We head southwest to stay a night with our good friends, Susan and George and the kids in Pittsburgh, PA. They are such wonderful people. Here they are 10 days form the scheduled birth of their fourth child, George putting the finishing touches on his second book to leave his office this year with a deadline of Wednesday, all the kids home for the summer and they were an immediate YES to our staying the night Tuesday. Just an awesome family and we want to say how grateful we are to your welcoming us again into your home. Thanks for the soft landing (much later than we had originally anticipated).
We left there pretty early Wednesday morning and hit the road for Dayton, Ohio where we still are visiting my brother and sister in law for a day and half before heading out to St. Louis for a day or so to visit Megs brother and our sister in law.
It has been a bit of an adjustment again, physically, we are sleeping in different beds each night and traveling longer distances than usual to get there. We have not been sleeping normally and it has caught up with us to some degree today. One great thing about being here is that my brother has a pool at his house and the kids were hardly able to wait to be able to get in it yesterday. Today they were in before 10 AM and have been in right up to now at 4:20 with just a few minute breaks during that whole time. The weather is hot and humid and perfect for the pool. I will be in the 82 degree water just as soon as I am done blogging for today.
We had to clear a blocked sewer line from the house to the street this morning here at my brothers house but all went well and easy and it gives us time to spend together and I really enjoy that aspect of our trips here. Today we got the pleasure of being with my nephew Matt who was upstate in PA helping my niece make ready to move to FL. He drove back today and we had the chance for a short visit before he headed off to work. We will spend a little time together this night and some in the AM tomorrow and then we will shove off for Missouri.
Speaking of Missouri, I wanted to share with you and special Missouri customization of a vehicle that I saw on the road yesterday as we were between Pittsburgh and Dayton. I am looking to send this in to the Red Neck show but I wanted to have the chance to share it with you first.
This could be an example of the way that RV's came into existence.
This is a real life example of , When you need something and you have all the elements to make it work for you, why bother calling someone else who may be an expert in the field,
Just do it yourself and save BIG.
In other words, You know your from the hills when:
(double click on the picture for a larger, more clear image)
Notice the way the generator is mounted to the vehicle, the power wire running from the generator to the cooling unit, the special cooling unit mounted in the rear window and the insualtive material used to make sure none of that cool gets out. This guy(s) thought of it all. This is priceless and practical!
Well, until next time... I'm going in the pool to cool down!
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