Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving. I hope everyone else did too. Good food, friends and family. What more could anyone need?

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Today I hooked up the new light on the front of the Aliner and installed a 12 VDC meter to keep track of the battery voltage. Carol asked if the meter was something I needed or a new toy. I told her it was both.



This was before I had it hooked up to 120 VAC, the voltage was a little low.



After I hooked it up to shore power:

Veterans Day

Happy Veterans Day

I am enjoying having the day off and it is a beautiful Autumn day. Sunshine & blue skys.

When Carol made pie crust for the first time for chicken pot pie, I told her next time make it for a cherry pie. Today she made a cherry pie for me for Veterans Day. It was great.

Aliner

I picked up the Aliner from the "Pimp My Aliner" shop. Very nice. I now have the front covered with diamond plate, new corner pieces, all new seals, a new door lock, etc. John Pfeil did a great job.

We are all set for the next camping trip, whenever that is.

Aliner Modifications

When we bought our used 2004 Aliner last year it was in very good shape, except for a couple of problems. It had a bad converter, which I replaced. It leaked and the front of it had a lot of dents from rocks. It is in John Pfeil's
"Pimp My Aliner" shop getting new seals, recaulked and new diamond plate front end. I haven't got it back yet but it looks great. It should be like new for our next camping trip.

Buick in the Garage

With the Aliner in John Pfeil's "Pimp My Aliner" shop to get the leaks taken care of, I was able to put my car in the garage for the first time in almost 2 years. I think cars belong in the garage whenever possible.

Chicken Pot Pie

Carol made me a Chicken Pot Pie in a bread bowl pottery thing.

She said she never made a pie crust from scratch.

"Why make one when you can buy them"

It turned out very good, including the crust. I was impressed.

Gathering of A-Frames in Argyle State Park, Illinois

We just returned, early, from another Aliner Gathering. This one was near MaComb, Il. We arrived early on Wednesday but found several others were already there. It was cloudy and cool but not bad. We set up and then did some bike riding.







Late Wednesday night it started to rain and continued to rain all day Thursday. We had a window that started leaking water. Not bad, but a steady drip. Then by Thursday night the Aliner developed a major leak. Water was really coming in. We used towels to soak up the water over and over. The rain was not letting up.

Finally I told Carol to grab what she needed we were going to abandon the ship. We threw a few things in the Buick and headed to the nearest motel. Well, not the nearest. The nearest was the Pineapple Motel, I was not staying there. We found a Hampton Inn and spent the night. It was nice to have a king size bed, large screen TV with cable, private bathroom, cell phone service, wireless internet, etc. But the best thing was it was dry!

Today we went back to the campground and threw everything together, packed it up and came home. We will miss being with all of our friends but, I had enough. Of course they all came over today as we were leaving to harass us about leaving early and I don't blame them.













Now we have got to find and fix that leak.