5-28 Wedding Celebration

Installing the Air Springs on the Minnie

We woke up this morning and the rain was gone. It was nice and cool so Larry decided it would be a perfect morning to finish up installing the air springs on the Minnie. Larry spent the whole morning doing this project. The Load Lifter 5000TM Ultimate Kit came with everything you needed and a great instruction manual. Larry started on the passenger side, he had to jack it up and added a couple of jack stands for extra safety. He had assembled the air spring with its bracket the other day so he crawled under the Minnie and installed the air bag to the frame. He was very happy he didn't have to drill the frame for the assembly. When he finished this side he removed the jack stands and lowered the Minnie. Then he moved to the driver's side. Before he started this project he had read that this side would take longer. He jacked up the Minnie and put the jack stands in place. Now he was ready to begin the same procedure on this side. He was in luck it didn't take any longer than the other side.  Once the air springs were installed he installed the air line. This he had to drill two holes in the the battery box to mount the valves for the air. After drilling the holes he had to feed the line to each air spring. He wasn't sure if he would have enough line but he ended up have a little extra. When he finished this he installed a metal sheet over the exhaust pipe to protect the springs from getting too hot. While Larry was doing this project Flo and I kept him company and if he needed something I would get it for him. By the time he finished this project he was exhausted, it took about 4 hours and he had to crawl in and out from under the Minnie many times.

One of the air springs installed on the Minnie

The jack and one of the jack stands

Larry installing an air spring

The air spring assembled to its bracket

In the afternoon we attended a special event. Betsy Nyhan, the Killeen Kickers caller got married to Gary Chamberlain a month ago. Today they celebrated their marriage with friends from square dancing, work and church at the Harris Community Center in Belton, Texas. This was great for us, it was only a ten minute drive from the house. They invited Jon & Deborah Carroll-Jones to call the dance. Jon and Deborah are out of Arlington, Texas. There were a lot of people at this celebration and a lot of delicious food. Jon and Deborah did an outstanding job of calling. They did a tip where the non square dancers people got an opportunity to be introduced to some of the square dancing moves. Jon did one line dance for everyone that wanted could participate in the dance. We had a super time. Gary is a Contra call and lives in Georgia,  Betsy is moving there. We wish them luck and happiness. 

Betsy Nyhan (the bride) and Gary Chamberlain (the groom) 

Larry enjoying the Wedding Celebration with friends

Jon & Deborah Carroll-Jones calling the dance

Friends line dancing with Jon

Judy enjoying dancing with friends

Betsy square dancing with friends

We were going to go to Eddy and dance with the Denim and Lace Club but Larry was exhausted after installing the air springs on Minnie and going to the wedding celebration so we stayed at home. We had a fabulous afternoon of dancing and visiting with friends. While relaxing we watched three shows on KLRU. They were, Americana Music Festival, Father Brown and Endeavour. Americana Music Festival had artist of all types of music background. Father Brown is a mystery series. Endeavour is a detective series. We had a relaxing evening.

Watching television