling, and I put the boots in my closet when we parked.  We laughed and laughed!!😂😁

   Now we are waiting/planning on the big day tomorrow.  Homemade meat loaf for dinner. Yum! and off to bed.

   

Another chapter begins

Tuesday 2 January 2023

    I was up early to get the car over to the hitch place. It is less than a mile from the campground so a very short drive.  They opened at 8:00 and I was there by 8:30. They got all the paperwork in order then took our car (22 Equinox) and brought around the loaner vehicle (04 Malibu) with 165,000 miles, check

If it were my business
I would be ashamed
to call this my loaner!!

engine light stay on, smells like crap and has what appears to be mouse turds in it. 😕I didn't ask anything about it when they said I could use their loaner. We only have 3 days, so I sucked it up and drove back to the Moho.
   Diane was waiting to go to the grocery store when I returned. She looks at the car and says you have got to be kidding.  Off to the store she goes. She walks in with groceries and just gives me 'that look'.  Just a day or so I tell her.  The car is like sitting on skateboard.
   Next trip out for dinner.  Just across the road a bit about two miles to Texas Roadhouse.  Diane orders the prime rib; I order steak and shrimp.  Her prime rib was ok, and it came with fresh rolls. My steak I could not chew, several bites half chewed laying on the plate when the manager comes over to see what is wrong, I tell her, and she says that happens occasionally and leaves. Waitress comes back same outcome. 😡. We leave with Diane's leftovers she gets in the car and holds the container because she doesn't want it to touch the seat.
   And the first day was over.     Oh, and by the way cold, raining with snow mixed in.😞

Wednesday 3 January 2023

     Day two woke up 30 degrees with on and off drizzle. We had planned on going to the RV Hall of Fame and Museum, but it is closed. We really didn't want to ride in the car anyway.  Instead, Diane went to the laundromat, and I did dishes, dumped and filled tanks.  The temperature got all the way up 33 degrees and the drizzle changed back and forth snow/rain/snow. 
     For something fun we went looking for a wine store.  We drove around to three different liquor stores before we found our brand.  Good news it was cheaper than we have ever seen. 😁 Back to the Moho baked haddock for dinner.
   And the day was over.

Thursday 3 January 2023

    Day three begins the same way with clouds, cold (25 degrees) but no rain.  I took Rudy out for his

walk this morning just like always and just as we return, I noticed ice icicles hanging off the Moho. Oh great.
    Diane's mission for today is to make lasagna and stay out of the car.  She made a nice breakfast. I kept asking if she wanted to ride along with me down to Nappanee to check out the Newmar's repair facility and some hotels in case they need to keep the Moho inside overnight.  She thought long and hard (less than a second) before bellowing no way. I put it off as long as I could then after lunch she chased me out the door.  It was an uneventful 20-mile drive down to Nappanee.  There are RV facilities scattered all over the place. The Newmar repair place is closed but the campground appears to be open.  We are planning to head down Friday as soon as the car is done.  I stopped at a motel, it looks ok, and they allow pets (for 20 bucks). The only good news is fuel is cheap out here. 

Ohio was even
cheaper!!

Back to the Moho.  Diane has for the most finished the lasagna and whole place smells wonderful. Can't wait for dinner.
   The sun has not shown but for 30 minutes on the 31st. Haven't needed sunglasses for a week! The clouds wind, snow and drizzle are getting old.  We are anxious to get heading south.
   And on another note, Diane asks every hour or so if the hitch guy called. (We are both sitting in the Moho)

Getting ready to leave Dillsburg

 Tuesday 26 December 2023

    All the hoop-la is over! We went to Shane and Morgan's for lunch and to visit the grandkids some more.  Lunch was pizza and salad from Pizza Grill, both were good.  We visited for quite a while before heading back to the Moho. Time is winding down for our stay here in Dillsburg close to family. Diane rearranged things to go to storage and thing we need for the trip south. We still have a very busy schedule.

