A daughter's decision and a busy week...

Mike was kind enough to ask if everything was all-right because the posting was lite last week.  It was just hectic with many things happening perhaps the best of which is our daughter's belief that she should go into hospice nursing.  What an extraordinary individual she is and, how happy and proud we are to be her parents.    

We were scheduled for a overnight stay at Pere Marquette on Friday night but that didn't work out.  Old Blue went in for a new windshield on Tuesday and when the old windshield was removed rust was found in the channel along the joint with the roof in which the windshield mounts.  About 24" of surface rust was removed, a latex primer sprayed into the windshield channel and then the channel and top of the cab were repainted.  Late Friday afternoon the new windshield was installed.  By then it was too late to gear-up for an overnight trip.

Siloam Springs State Park - Tent Camping

Saturday we drove Old Blue up to Siloam Springs State Park north of Pittsfield.  It took about 90 minutes to drive there.  It is a beautiful place with a couple hundred, or more, camping sites for tents as well as RV's and many, many travel trailers all within the dense forests of the Park.  Lots of families with children laughing and playing in the surrounding forest.  It was very reminiscent of my youth in Pennsylvania.  The smell of wood smoke permeated the air as several folks had camp fires in the fire rings at their camping spot.

Camping is primitive with electric at some sites but no water or sewer.  No showers and toilet facilities are the outhouse variety.  G and I decided we could spend a couple days there just walking, talking and enjoying time with each other.

Sunday we finished the repairs on the water heater which went unfinished last weekend.  We made the bed and started the process of putting in a bit of additional wiring to support clocks, lamps and such next to the Murphy bed.  Afterward we shut everything down and will make a "dry run" next weekend to run-up every system and get the check list together.  Even Curt had to refer to the multiple owner's manuals to get all the systems up and running.  These things require precise things to be done in a particular order and then we find out the entire propane system is set-up for altitudes below 4,500'.  Will have to call the RV place to see about that as it may require different settings for the very high altitude 7,860' at Chama and another for everywhere else - we shall see.