9-29 Air Spring Installation Completed

Morning Temperatures are in the 60s

This morning Larry finished up with the air spring installation on the Minnie. He installed the gauges and checked for leaks. The connections at the air spring were leaking so he had to work with them a bit and now there are no leaks. When he finished we needed to take the Minnie for a spin to see how it handles and since the Minnie also needed propane we figured going to get propane would make a good test drive. Larry loaded Flo into the Minnie and off to Lucky's RV Park we went. We have been there before so we knew the way, well, we used to know the way. They have been working on I35 and in doing so they removed the left turn onto the road that we use to get to the RV park. Took us three tries to figure out the new route, we took the loop and Larry could see the road we needed to be on but the exit was no longer there. We made a u-turn on the loop and took the first exit past where the original exit used to be, this lead us to a dead end road. Next we went down the frontage road on the other side of the loop and this simply looped us back to the loop. Back up on the loop we went and Larry saw a new access road on both sides of the loop, he had to exit to the right at a truck stop, turn right on a new access road, follow it back the way we came for about half a mile and then it went under the loop and headed back along the other side of the loop finally connecting with the road we needed. There were no signs anywhere explaining anything. The old road was a little rough but we got there. Larry helped Flo out of the Minnie so the gentleman could fill the propane tank. She and I walked around while the tank was being filled. After the Minnie had propane we went back to the house. Larry said the Minnie handles very well, we will have to wait and see how it handles while towing the car. Larry added some water to the holding tanks and backed the Minnie beside the house to dump the tanks. Now the Minnie can start the next adventure with empty tanks. While he was emptying the tanks I barbecued a couple Italian sausage patties for lunch.

Drilling holes to install the bracket

Screwing the plate on the Minnie

Finished project

Larry connecting the air hose to the gauges

After lunch I vacuumed the house and then laid down for an hour. I decided not to go to the gym since we were going dancing tonight. Larry read the paper, studied Taminations to prepare for our lessons today and played with the Ezviz camera a bit. When I woke up I studied Taminations. We left the house about 3:45, as we were leaving I fed Flo her dinner. Today she started on the supplements the vet recommended, they are Cosequin DS and Welactin 3, along with these she take Vetprofen which is a generic of Rimadyl. This morning she ate one of the Welactin and left the other one so when I got up I broke open the other gel tablet and squirted it on some more food. When I fed her this afternoon I broke open both gel tablets and put it on her food. She ate all her pills this time.

We got to our lessons early and the room was being used so we waited in the lobby. While we were waiting a friend (Jeannie) of ours that we have not seen in a while came out of the room. We called out to her and she was so excited to see us. We visited with her for a little while, she told us that James and her really miss dancing with us on Mondays. We told her we miss dancing with them. When it was time for class we went into the room and setup some chairs. We learned another seven moves. We stayed around after the lessons so we could get some practice. danced one tip during the A dance time. Larry and I stayed the whole time and the A dancers were very grateful, they dance to calls from the computer and Larry ran the computer, he was able to stop the calls when they needed to walk through some moves they were having problems with. Also they could have two squares dancing the whole time. After their session was over three couples stayed around and we had a chance to dance another A tip with the moves we learned tonight.

When we got back from dancing in Tool last weekend Larry had e-mailed Marty, the gentleman that's teaching us and told him how well we did and that the dancers really wanted us to go to Paris Texas in October to dance the A and C weekend. Marty replied to the e-mail and said he didn't have anything going on this weekend and asked if we would like to meet on Saturday or Sunday for 2 two hour sessions with an hour break to go over some more A2 moves. Larry wrote him and said either day would be great. When we got to class Belinda and Dorothy agreed on Sunday. Marty said he would try to get a room for Sunday along with a couple of angel couples. Larry and I are very excited about this. We had a super day.