July 11th, Wednesday – Deconstruction, Making Changes to the inside of Graybeard

This morning it was a bit on the cool side, not uncomfortable by any means, just a bit colder than normal.  The sun was shining bright and their wasn’t a cloud in the sky.  The makings of a beautiful day.  In a few hours, the temperature was beginning to climb and things were beginning to warm up nicely.

Ah, breakfast this morning was extra special.  Barbara made me one of my favorites, a chili cheese omelette.  Along with it came my customary cup of juice, a nice cup of coffee, and a side of ham.  I could not ask for more.  It was delicious.

Today we tackled a project we had wanted to do for some time.  It was time to get rid of the built in dinette.  The cushions had bottomed out and after extensive research I discovered there was no economical way to replace nor repair them.  Seems they were the upgrade back in 2007 and were not really cushions but seats with inner springs in them.  Quote after quote to repair them came back at a minimum of $800.  Nope, going to have to find something better.

I got to work and in no time had the first one unbolted and ready to go out the door.

Time now to turn my attention to the second one.  Easy as the first thankfully.

Soon enough both were unbolted and ready to go out the door.  Thankfully, my sister Cindy and her husband Charlie came over to do the heavy lifting.  One, two, three and both were out the door and headed to – well, I’m not sure.  Dave, the owner of the campground, came by and said Don’t worry I’ll take care of them.  OK.

Just a few things left to tidy up, such as the removal of the seat belts and bolts.  Charlie and I took care of them in quick order.

Here is the new empty space waiting for something, we will decide on a little later.

We’ve talked about putting in a free standing table and chairs with storage cabinets against the back wall; we’ve talked about installing a computer desk with a center fold out table; we’ve talked about leaving the current table in place and just putting two storage cabinets on either side of it.  No decision has been made as of yet.  We just want to take it slow and sort of think on it for a bit.

That was today.  Simple, easy, and productive.  My kind of day.  As for tomorrow, we’ll find out when we get there, now won’t we!  Thanks for joining us again.  We hope that you, too, had the kind of day you were hoping for.  If not, don’t forget there is always tomorrow, and tomorrow is yours to make of it what you will.

Day is now done, and night is coming quick.  The temperature is slowing beginning to drop as is the sun on the western horizon.  It’s like a big, bright, red rubber ball slowly sinking behind the mountains and turning the sky bright red.  So till tomorrow, I’ll say goodnight for now.  Once again a closing though for each of us:

As always,  if you are coming to the end of your day with concerns and worries, let me suggest that you turn them over to God.  After all, He is going to be up all night so why not let him handle them for you.

Time now for our evening prayers and eventually some shut-eye.  Till tomorrow.

These are the voyages of  Graybeard and it’s occupants, four paws and two humans.  Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have not been before