Rolling Earthquake liftoff ( finally )

At 0730 we were up ! 42F BRRRR! I woke up a few times last night with thoughts of what we had to accomplish in the morning. It's just the way my mind works. Lots of little details to get done before blastoff.

Morning came early but we don't mind that. Had to pickup and clean tools, round up the debris from the motor changeout, it was too dark last night to see anything, filled a large box with that stuff. Ms. Heather and I put the front end grill and bumper back on the rig

and I zipstripped all the wiring harnesses in place.I found an anti-freeze leak at the lower hose and had to relocate the clamp. That stopped the drip but it managed to drain a lot of antifreeze overnight soI'll have to freshen that up in the next few days. I put all our tools back in the trailer and Heather secured the inside stuff for travel. That all took about 4 hrs. I decided to call my buddy, Phil, before we took off to see if he could act as an escort for our 5 mile trip back to the RV Park. He was already enroute and arrived about 5 minutes later, musta been just up the street !! No reason in particular except it would make me feel better for the maiden voyage. We left the repair site at 1400 hrs. New engine fired right up and sounded and felt good. This new engine has a lot of zip to it and I'm happy ! Phil brought up the rear and we were recamped at 1430 hrs at Wilderness RV Park. Already have the rent paid thru January 14^th. ( $300/mo )

We both had sh** eatin' grins on our mugs and a good feeling about the last month's decisions. Time will tell !

When we got back, a lot of the folks here walked over to see how we were doing. Nice to feel their concern.

Phil drove me back to the repair spot again, about 5 miles away, to retrieve the Goldwing. We'd been using it to get around last week.

As soon as we got back we got all hooked up, Phil and I went to a local party store and restocked for Happy Hour. I'm definately in a mood to unwind !

It'll be 1-Relax, 2- beer, 3-Hot shower !! I'm not going to do a damn thing for at least 2 days !!!!!

REMEMBER, LIVE YOUR DREAMS AS TIME GOES BY QUICKLY !!!

Charlie & Heather