Where's winter?

On November 6 we visited friends Tom and Adele who are visiting from Alaska. They wanted our 'expert' opinion on a 1996 Foretravel motorhome they are thinking about purchasing. We spent the afternoon with them and when it came time to leave the bike started and then instantly quit. We ended up having it towed to BMW and Tom and Adele took us home. Since we had only the bike this summer and the nearest BMW dealer is in Eugene 125 miles away we are so grateful that didn't happen this summer!   BMW was unable to look at it until four days later and it was the battery. They also replaced the starter button that had been sticking and we are waiting on a navigation button release that is not working.

The evening of November 14 we took the MH to Gilbert to have our two inverters refurbished. We spent the night in their parking lot so everything would be ready to go first thing the next morning. We learned the two inverters were not 'talking' to each other as we had believed since they were installed 14 years ago which is what Monaco told us at the time. Fortunately Larry has always reprogrammed both of them separately. He did learn we are suppose to reset them every two months, something we have not done in the past so we feel fortunate they are still in good working condition. Because they were in such good shape, our bill was $900 less than we expected which is a BIG PTL!

Larry has been working on getting the RV gates built and both the metal and panels have been delivered.  Larry's friend, Jay, helped him weld the frames of the big gates (there are actually three gates, two big ones and a smaller walk in gate) together on November 18 and that evening we went to the Harvest Dinner at church. It was a great meal and we met some nice folks who normally attend the first service on Sundays so they were 'new' to us (we attend the second service).

Where walk in gate goes

Harvest dinner at church with 'new' friends

Walk in gate (not finished yet)

I ended up going to the chiropractor on the 20^th at 9 AM as I was in a lot of pain since late Thursday evening. Larry was so tired from the weekend he didn't even know I was gone.

I did another meal shop at the nearby Denny's for lunch on the 21^st. We made a big circle with 10 stops along the way and got a lot accomplished. It always feels good when things go right and you get everything you wanted done. With the exception that the main thing I wanted to get at Costco I forgot! We made a stop at a different Costco after church on Sunday so I now have that item.

Our yummy dessert from my shop at Denny's

We had a great Thanksgiving Day with our daughter and grandkids spending 11 hours with them! We didn't get home until 1 AM on Friday as we played Mexican Train with seven of us, so different than just the four of us for Fridays nights.

Thanksgiving Day with Bethany and Larry  with 'snacks'

Our delicious bacon wrapped turkey

Colby carving the turkey with Dawn making the gravy in the background

The beautiful Thanksgiving table

When I was walking on November 25 I ran into an old customer that I have not seen in 15 years. We had a great visit and plan on getting together again in the near future. She and her husband live about ½ mile from where we are. Something similar happened when we were staying on Charleston several years ago. It is always fun to run into former acquaintances, much like the RV lifestyle where that happens a lot where you see someone you met in another state several years before.

The weather has been really nice but we have had no rain and the coldest it has gone down to at night is 55º.  Hard to believe this is December!