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Borrego Springs, CA

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Still down and out in Louisiana :(

After spending most of yesterday on the couch, and getting a pretty good night’s sleep, I felt a little better when I got up.  As the morning wore on, however, the lower abdominal pains returned.  I had asked the crew here at Premier RV not to work on my rig yesterday, and they honored my wishes.  After checking this morning to see if I was still alive,  :), they continued the last few things to finish up the fridge installation.

IMG_8691After securing the fridge so it won’t pop out of it’s hole while I’m driving down the road, Cory, installed this little lock in the top of the freezer.  When traveling, I will push this lock down all the way.  At rest, the post comes out.

IMG_8694I will place this strip of Velcro around the door handles for the  same effect.  Then he began to work on the electrical problem.  I can’t seem to get the lights (brake, turn, etc.) to work on the toad.  I think he’s getting a little heartburn over this challenge.

 

 

Cory also worked on getting the drawer below the fridge to work properly.  He is so meticulous!  The inside flooring for the fridge had to be lowered to fit the new one in.  The drawer still worked, but was slightly off kilter, and there was no longer any latch.  He lowered the face of the drawer, leveled the drawer slides, and cut out a notch in the back of the drawer so that the latch could be reinstalled.  The fridge and drawer are good to go.  It is my feeling that Universal RV in Minnesota would not have taken the time to bother with this detail since the drawer did slide in and out!

 

Tomorrow, I think he’ll continue on solving the electrical problem and probably install the new washer/dryer replacement.  I know I’m going to have a whopper of a bill, but being able to watch most of the work being done, I feel I’m being well taken care of.  They also found a way to dump my tanks for me today since they knew I was struggling to walk around.

 

Listening to the news this evening, two things caught my attention.  First, there is a Cooper’s hawk that is flying around inside the National Library in Washington, DC.  They can’t get it out, so they have called in experts from the National Fish and Wildlife Service.  That’s who I mainly volunteer for.  By the video I saw, my guess is it is a second year female.  :)

 

Secondly, the local weather man said we had about 2” of rain yesterday and today, and that the crawfish fields are being replenished.  In my travels around the country, that’s the first time I’ve heard a report on crawfish fields!  :)  I think I’d better get back to the couch…

 

Thanks for stopping by…. talk to you later,  Judy

28 comments:

  1. Well if you have to be stuck somewhere, I guess you are being taken care of pretty well, rig-wise. I hope you feel better soon.

    Wonder how they will catch the hawk that's flying around in the National Library. What is the poor thing eating? And drinking?

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  2. Hope you get to feeling well soon.

    In my rig I have a fuse that goes out regularly that serves the toad turn signal only. You might check your fuses to see if any have blown.

    Beautiful picture of the Cypress Swamp.

    Mac & Dianna

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  3. I hope you feel better soon. If you don't - get that pain taken care of! I'm well-versed in the "waiting too long to get [fill in the blank] checked out." I wouldn't wish that kind of thing on anyone else.

    It sounds like you have a great team working on your RV. I'm glad to hear everything is going smoothly in that department.

    Get well soon!

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  4. I'm sorry you've been feeling puny. It's good that they have given you the healing time before finishing up on the work. Take care of yourself!

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  5. Good to see you feel a tidbit better. I like the way Billy T's crew pays attention to detail and I know you are too. Hope you continue to improve.

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  6. Your picture made me SOO homesick for a paddle in the swamp. I spent one Thanksgiving in the Atachafalaya Swamp with one friend and had lots of wonderful experiences. And once I was there for the spring migration of the prothonotary warblers. There were hundreds of them along our route.

    I actually have some of the 399 planting holes for our trees marked. I think it will take me another 2-4 days to finish.

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  7. Please don't eat any of the crawfish ~ I think you'd be pushing your luck!

    I am sorry your still not feeling up to par, but it seems like maybe a good thing since the guys are letting you hang out and watch them work? They really sound like a great crew!

    Hope they get that hawk out of there okay! Think it was after a bookworm?

    take care!!

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  8. Do they bring you homemade chicken soup? If they could fix all these things AND cook--I would say you are delusional! Loved the comment about the hawk after the bookworm! Very clever.

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  9. Hope you are feeling better soon, it's nice you have someone helping you out.

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  10. Are you sure you are not allergic to seafood??? My Dad would eat lobster and be down for 2-3 days until he finally figured he couldn't eat it....Hope you feel better soon!!!

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  11. Yep, I do like the colors in your header photo alright. I rather enjoy having professional people do things because I know they will do a far better job with any repairs, installations or renovations than I ever could. I am not your typical male know it all do it yourselfer kinda guy. If it slithers, wiggles or crawls, I don't eat it & that includes Crawfish!!

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  12. hope you are well on your way to feeling better..nice fridge you have now!!..take care of yourself!!

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  13. I hope you're already feeling better!

    I love the new masthead!Stunning pphotography!

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  14. Great header picture! Glad you're feeling a bit better. How nice you found a great repair facility. I hope we have the same luck as we search for someone to replace our water heater!

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  15. Hope tomorrow finds you feeling much better!

    Kerri in AL :-)

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  16. Hope you are feeling better soon, Judy!

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  17. Get well soon, Judy. It's never fun to be sick, and especially not while you are at a repair shop. Take care!

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  18. Maybe they should put a few pigeons in the library so the hawk has something to eat.

    Get well soon!

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  19. Beautiful header pic! It sure looks like you've got the right workers doing these jobs on your rig. They seem to be very careful and exact about what they're doing. That's always a good sign.

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  20. Sorry to hear you're not feeling up to par still. No fun being under the weather anytime, even more so when you're on the road. Take it easy.

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  21. Sorry you're still under the weather. But, wow, does it ever sound like you're working with a great team there! Those toad light problems can be a challenge. Once when we had a similar problem, Paul dismantled both ends of our pigtail only to find a bunch of loose wires! Hope you and your toad lights are shining bright soon!

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  22. I'm sorry you're not feeling well and hope you're back to normal FAST!
    Very nice fridge!
    It's so nice to see some repair people being so dedicated to their work!

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  23. Great idea on the freezer lock pin and the velcro around the handles on the fridge. You are being so adaptable and getting things done. Hope you feel better soon!

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  24. Sorry to hear you're still not feeling up to par. How long are you planning to be in Louisiana? We're thinking we need to head that way to meet the new grandson soon. We're looking at the week of Feb 7th. Will you still be in the area? Would be great to get together!

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  25. Chicken Soup! Chicken Soup! It always works.

    Now if we could just find a way to give chicken soup to our RVs, we'd never need a repair technician... ;c)

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