Yesterday we left home at 4AM and drove to Ripley to attend Janet's mother's funeral. We arrived with 10 minutes to spare and enjoyed the time with Janet and Craig and family. We spent last night at Bob and Cathy's and left Erie at 11:30.
Trip Log
July 20, 2013
Yesterday they installed the windows and much of the electrical. Alesa and I walked in the morning with the Holdens, heat and all, and last night we went to Shannondel to visit with the Goodmans, eat dinner (prime rib and shrimp buffet) and attend a local production of "The Wizard of Oz".
July 18, 2013
Since Wade's house was under construction to get it ready to sell, I offered our house as a place for family and friends to gather to pay their respects for couple of hours this afternoon.
July 17, 2013
The framing is finished and the roof is shingled in Florida. In Exton, I installed smoke detectors and a metal cover over the attic access and Alesa took Bridget to Mike's to take her and the girls to a movie and then attend their swim meet.
July 16, 2013
Wade Collier was a member of our local veterans breakfast group and lived directly behind our house and across the street. He was a P38 pilot in the South Pacific during WWII and had plenty of interesting stories. I was helping him get his house ready to sell and we became friends.
July 16, 2013
They have begun inside work, yahoo! Yesterday we had the U&O (use and occupancy) inspection on 607 and had no big problems. Have to add two smoke detectors in the basement and a fire retardant cover (sheet metal) on the pull down stairs in the garage and we will be up to code.
July 15, 2013
Yesterday we breakfasted with friends then went to the Colorado School of Mines Geological museum, better known as the gem museum with Steve and Laura.
July 14, 2013
This is not a commercial but not very often does a car rental experience become a high point of a trip. A few weeks ago I began looking on the internet to reserve a car and everyone wanted at least $170 for a 3 day rental.
July 13, 2013
We spent Saturday visiting, getting the flowers to Fossil Trace and waiting for it to rain. And it did rain, a good old fashioned gully washer which did not subside until after the scheduled 6PM start time. It was delayed in the hopes of it drying out but it was not to be.
July 13, 2013
The roof is on, tarpaper anyway. Just in time because there was a big rainstorm after they finished.