September 22, 2004

September 22, 2004

DAY 97

 

 

As you may or may not know ( or care ), I suffer from both Seasonal Affective Disorder and Ulcerative Colitis. Nothing makes for a great day like bright sunshine and a really healthy bowel movement. What a great day today was !

This sunny day "good dump" euphoria was offset by the bad haircut I got this afternoon. We were in a suburb of Mississauga inhabited by East Indians / Sikhs. I don't know ... maybe the East Indian woman who gave me a haircut had never cut a head of hair that wasn't going to be covered by a turban. Oh, well ... it's only hair. Getting a haircut in a different place, by someone different, each time a haircut is needed, is one of the tribulations of this RV life.

Spent a large part of today getting caught up on routine maintenance matters, including installing the 2 hub covers picked up at Forest River in Elkhart. This involved jacking up the trailer, removing a wheel and tire, installing the hub cover, re-installing the wheel and tire, and lowering the trailer. Then ... repeat for other side of trailer. There went the morning.

Had a camp fire tonight for the first time since Grand Beach. Hauled fire wood from Carlson's back yard in Winnipeg, through Manitoba, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and into Ontario, for tonight's camp fire. My firewood is better travelled than most of my relatives ( HA HA HA HA HA ). WOW ... I'm on a roll tonight. I should have a drummer in the background to do rim shots on my punch lines.

Sat around the campfire tonight discussing with Joanne the pros and cons of buying a new truck. Saw an ad in yesterday's newspaper for a new one ton diesel dually. Price made my knees buckle. Will have to give it more thought.

Full time travel puts way more wear and tear on truck and trailer then "normal" use. Decided upon Joanne's good suggestion to design a preventative maintenance checklist for truck and trailer, broken down into certain tasks for each day of the week, so that critical items will be checked at least weekly. Maybe a good preventative maintenance regimen will reduce catastrophic maintenance problems.

DSK