Happy Thanksgiving

Wow do we have a lot to be thankful for.  Too many to list but our family, friends, health and ability to travel this beautiful country are among the best!

While at Sikeston, got some organizational things done.  Hung my bulletin board up over my desk with the calendar and family photos.  Broom holder mounted and it holds my lightweight Bissell vac and the broom.  Yea three things off the floor. Went to Sam's Club and bought a new tv for our bedroom as the one that was in it didn't work.  Got it screwed down to the top of the warddrobe.  Love those flat screens! 

Forgot to tell you about some trivia we saw the last couple of days: 1 the mailbox - it was on a trolley line so it could be pulled up to the house to unload and follow it's line back to the road.  Very clever!   2 Chester, IL - Home of Popeye...huge bronze statue of him right on the banks of the Mississippi River.  3 Perryville, MO - state champions for beef jerky.

Got away from Sikeston about noon after fresh water, dumping and fueling up.  (Found another issue with Kanga - she is missing a handle on the kitchen grey water tank empty valve.  Plyers worked this time but will get one at an RV store before we dump again.  An easy 3 hr drive today on I-55.  Went through cotton fields south of Memphis, TN then casino row north of Tunica, MS.  Noticed our truck is once again using coolant.  Can't find where it is coming from but suspect another leaking radiator.  Jerry will have to get under it to look today during daylight.  We just had two radiators put in in Blue Grass before leaving.  Our new mechanic, Jacob, did a pressure test and found no trace in the exhaust, but did find  radiator leak.  (We had just put one in last year on the road and luckily bought one from NAPA - so the warranty was good.  Got a new one from NAPA and Jacob installed it....tested it - leaked!  Bummer.  So he got another new one from NAPA and installed it.  Seemed to be OK.  We had to pay the labor fees for both installs.  He has put a claim in at NAPA for the extra labor costs of installing a faulty product and will pass it along to us.  Hope that works!  Will keep you all posted on the latest truck issue.  (Somehow think it is all related to the problems we've had all along...since we bought it...just can't seem to get to the root of the problem.)

Got set up in Clarksdale in an empty lot next to the Ground Zero Blues Club (owned in part by Morgan Freeman).  Went to Walmart to buy coolant for the truck and a couple of groceries.  Went by a "Washaroo" - car wash...lol - love the southern lingo.  Leftover Lambert's yummy food for supper.  Jerry went into the club for some blues and I read and watched TV.  He will take his earplugs on Fri. nite as too loud but great music. 

Will spend today in the rig, cooking, eating and hopefully getting more chores done.  Hope to get the braces that Jerry made for the living room tv installed.  (Since the arm of the mount isn't in it's normal close-to-the wall traveling position due to where it is mounted, he feels it should have a couple of braces to be sure the mount is secure.  Better to be safe!  Bought some mollies for mounting...hope they work.  

Happy Thanksgiving to all.  Don't eat too much...think I heard the average person will eat 5000 some calories today.  Egads.  Love & hugs.