August 20, 2009, Thursday:
Meredith left the house at 7:00am and headed to DePauw University to start her teaching/orientation duties. For the rest of us it was work on the house. Susie painted in the butler’s pantry with its multitude of shelves. Michael Ray was working through the list. I went to Lowes to buy more paint and a smoke/carbon monoxide. It was difficult getting there because of road construction, without any directions as to how to maneuver through the detours. I was gone forever, or so it seemed, but was able to return before Susie ran out. I hung a few newly painted cabinet doors, but the paint was a bit soft so they’ll needed to be touched up. The fuel oil tank was removed, good riddance to that. It will take a few days for the smell to clear. We went to dinner at a Scottish pub, and Michael Ray had haggis for the first time and found it very good. Susie stayed up working on her blog. She wasn’t sure when she went to bed, but Michael Ray said when he went to the bathroom at 1:00am, she was still up. We were going to leave tomorrow, but have decided to stay one more day and leave Saturday morning.
August 21, 2009 Friday:
Meredith was out of the house at 7:00am again, but was able to return around 6:00pm. Susie continued to paint while I drive to buy more special dog food for Daisy and buy a new ladder for use inside the house. This time it was Gabby Garmin who sent me to two food stores that were closed. What a pain! Lots of activity at the house today as the masons repointed some of the brickwork and prepared to repour some of the sidewalk. The painters for the exterior of the house appeared and replaced broken glass and reglazed all the windows. I managed to remove the TV cable and the TV satellite dish from the wall of the house. Susie was able to take her first walk through the neighborhood to see all the old houses. It was fun, and we find it incredible that houses from the 1880’s are still here and in pretty good condition. Meredith was home earlier than last night, and so we had dinner at the house.
August 22, 2009 Saturday:
Happy Birthday to Susie! We went out to breakfast, and when we returned to Meredith’s house, Michael Ray discovered warm moisture in the kitchen cabinet adjacent to the dishwasher. A quick trip to the basement uncovered a leak in an old galvanized pipe. The hot water was turned off, but then the question about how to remedy. Michael ray and I talked about some options, and then we had to leave. We drove 400 miles to our favorite WV State Park, which we use when traveling east or west from home. It is a bit less than 190 miles from home. We pulled in, and it there was one spot left, except for a vacant handicap spot. We took showers and went to bed. The spot wasn’t even close to level so we ended up sliding downhill all night. Not a great sleep.
August 23, 2009 Sunday:
Up in the morning and off we went to the dump station to empty and the n partially refill the tanks with clean water to slosh around for about 90 miles before we would pull into a rest area on I-70 to dump again. We discovered than the Rest Area that have the dump was closed for reconstruction. No dumping there so we arrived home with partially full tanks. We had a coolant leak for the last 1,000 miles or so and had to refill as we traveled. We arrived home OK, but I think a leaking water pump was the problem. One more thing to fix. It was great to be home! Our friends and neighbors had done a superb job keeping their eyes on the place. Since we hadn’t driven enough the last 2 days, we went to Bethesda to see Kimberly and Brian. We had not seen her (other than photos) since April, and she certainly is pregnant. It was a great dinner, and when we returned home it was right to bed. We had a great sleep in a bed that seems significantly larger than the RV (both are queen sized so says Itasca). Tomorrow starts the process of unloading and washing everything for winter storage. It will take about a week. This trip we traveled 11,990 miles over 18.5 weeks. Longer mileage and longer time than we expected.
Happy Birthday to Susie! We went out to breakfast, and when we returned to Meredith’s house, Michael Ray discovered warm moisture in the kitchen cabinet adjacent to the dishwasher. A quick trip to the basement uncovered a leak in an old galvanized pipe. The hot water was turned off, but then the question about how to remedy. Michael ray and I talked about some options, and then we had to leave. We drove 400 miles to our favorite WV State Park, which we use when traveling east or west from home. It is a bit less than 190 miles from home. We pulled in, and it there was one spot left, except for a vacant handicap spot. We took showers and went to bed. The spot wasn’t even close to level so we ended up sliding downhill all night. Not a great sleep.
August 23, 2009 Sunday:
Up in the morning and off we went to the dump station to empty and the n partially refill the tanks with clean water to slosh around for about 90 miles before we would pull into a rest area on I-70 to dump again. We discovered than the Rest Area that have the dump was closed for reconstruction. No dumping there so we arrived home with partially full tanks. We had a coolant leak for the last 1,000 miles or so and had to refill as we traveled. We arrived home OK, but I think a leaking water pump was the problem. One more thing to fix. It was great to be home! Our friends and neighbors had done a superb job keeping their eyes on the place. Since we hadn’t driven enough the last 2 days, we went to Bethesda to see Kimberly and Brian. We had not seen her (other than photos) since April, and she certainly is pregnant. It was a great dinner, and when we returned home it was right to bed. We had a great sleep in a bed that seems significantly larger than the RV (both are queen sized so says Itasca). Tomorrow starts the process of unloading and washing everything for winter storage. It will take about a week. This trip we traveled 11,990 miles over 18.5 weeks. Longer mileage and longer time than we expected.
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