Tuesday, June 27th, 2017….. We needed to do some laundry today so
that took up some of the morning. Luckily, we have 5 washers and 6 dryers in
this park and the one person in there was drying her stuff and was almost done.
So we used all the washers and got this chore completed pretty quickly. Later,
we went back to Mattress Firm to check on a request from Treasa. She is looking
for a split queen adjustable bed. Turns out they are rare birds indeed! Our guy knew about them but they don’t stock
them and he’s never had a single request for one in the past. And queen split
sheet sets are also hard to find. Most
folks get the regular split king. Lot of work to find and put together but maybe
you will have good luck in Ohio! After that we drove into the downtown area and
went to Fisherman’s Market for dinner.
We had been here before so we ordered and got out pretty quickly. While
eating, we met a young family from Fresno who are looking at property in
Corvallis. Their kids had been in the
car all day so they were a little wound up and very loud. But we didn’t mind too much – they were cute
kids! We made our way back home (we now know the side roads and can avoid the
freeways if we want) and relaxed for the evening.
Wednesday, June 28th, 2017…..
Each
day finds us looking for things to do.
We’re tired of driving around all day but we’re also tired of hanging
around the campground too. I asked if Lydia had found any quilt stores in
Eugene she wanted to go visit. Of course
she did so off we went. We stopped at Ye Olde Pancake House for breakfast and
then hit four different quilt stores in Eugene and Springfield. I got a text from Aimee saying that the owner
has sold all four of my items. Bummer!
My fault because I should have contacted him weeks ago and didn’t. Oh well! So
while she shopped I racked my brain remembering where we had priced
mowers. We even drove by a lawnmower
repair shop in Springfield so I stopped there. He had a used Cub Cadet ($800)
but it was a yard tractor and not a garden tractor (see, I am learning!). We
went to Sears and looked at their stock. They have what I want but most
everything is $2000-$3500 which is way out of my price range! On the way out we
found a section of the store with returns and found one we liked. I got the salesman over there and was told it
was last year’s model and was either a demo or a return but it still has a new
warranty. It was $1519. I also got a
call from Patti our new insurance agent.
She has both home and vehicle policies ready for us to review so we
arranged to meet her at 3:00pm. So we went back home to rest for a bit then
left again to see her. In our research
we found that insurance would be cheaper up here and we did find out that it
was - but turns only slightly. We
upgraded both our policies so we ended up spending more. That task
accomplished, we went back to lawnmower shopping so we headed to Lowe’s and
Home Depot but they didn’t have anything that I liked. We found a Husqvarna dealer but their prices
were waaay too high ($3500-$6500)! Even their trade-ins were expensive. After
the sticker shock we decided to head back home. On the way I stopped at Jerry’s
Hardware but they have a sparse stock being prime mowing season. I also wanted
to swing by Dick’s Sporting goods to check out their 4th of July
tent sale - bought a ball cap. We got
home and chatted with our neighbors a bit before coming in to watch tv.
check out craigs list or let go. or go to some garage or estate sales. You might find something there
ReplyDeleteWe have looked on all the local sites, even out to Portland and Klamath Falls and Bend. Aimee found a John Deere at her neighborhood yard sale but it sold before we could get there.
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