Wednesday 27 December 2023

     More packing, over to Bev's for lunch.  She made sloppy Joe's with all the fixings.  Again, we had a nice visit, talked a little about everything but mostly how fast time goes now. We drove separately Diane had some errands to run B.J.'s, Lynne's, among other places. 

Thursday 28 December 2023

    Running out of time!  We had lunch with Jen and Greg at Brothers Restaurant. We had a great time catching up.  We haven't seen them since they left Ives Run and before their accident. So much has changed in just a few months. Back to the Moho, I took Rudy for a nice walk then over to Marzoni's for dinner with the Shirk's. We got the last of our mail and said our farewells.

Friday 29 December 2023

    Here it is the last day before we pull out and once again, we have 10 things to do in 10 different places. I left first off to Mark's to drop off the kayak, over to Lorin's for a short visit, up to the storage unit, then over to visit Bev and pick up some more deer meat.  Diane was leaving just as I got back to the Moho.  She was off to Lynne's, Staples, gas station then over to Karen's where I met her to drop off the truck. It was 4pm when we left Karen's and we still wanted to visit Chase and Kennedy (Shane & Morgan too) one last time.  Back to the Moho at 5:30, Diane started packing up the inside while I ran into town for wings from the VFW. And to think we had a month to get ready.

Saturday 30 December 2023

      Finally, we are on the road to our next adventure.  No vehicle to hook up. I pulled out at 10:10. Didn't get out of the campground before Diane called, she had no key for the car. I pulled over, she walked up, got key and I was on my way.  Made to the Legion in Dillsburg when the refrigerator door

View out our front window,
a Brinkley, nice fiver.

came open.  Pulled over and fixed that, thankfully nothing rolled out. Just went under the turnpike Diane called she left her coffee cup sit on the picnic table and she was going back.   Just before lunch I hit some on and off rain showers and on top of Seven Mountains it was snow.  I had to slow down as it went from snow to rain and back several times.  Diane was slowly catching up, but I had to eat lunch alone.  It was a long nervy 197-mile drive, and I was happy when we arrived at the Love's campground just outside of Alaska PA.  Diane arrived just a few minutes after Rudy and I around 3pm.   She left almost right away and headed into Brookeville looking for a grocery store to get sauerkraut.  She said it was an interesting town, some old building and streets straight up and down.  

Sunday 31 December 2023

  We were getting ready to leave, I decided to fill the fresh water and dump the tanks.  Hooked up the hose turned on the faucet, no water. 😐 I checked the water at the next site, and it worked. So, I got out several lengths of hose and filled up with water and dumped tanks. Just as I was putting the last of the

Our site for 
New Years Eve.

hoses away there and a loud pop (I figured a firecracker) at the far end of the parking lot. Nope, it was a transformer failure and cut power to the entire place. Can't get fuel or anything.  We pulled out at 9:20, hopefully get some miles behind us before we hit the snow showers.  Diane needed gas but we were trying to make it Ohio where gas was much cheaper, she caved about 50 mile short of the boarder. We hit the Ohio turnpike and made it to the first service plaza. Lunch, diesel for the Moho ($3.65) gas for the car ($2.65).  By now the snow was falling. After about an hour it let up and we were back on the road.  When we pulled into our destination plaza, it was only 1:30. We talked it over and decided to go another 50 miles to the next service plaza.  We hit some more rain showers but no more snow😁.  Finally parked at 2:30 and settled in for New Years Eve. I sure was glad I filled the tank, the water at the service plaza was turned off for the winter.  All of the plazas we stopped at had several restaurants to pick from, not this one, just a Hardees. After searching the freezer, we decided on air fried burgers, they were delicious. 

