Taking it easy

Here are are a few pictures from the rodeo we went to on Sunday. We had a good time. I was told today that the coach should have it's new radiator by Friday. When we get her back we will take it to Duane and Brandey's to load our things back in it, then to Jeremy and Jennifer's to gather the rest of our stuff. Next we should be off to Georgia if nothing else slows us up. Right now we are just hanging out waiting. We will go over to Denton to Campers World to look around maybe tomorrow. May just drive around site seeing some.

Till next time
Duane and Louise

Still in Texas

Well we are still in Texas. We were to have the radiator in the coach fixed on Friday, but that turn into a real mess. When I called to set up the appointment, I told the service writer that the coach was a Monaco with a Cummins engine and the radiator was leaking. The guy set up the time to bring it in. We had to wait a week and a half to get it in. When I arrived the man on the desk told me that they didn't work on Monacos. He said that the radiator was the responsibility of the chassis manufacture, go figure. I called Monaco support, he said that the closest place to have that worked on was in Dallas. I told him that I didn't want to drive it that far with a bad radiator. He talked to the man on the desk for 10 minutes, then told me if I wanted to pay for the work Monaco would pay me back as long as the repair people followed their rules. I went back in to tell the guy to go ahead and fixed it but was told that they would not follow the rules from Monaco. Sooooooo, I call Monaco back and they say I would not get payed back if they didn't do it right. I told Monaco to set up the appointment in Dallas. Got to Dallas with no overheating. Got up the next day to find antifreeze under the coach. We take it in to the repair center on Monday. We are staying at Duane and Brandey's house while the coach is being repair. When we get the coach back we will be off to Georgia for a while. We were going to go to Fort Lauderdale, Fl for Louise's aunts 91 birthday. Got a call the other day that she had passed away. So I don't think we will be going there now. We will spend 3 or 4 weeks in Georgia then head back to Texas for Christmas.

Till next time
Duane and Louise

Back in Texas

We stopped at Meramec Caverns for a couple of days. The campground is right on th river and very pretty. Took a tour of the cave and really enjoyed it. The stalagmites and tites were really cool. I liked this tour better then the one of Mammoth Cave, much prettier. When we left Meramec we headed for Branson, Mo. We stayed at the Escapees Park in Branson. This park was nice and best of all cheap.....I'm all for saving....lol.... While in Branson we went to the Circle B Chuckwagon dinner show. They served dinner before the show. The music was all cowboy songs. We had a good time there. The next evening we went to an outdoor drama at the Shepherd of the Hills theater. It was a good story about the people of the Ozarks. During the day we traveled around the area, took a hike, did some geocaching and saw lots of pretty scenery. The weather there was nice, not to hot. The trees had just started to turn thier fall colors. The color would have been great in about 2 weeks, but we couldn't stay any longer. We left Branson and headed south. The first night out we stopped at a Walmart for the evening. When we got up the next morning I noticed that a tire on the Jeep was low. I took it over to the tire repair in Walmart to check it out. Bad choice!!!!! I stood there for 5 hours waiting for them to fix it....SLOW..... Leaving there Louise decided to take the the scenic route over the mountian into Oklahoma. Of coarse she wasn't the one driving. The drive was REALLY curvy and REALLY steep up and down. I got to see the sights when I pulled off at the turnout vistas. It really wasn't too bad of a drive for me, at least there weren't any drop offs with no guardrails to deal with. We stayed at Broken Bow, Oklahoma Saturday and Sunday, then drove on in to Jeremy's on Monday. When we arrived there I notice antifreeze dripping from the radiator off the motorhome!! So I made am appointment to get it looked at, of coarse they can't do it till Friday the 20th. We will stay here till that's fixed, then off to Georgia.

Till next time
Duane and Louise