July 1, 2013

View of the day-The new dish is in transport, ready for moving.

Not a real heavy schedule today. We got to sleep in and after doing few things around the camper, went out for lunch before heading back to Cherokee, OK.

The day was perfect for driving...and pretty much anything else outdoors...mild temps and not much wind. We got to Cherokee and the first stop was out to Burlington Welding to get settled up for the job that R.L. did on the grain cart hoops.

Next stop was to head over to the Coop to get the fuel bill looked after. We had to leave in such a hurry on a Sundays, that we left a few ends untied.

The last stop was over at John and Peggy to get the new dish that Winegard had sent out to replace the old faulty one. After getting that, we went back out to the farm to swap it out on the mountain...and test it out.

We got the old one off and managed to get the new one bolted down and the dish mounted without to much discussion. Then it was time for the test. We rolled it to the south door of the shop, plugged it in and hit the start button. 

In about Five minutes, tops, it had locked onto both satellites. Success! Then we tried the "stowing" function to put it away. Success!! Marilyn does not want to jinx anything so we have to wait until we get back to the camper to give it the "Al" test.

We wanted to have a final supper with Jay and Terri Leeper, to thank them for helping us get the canola acres, so we made a date for 7:30. Since it was later, we didn't rush getting the dish together.

We got the old dish repacked and labeled for return, then went back to John's to drop it off for UPS pickup. We had an ice tea break and a good visit before heading over to the SmokShak at Ingersoll.

John and Peggy joined us for supper, then while we were waiting,we got a call from the Leepers that they couldn't make it. We were sad that we wouldn't get to have a good gab with them, but work waits for no one...and we understood that completely. We had a delicious meal and more of a visit with John and Peggy, then started back for Great Bend...via Alva. We needed get our Sonic fix in.

Marilyn decided to go out on a limb and try a new flavor of shake...Peanut Butter & Bacon.  Sounds bad, but it was deeelish...sweet, salty and crunchy...and you can't go wrong with bacon. Ever. And then we continued driving back to Great Bend.

Tomorrow we find out who has bragging rights...