| Johanne & Ed's NOTES FROM THE ROAD |
| As you can see, I am experimenting with a web page based newsletter. If this works out I will, hopefully, improve as I go. |
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| The Romance of the Mother Road |
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| Before our departure from Livingston, Texas and the Escapee's Care Center I took the above picture. It is all the volunteers at the end of our tour of duty. Also our supervisor Claudia (in black) and Kay Peterson the co-founder of the Escapees RV Club. Jo and I enjoyed very much the work, the people and the friendships we made during our stay at Livingston. See the below link for a history of this 28 year old club serving the RV community. |
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| Before leaving the Escapee's Care Center, we participated in the Mother's Day events, including musicians and readings. Johanne read two poems (from Chicken Soup for Mother's Soul) to the audience of care participants and park residents. One about Grand- mothers...she did good! |
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| Monday, May 15th |
| After a slow start packing and checking the RV and saying numerous goodbyes it was nearly noon, so we stayed for one more lunch and a lot more goodbyes. One more check for mail and setting the air pressure on the the air bags...we were off. We traveled to Corsicana, TX and spent the night. About 40 miles south of Dallas. |
| Tuesday, May 16th |
| We traveled north through Dallas to the Camping World store/service center in Denton, TX. The air bag system we had installed in Phoenix last November had not been working right for some time and this was the first chance to have it checked out under warrantee. We were advised to be at the service desk at opening time the next morning in case there was a cancellation. We parked the RV and went out for supper. and returned to spend the night in the parking lot. |
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| Wednesday, May 17th |
| We were fortunate, the service department had a cancellation and we were put in queue. It was about an hour before I was told to take it to the rear bay #4. I left it with the mechanic and then we waited. I also had the oil, filter and lub taken care of while there. I little while after noon we were told that our RV was ready. They had replaced both the controller and the air manifold. Anxious to go I had Johanne bring the car around to hook up. But when I checked out the controller I found that pushing the left + increased the right side and vice-versa. The mechanic came out, crawled underneath and in three minutes reversed the air lines on the manifold. All better now! A late start so we did not go far. We stopped at city operated park in Witchita Falls, TX. |
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| Nice, quiet and inexpensive ($10) for the night. With electric and water. Half a dozen RV's, no problems except for Jo on this swinging bridge in the park.. |
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