November 5, 2007

It’s Monday and John is checking out as his two weeks are up. You can only stay in a State Park for a maximum of two weeks here. It’s kind of peaceful now here, I think I'll stay a little longer.

Talked to camp host who lives here full time to get his recommendations for an honest auto repair shop to check my transmission tomorrow. He thinks it might be my chip, but I’m inclined to think it’s the tranny. We’ll see………..

November 6, 2007

Took Trucker to the doggy park early so I could get my truck in to the shop and check it out. Oh, oh, now the dash light came on. Truck was so dirty from going out to the Desert Bar Sunday that I decided to get it washed first. When I went to start it, NOTHING! Sucker was dead as a doornail (whatever that is). Don’t Panic…..Don’t Panic. Got my trusty AAA card out and called the 800 number. Tow truck was there in 10 minutes. Nice guy. He jump started it, but said batteries were dead. Just got them 3 weeks ago. Probably the alternator like the guy at Sears warned me about. AAA driver followed me to the auto repair shop, where the truck died before I could drive it into one of their bays. Yep, it was the alternator…..$350 worth. Had him check out the tranny, too and it was toast. There goes another $2800. I’ll be without my truck for a few days. Talked to the camp host and they were very understanding and said I could stay over my two week limit if necessary. My holding tanks are almost full and they said they could help me out with that, too if necessary. Everyone is so nice here. The mechanic at Lakeside Auto repair reminded me so much of my oldest son, Stan.

November 7, 2007

Well just going to kick back today and wait on my truck. O. J. was supposed to be in Vegas last night with some friends from his church and then he was going to come down here and visit me today. I hope he does, so I don’t feel so stranded here without wheels. I can’t call him because he doesn’t believe in cell phones (basically he’s very conservative,but O.J. calls it “cheap”).

November 8, 2007

O. J. arrived late yesterday to the rescue. It was good to see a familiar face again. He drove me a round to do errands and take Trucker to the dog park. We decided to take a drive and look up Gordon Vert at Havasu Springs Resort where he spends the winter in his 5th wheel. We found him and shared a couple of beers and set up a date to go bowling the next day. When we got back to the trailer we found that the toilet had overflowed and flooded the bathroom. What a mess. Mopped it up and emptied the storage compartment that was also flooded. Seems that every time the water pump is turned on, the toilet runs??