Harrodsburg, KY..Condo ready to go

10:00 pm Big Coach ready to roll

Busy day. Decided to de-winterize the big coach. The coach is going in the shop and I need it ready to pull out, when I say go. Can you spell 'dollars'. Oh well, this is for our retirement. Better to spend the cash now then when we have none to spend.

Pulled the stove top apart and put tin foil, to cover. This should last the whole summer.

Put the direct TV box in and hooked to TV. Set the dish out in the yard and got a signal. Yeaaaa!! Getting good at this.

Then I began closing drain valves and connecting the ice maker back. Hooked the water hose and filled the tanks. Took a while but all is done and looks like all is working. Will have to recheck and recheck, for leaks. Craig got home, he was able to help with looking for leaks. Always nice to have two people. We need to be able to do, all of this, as a team.

Sunday I stopped at Camping World in Bowling Green, KY. Priced out a Slimline Direct TV dish, the 3005 HD dish. For two hook ups, the price was about $2,500. We have a dish on this coach but can not get it to work. Craig wants to push a button and watch TV, like at home. Guess I can live with that.

I plan in taking the coach to Lexington, KY. Bluegrass RV is on the north size of Lexington and that is where Norcold (refrigerator people) said to go for the fridge. We had the recall work done and it has not worked right since then. We also have to replace the awning over the living room/kitchen slide. Hoping they can do the satellite also, I just don't deal well with camping world's ability to do work and not make me want to slap someone.

We paid about $65,000 for this coach in Sept 2008. We added about $4,000 so far and probably will add $4,000 more, this week. What I can remember is $1,100 for Michelin steering tires, $2,000 for 4 Goodyear back tires, $500 for a york thingie, $400 for a fuel transfer pump and $500 to fix steps (this should have been the dealers expense).

Would like, but not now. Better house batteries, more solar panels, better inverter, and remote main awning. Guess I should go buy that lottery ticket now, I might need it.

Reader Tom asked if I plan any RV travel. Yes, ofcourse, but it will be local. Week and weekend trips that will include Craig and in the big coach. That is best for Chief!!! He is doing so great here in the house and with Craig and the other two dogs