Monday 1 January 2023    HAPPY NEW YEAR

   We have only 149 miles to travel so a hardy breakfast left over potatoes, mushrooms and eggs. We left the Genoa service plaza at 10:30 for a comfortable drive of 149 mi.  Believe it or not we had no rain or snow and even had 30 or so minutes of sunshine. 😀   We made to Elkhart by 2:15 and had all afternoon to unpack and settle in. The campground is kind of a dump, but it was the only we could find open this time of year.  First was a good cleaning for the Moho.  Three days of travel and we had dog hair floating everywhere. We finished just in time for the annual pork and sauerkraut meal. YUM! Not moving for 4 days.

Our site and one other camper, not a nice CG.

Merry Christmas to all!! 🎄🎄

Friday 22 December 2023

   Sunny and nice today. A good day for a drive.  We headed out around 10am to meet and have lunch with Dave & Winnie Herb (Ives Run volunteers) at Marzoni's in Selinsgrove. It was a great get together. Dave had a critical eye surgery in October and happy to report all went well. So glad to hear.  I did remember last week's experience and did not order crab cakes.  The food was good and the visit with friends even better. It was close to 4pm until we got back and Rudy was waiting with his legs crossed. Out the door and peed on the first blade of grass he could find.    

Saturday 23 December 2023

    The day went by in a blur.  We had a nice breakfast since we were not eating until 2pm or so. By the

We 5 be together!!

time we ate, showered and packed it was time to head to Lynne and Rick's place.  The traditional Angeli Christmas dinner (chicken and waffles). All 5 Angeli sisters were there, and we had a great day celebrating Christmas. It was well after 6pm when the party started to thin out.  After last of the family members left and clean up was all done, we retired to the basement to finish a game of Mexican train we started last week.  After thoroughly tasting a few bottles of wine we headed to bed.

Sunday 24 December 2023

   We were up early showered (well I was) I started carrying gifts and stuff down to the truck and coffee

Nice Visit!!

up to Diane. She really didn't do too bad, we were out the door by 9:00 and heading over to Shane's for Christmas breakfast with Shane, Morgan and the kids.  Once again it was a great family gathering. Morgan made a breakfast casserole. Yum!  I was just a bit late had to take Rudy home, check the heat in the Moho then head back for breakfast.  Chase was of

Cousin Frankie and
Aunt Dot,
Great Visit!!

course the hit of the day. He wanted to open gifts, period, no matter who's they were. It was quite entertaining as fast as Morgan took a gift from him he would run over and find another. It was almost lunch till we returned to the Moho. I parked Diane got out of the truck and into the car heading back to Lynne's to visit with Aunt Dot & Frankie. After that she did a couple of errands then headed home.  She finally returned around three. Just plain worn out. We had some wine, just left overs for dinner and vegged the night away.

Monday 25 December 2023 MERRY CHRISTMAS

    All our celebrations and gatherings are done!  After a nice breakfast we got serious about planning the next segment of our journey.  The last few days we were all consumed with Christmas and family gatherings but now we need to make some concrete decisions. Although it is Christmas day, and no businesses are open to confirm anything we planned and made a list of phone calls for tomorrow.
   We are leaving Saturday 30 December going to Alaska (PA) to a Loves Truck stop. Next is the Middle

Great Christmas Picture!!
Chase and Kennedy.

Ridge service plaza in Ohio and finally to the Garden Campground in Elkhart. It is not the most exciting schedule but sometimes "A camper has to do what a camper has to do"😉 If you are wondering why we picked that campground.... it is the only campground in Elkhart that is open.  It seems no one in their right mind goes there in January, but we are.
  We should be done in Elkhart by Friday the 5th and heading down to Nappanee on Saturday.  Of course, none of this is finalized until phone calls are made tomorrow. 
   Update coming tomorrow.

 

Preparing for Christmas

Tuesday 12 December 2023

   Diane had a very busy day.  After days of shopping and buying gifts today she returned all of Monique's gifts she bought last week.  But we saved a bunch of money on shipping costs. then to the drug store for flu shot, over to Shane's for a short visit with Chase and Kennedy.
   So, what did I do?  Suffering from a gastrointestinal challenge I stayed home and worked on the blog. 😒  

       Morgan with Kennedy

Chase feeing himself.

