Tuesday, June 18th, 2019…… This morning I was all excited to
go look at the boat! I walked Rylee and
Rick came up to the house and we got going. The girls wanted to see it too but
I needed the truck to tow it, so they would take their time and drive up later.
We got there and Jon set up a barrel under the motor to run it in water. It
sounded really good. I was still concerned about all of the rust on the
trailer. He showed me one exactly like this one on Facebook Marketplace for
$300.00. The owner was asking $3500 for the boat and I offered $2700. He called
him and we settled on $2850. I think it was a pretty good price, and I have the
option to go look at that other trailer, should I choose. Once we made the deal
and I got the ownership papers and bill of sale, we had to change out the
wiring so we had running light and brake lights before we hooked it up to the
truck and left. The girls got there just as we were doing that so they could
see it. We all got back home and I got it parked.
I’m not going to work on it
while we have guests here, but I will soon. I took some pictures (what I could
see anyway) of the trailer and later matched them up with the one on Facebook.
They are close! I have to weigh what I would spend on cleaning up and painting
this trailer versus buying that one (which also needs a little love).
Later, sis
came over and we headed down to Eugene. First stop was Penney’s for the
valances for the living room. I got those and we all shopped there for a bit,
then headed over to the Coburg Pizza in Springfield for dinner. We get coupons so we each got a free basket
of wings with our pizzas. We saw that
they had a new dessert pizza special (peaches and blueberries) so we had to try
that. The BEST! After dinner, we drove
back via the country roads so we could show them the area. The weather couldn’t
have been nicer since they arrived! And the seed grass cutting hasn’t really
gotten started yet which can put tons of dust in the air – looks like Calif.
smog – so they were lucky to miss that! We made it back home and sat around and
watched Master Chef and The Amazing Race until bedtime.
Wednesday, June 19th, 2019…... Nothing really on the agenda
today. We thought we would take them to Shirley May’s for breakfast. I know
they enjoyed that place! I asked them if they wanted more touring and they were
good with that. So, we took hwy 99 down through Harrisburg and Junction City
and back to Eugene. Since they ae motor home owners, they know that most all of
the Monaco family of coaches were built in and around this area. In Junction
City we stopped at Guaranty RV and (besides using their facilities!) did a
little shopping. I drove through their newly opened rv park (nice!). We then continued down to Eugene, stopping at
my favorite hardware store, Jerry’s. This place makes Lowes and Home Depot look
tiny! If you are familiar with Menards, in the midwest and southern states, you
know what I mean about a big store. We looked around (no hose splitters) and
left there. We were really close to the house we really liked when we first
came up to Oregon, so we drove them by that. They seemed to enjoy the tour, so
I continued the next 5 miles or so, to the house in Veneta that we considered.
I asked Lydia, “should we drive to Leaburg too?” and she said sure so we headed
east and went to the house we liked there. It took a few hours for the tour and
it was getting to be around 2:00pm or so, when we talked about dinner and that
Lydia hadn’t been back to the house to get anything out of the freezer, so we
asked if they wanted to got back to a favorite again (Pizza Schmizza? or
Loafers? or?) or someplace new. We went to The Depot, one of my favorites for
seafood. After a really nice meal, they said they want to come back here
again!
After
dinner, it was more relaxing at home and watching tv until be called it a
night.
Thursday, June 20th, 2019…... Earlier in the week, we had sat down
and helped R & J map out their trip back home. They had made all of the
necessary reservations and were heading out today. Their first stop was 7 Feathers RV Resort
(and Casino), which is only about 150 miles from here, and check-in wasn’t
until 2:00pm, so they weren’t in any hurry to leave. After that, they are
stopping in Orland, then Lost Hills for one night each, then home on Sunday.
It’s sure been fun having them up here. They promised not to let a whole year
go by between visits and we promised, now that Lydia is doing well, that we
would be heading down to Calif. as soon as we could get our plans together.
After they left, we didn’t do much the rest of the day. Lydia ended up going to
the store for tortillas and we fixed tacos and rested and watched tv (and I
worked on this blog) until we turned in.
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