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| Back in Benson |
Our journey to the northeast is completed. This will be the last input until next summer when we plan to make a trip to the Pacific coast. Among other things, we'll be buying tires for the bus in Oregon (to save on tax).
It's been expensive this year, but it all goes with living aboard a moving expanse. Like, how well would your stix and brix hold up at 65 MPH on highways that should be condemned?
In preparation for our trip, I had to visit the Cummins dealer who fixed an oil leak, installed a serpentine belt and tensioner, and replaced the exhaust manifold because of warping.
The Generator quit in Texas, the inverter not long after in Kansas. Our air bags went out in Virginia, our slide out motor gears were stripped in Alabama. Total bills: $6508.
The total number of miles traveled was 6008 miles, and we used 991 gallons of diesel at prices from $2.79 to $3.75. (The generator and the Aqua Hot system also used some of those total gallons. We don't track them separately).
I've just discovered hooking up here on Sunday that my water regulator is kaput, and we're heading to Lowe's this afternoon for a replacement.
On top of all that, now we've discovered that thieves have stolen the pecans off of our two trees in the front yard of our place here in Benson! Yep, took all the just-about-ready pecans.
Hmm. After all this recapping I'm depressed!
The up side is that we got to see our terrific grandson Sam married to a beautiful twin, in beautiful New Hampshire! Was that worth the trip hassles? Yep! But I am resolved to never drive east past the Mississippi River ever again!!!!
According to the statistics there weren't very many followers of the blog. But to those few we say a huge thanks for following our adventures!
Please join us again next year. We hope you stay well and prosper.
Gary & Eloise
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