Shane decorating the tree!! (lights anyway) 

Wednesday 13 December 2023

   It was a nice (for December) day sunny and 45 or so.  Seems a little like ground hog day. Go shopping, wrap gifts. The Holidays are so much fun.   I did manage go to the tree farm and visit Mark for a while. Diane did her best packing up the Moho before heading to Lynne's for a sleep over. Well, not really, I need to leave very early tomorrow to get the Moho serviced.

Thursday 14 December 2023

   Today was a big break from the holiday routine. I was up at 5:30 packed and pulled out by 7 am on my way to Frieghtliner service center in Muncy.  I was in their parking lot by 10:30 ran in to check in. Then I made a cup of coffee and Rudy and I started to wait, went for walk around the building, wait, walk and wait. Had lunch wait. You get the picture. A little after 3pm they were done, and we hit the road. We rolled back in the campground around 6:30.  And even though it meant parking in the dark I did stop and fuel up.
   Diane spent the day with Lynne they visited the cemetery, shopped, had lunch and of course a Starbuck's coffee.
   It was a long day.

Rudy and the waiting game!!

Friday 15 December 2023

   Back to the routine.  Shop, wrap and sort through the storage unit.  We quit early to have dinner with Lynne and Rick.  Food from the Hillside diner. Food was good and always a good get together.

Saturday 16 December 2023

   Today we started the arduous task of planning our trip west then south. we were planning to leave January 2nd and first was installing tow system.  Seems just as we have things worked out it all changes. The constant leak that started this trip has quit leaking now the wipers are not working right so planning includes no driving in the rain. We scheduled one day to have the towing system installed on the car.  After finalizing the plan I emailed Dan's hitch. Oh no, he needs 3 to 4 days not one.  So now we had to start all over. The oasis heater system quit again so I go out tap on the exhaust motor and it starts back up. 
   We can't wait to get done in Indiana and head south. And of course, as we head west the temperatures head south.

Sunday 17 December 2023

   Raining when we woke up and it continued all day the only change was the wind picked up. I think we had gusts over 25 mph by afternoon.
   Diane and Lynne went to see a play in Carlisle.  First though it was breakfast at the Greystone for them, I had a yogurt. Ho yum!  Their play was great.  Meantime I was home writing out Christmas cards. The rain finally let up enough for Rudy to enjoy his evening walk. Tacos for dinner and the day was over. 

Back drop for the play.  I would go to the theater to see another one.  For a small community, they really did a pretty good job.

Monday 18 December 2023

   We had a nice breakfast before I headed down to Bow Hunters to get an arrow fixed. On my way home I stopped in to visit with Paul and Betty, swapped deer stories and catch up on family.  Found out Pat was in the Hospital, so I stopped to talk to Mark, a quick stop at the storage unit then back to the Moho.  I was watching an auction that closed tonight so early dinner.

Tuesday 20 December 2023

   I went to pick up auction items today somewhere in Perry County. All I can say is thank goodness for GPS. I think I heard banjoes playing a few times.  Meanwhile back at the Moho Diane ran over to Lynne's to walk Kody a bit then back and finished wrapping gifts. Oh Yea! 😃     

Decorated for Christmas

Wednesday 21 December 2023

   I guess I will be at the storage unit every day right up till we leave.  Stopped back in at the tree farm to check on Pat.  I don't know what Diane did all day now that she is done wrapping. 😁 We met Taylor for dinner at Marzoni's. Food was good and we had a wonderful visit with Taylor. A side note, don't get the crab cakes there. 

Life after hunting

 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.

                                 

 A nice visit with Olive and Taylor.  

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.

The mess in the basement and the pipe that is leaking.