All these......
Two of these....
A missing one of these......
Lots of this......
And this.After getting back to Illinois I was detailed to drive Ray's little red car, above, to New Mexico whilst Ray and Dave drove his truck with the rock crawling jeep on a trailer and Karen and the ladies, Terri and Ildi, took her Honda.
All went well for the first half hour when we needed to stop for breakfast. This after a late start as Ray realised that he had lost his cell phone the previous evening. Not a great omen.
Things after that seemed to go well and we made good time through Illinois and Missouri until just outside Joplin when one of the tyres on the jeep trailer blew out. Luckily Ray is an organised chap and had all the necessary tools and spares to complete a tyre change in a few minutes. An F1 team couldn't have been slicker than Dave and myself. Problem being that when the tyres were checked and inflated the day before the spare was not checked. No big problem, just needed some air.
Pulled off at the next junction and inflated the tyre. Luckily there was a little garage there which sold used tyres and Ray managed to purchase a replacement. Well not really purchase, more like had one donated as it was very ropey and almost repaired but would do in case of an emergency.
Good job too as no more than 5 miles down the road the spare blew too. Another quick tyre change and a crawl on the very dodgy replacement to Joplin. All good plans come a cropper and before we reached Joplin the spare spare blew also. Dumped the truck and Jeep in a car park and went to buy two new tyres.
Joplin, awaiting a replacement.
Again guys, thanks for a great time and I hope to be back there sometime soon.
All went well for the first half hour when we needed to stop for breakfast. This after a late start as Ray realised that he had lost his cell phone the previous evening. Not a great omen.
Things after that seemed to go well and we made good time through Illinois and Missouri until just outside Joplin when one of the tyres on the jeep trailer blew out. Luckily Ray is an organised chap and had all the necessary tools and spares to complete a tyre change in a few minutes. An F1 team couldn't have been slicker than Dave and myself. Problem being that when the tyres were checked and inflated the day before the spare was not checked. No big problem, just needed some air.
Pulled off at the next junction and inflated the tyre. Luckily there was a little garage there which sold used tyres and Ray managed to purchase a replacement. Well not really purchase, more like had one donated as it was very ropey and almost repaired but would do in case of an emergency.
Good job too as no more than 5 miles down the road the spare blew too. Another quick tyre change and a crawl on the very dodgy replacement to Joplin. All good plans come a cropper and before we reached Joplin the spare spare blew also. Dumped the truck and Jeep in a car park and went to buy two new tyres.
Joplin, awaiting a replacement.Stayed the night, and fortunately the next day was greatly uneventful. Texas is very flat and boring as the picture shows. Never noticed before but when you are following a truck and trailer and cannot get much beyond 65mph in a little Merceded you have lots of time to 'enjoy' the scenery.
The PODS delivery system was pretty slick. They deliver it to your home, you load, they ship and you unload. What took 3 days to load in Illinois was emptied in 3 hours in New Mexico.
The unloading crew of Ray, Karen, Terri, Ildi, and Dave were great fun to be with and the whole week was great fun with lots of laughter and a great time was had by all. Thanks guys.
As a house warming gift we found some herb wands that were supposed to chase out any negative vibes in your home. Talked Ray and Karen into burning these and walking them through the whole house and garden.
Not sure if ther really worked but they sure stunk the place out. Although some people witt smoke just about anything.
The PODS delivery system was pretty slick. They deliver it to your home, you load, they ship and you unload. What took 3 days to load in Illinois was emptied in 3 hours in New Mexico.
The unloading crew of Ray, Karen, Terri, Ildi, and Dave were great fun to be with and the whole week was great fun with lots of laughter and a great time was had by all. Thanks guys.
As a house warming gift we found some herb wands that were supposed to chase out any negative vibes in your home. Talked Ray and Karen into burning these and walking them through the whole house and garden.
Not sure if ther really worked but they sure stunk the place out. Although some people witt smoke just about anything.
1 comment:
Mick,
Where and how are you? All is well here, the weather is great.
Ray
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