July 26, 2013

View of the day-One of the road blocks along the way. Marilyn really has to do something with those antennas on the passenger side of the vehicle...they really get in the way.

AIS was to be at 8:30am, but around 5am the sound of raindrops on the camper roof woke us up.  Marilyn checked the outside temperature...48ºF...brisk, no wonder we didn't hear the A/C all night. We waited to see if it was going to be a passing shower...it wasn't...so back to sleep we went. Until 9am, when it was still raining and Gerry was knocking at the door.

He had decided that there would be no combining today...no word on how much had fallen...so if we wanted to take our road trip to Phillipsburg, KS to clean out the Freightliner, we would be safe to do it.

Now, the Dodge has had quite a few days off, since we have been "ride-alongs" in Gerry's service truck, so now it was going back into commission with a 700 mile round trip to Phillipsburg and back.  We grabbed what we needed and hit the road.

The trip was uneventful...we took a different route down...and the small system that had caused the rain followed us...or we followed it...pretty much all the way to the Nebraska/Kansas border.  The temperatures were a lot milder than the last time we were through this area, just barely making 80º.

We got to the Freightliner and proceeded to take out the two way radio and the few tools that were left in it.  At this point there wasn't any engine in sight...all the ones they had found "needed work".  We had one of those in the truck already, so we figured we would see if there was any interest in the old girl for parts.

Brad, the repair shop owner, had someone who was interested, so he came into town while we were unloading the Freight to talk to us.  He was a local farmer, with mechanical skills, who though he might be able to use it for parts...the box and hoist, rear ends, etc. The Freightliner could be an organ donor.

We had all our goods and started back for Gordon...stopping in Holdredge for the last...for sure last...milk shake of this season. It seemed like every little town was having some kind of a summer show as the fair grounds were full of stock trailers and there was highway traffic then made it back to Gordon by 10pm.

Hopefully we combine tomorrow...