Saturday, March 31, 2007

RV progress in Indiana; week of 3/26.
Furniture at Villa being repaired. Tuesday: The leather is being fixed on this couch.
Thursday: Rebuilt couch is like new!
Tuesday: New fiberglass side installed waiting installation of windows/basement doors.
Friday: Windows/Bay doors installed; ready for paint next week. Posted by Picasa

RV progress week of 3/26/07 (Indiana).
Villa Furniture fixing one of our couches on Tuesday.
Thursday: After being rebuilt, couches are much better - yeh!
Tuesday: New fiberglas side on passenger side awaiting windows & basement doors.
Friday: Windows & bay doors in; ready for paint shop next week. Posted by Picasa

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Elkhart, IN at the new RV Museum 3/27/07. This was a doll-size play set.
This wood-burning stove was in the 1920 motorhome shown after the next picture.

This motorhome had the wood-burning stove inside. Posted by Picasa

Monday, March 26, 2007

Residing the RV at Newmar 3/26/07.
New gas engine, RV chassis being unloaded at the Newmar plant 3/25/07.

Our naked Mountain Aire! New fiberglass side being glued on.

Basement doors will all be replaced too. Thank goodness, they've covered all the windows with paper! Posted by Picasa

Saturday, March 24, 2007

Mountain Aire repairs/additions 3/07. Mike's blue-tape indicating painting flaws and repairs needed.
Fiberglas repairs on the rear-cap.
One of the damaged tile replaced (my seat out for repair too).
Irv Kaufman installing two additional drawers in the bedrm. Posted by Picasa

Horse Auction in Topeka, Indiana.
Retired and kicked-back!
Need "crocks" to get thru the mud at the horse auction in Topeka.
Amish parking-lot at the auction with several rows of horse-carts. We were really out-numbered and it's rude to take pictures of them. We caught a quick pic before more buggies came from both directions down the road. Some of their horses used for pulling carts are retired race horses that aren't fast enuf anymore...
A huge belgium draft horse (used for farming the fields) auctioned off; his back-side was taller than Mike ! Posted by Picasa

Nappanee, Indiana for Warranty Work on our RV 3/07.
Here's how we're living with little furniture (we're "camping" now kids).
"Camp Newmar" Service Center. Every morning at 6am, they pick up our RV (in foreground), and we're homeless til around 2:30. The bldg. shown provides yummy Amish cookies every morning...
A typical Amish farmhouse with clothes on the line, buggies, and plain-white tidy houses.
A "phone shack" shared by Amish families each with their own ph # & answering machine for emergency, medical, or business calls. Posted by Picasa

Thursday, March 15, 2007

White City, New Mexico. Mr. White was the explorer who brought attention to Carlsbad Caverns that created it as a National Park...... Any relation to you Dad? Posted by Picasa

Views in Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico, 750 feet below ground! (Most of our pictures didn't turn out due to lack of light.)
The cave opening. Tons of Bats return from Mexico in May and overnight in this huge cave.
A Stalagmite....
Looks like flowing water, but it's a hard, slick surface. Posted by Picasa

Tucson, Arizona at the Wildlife Museum. Mountain Lion pacing...
Cactus "flowering".
Hummingbird in her nest, about the size of 2-3 ounces.
With Judy Justus admiring all the different beautiful cacti. Posted by Picasa

Lost Dutchman State Park out of Apache Junction, Arizona. Walking on the trails in front of the "Superstition Mountains".
Beautiful views right out our front door; notice we have cutoffs on!
our Sunset View...
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