November 9,2007 O.J. _____________________________________

Checked on the truck and it won’t be ready until Monday, so I signed up for another 3 days at the State Park. That puts me 3 days over the 14 day maximum. They are so nice here to let me stay and help me out. Met up with Gordon and went bowling.
I asked O.J. to lock the trailer door, specifying the lower lock while I got ready to take Trucker swimming. Well, he didn’t hear me and locked the upper lock. Now we are locked out. I tried and tried and couldn’t get it open. By now I am just a little upset. It’s ten to five and I told O.J. he better go call a locksmith before they close. He was hesitant, but left. Meantime, Scott, my neighbor here at the park, and ex-camp host came over and solved the problem and got the door open just about the time O.J. came back after calling 4 locksmiths who declined to come out. Checked on the toilet and now it seems to be fine. Go figure??

November 10, 2007

Went to the dog park again and then watched the model seaplanes compete at the park. Had a nice lunch, dinner, at the Golden Corral and checked out trailers for sale.

November 11, 2007

O.J. left this morning and I started packing up to get ready to depart camp tomorrow. Woke up in middle of the night and it was raining cats and dogs. Definitely cooling down finally. In the high 70’s today instead of 90’s. Felt good.

November 12, 2007

Called the transmission place and they were waiting for the torque converter for my truck. Since today is a holiday, it might not come in until tomorrow. I walked Trucker to the dog park and then on the way back signed up for two more days at the State Park.
Gordon called and invited me to go bowling tomorrow and will pick me up.



November 13, 2007

Had fun bowling colored pins with Gordon and his friends. On the way back we stopped at Get It In Gear and they were still working on my truck and said I would have it Wednesday. Went back to the campsite and had a couple beers with Gordon.

November 14, 2007

Chet from Lakeside Tire and Auto came and got me in my truck. It was so good to have it back. There goes my Visa bill, a whopping $3036.32 with tax. I ran some errands and then went back to the transmission shop to inquire about a written warranty. Jason, the son of the owner said his father would write one up for me. I left their shop and 2 blocks later the truck went into neutral and wouldn’t budge another inch. After other drivers honked and cussed me out, I managed to coast into the right lane and into a parking lot.
I called the shop and the owner himself came out to drive it back to the shop. With help of some passersby started to push it the final block. Yikes, it kicked into gear and he had to chase it, jump in and zoom back into the shop. This is not good. He let me use his truck to go back to my campsite and I paid for another night. He made some adjustments and I took the truck back to the campground.

November 15, 2007

I got up bright and early and loaded up the truck and hooked up the trailer. Can’t wait to get on the road again. I drove it just a few feet and felt a sort of “shuddering” at low speeds. I had a feeling this was not right, so took it back to the transmission shop again and had the owner, Bill, drive it. He agreed that something was not right. Said it was because he didn’t know there was a chip installed. Duh, that’s the first thing I mentioned when I took it in. Seems like the governor, or something has to be adjusted if there is a chip installed. Said it would only take “minutes” to fix and I went for a 45 minute walk. Well…………3 hours later, we hooked the trailer back up, quite hastily, I might add, as Bill was getting a little “testy” and stressed out at this point. Hello…………what about me? He said it was perfect but drove around like a maniac, zooming up to stop signs and braking hard, barreling around corners. Oh the poor trailer.
I had checked all the cupboards, but the fridge still managed to come open and food was strewn everywhere.