day: 88 ownings mills to wilmington

we are "home" and it feels weird.  we are staying at kristen's parents for 2 weeks, then flying out to steamboat, colorado to go snowboarding with my parents.  we have 2 weeks scheduled, but it may end up being a month or so.

we will be around, driving as little as possible.  we want to catch up with everyone before we are off to colorado.

instead of paying to store the camper.  i think we are going to sell it on consignment at alexander's rv dealership in smyrna.  they will store it for free, detail it and then advertise.  if anyone wants to buy a road tested, quality pop-up now is the time.... hit us up before i take it to the dealership.

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day: 87 nashville to ownings mills

after a nice visit with my sister's family and the camper made right we headed out to ownings mills to visit with my best friends tim and jenne and our god daughters charlette and alex.  we had a gorgeous fish tacos with home made tortillas prepared gracefully by chef tim.  the next day we had a baby dance party

 

   

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day 85: memphis to nashville

from memphis to nashville for a 2 day visit with my sister marchell and my brother-n-law greg and his son hogan.  it was a pleasure to enjoy the company of family.  i love you o'brien family!

also while in nashville i got the electrical wiring fixed on the camper.  the rv place that caused the problem payed the bill, but they were not happy because they feel the repair was grossly over charged.  now that they have a bad taste in their mouths if may be difficult to have them reimburse me for my dead car battery.

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day 84: el reno to memphis

driving without camper lights during daylight hours only we made our way 8 hours to memphis and had to get a hotel room.  we planned on driving the 3 remaining hours to nashville and i arranged for camper electrical repair in nashville and then on to my sister's house for a visit.

well that did not work as planned... we awoke in memphis to a completely dead car battery.  the short in the camper electrical system destroyed the trailblazers battery!  i removed the car battery and we carried the it 1.5 miles to the nearest k-mart.  at the k-mart we "commandeered" a shopping cart and then we proceeded push the battery in the cart another 1/2 mile to a sears auto center.  at the sears we had the battery tested and confirmed it was dead.  we purchased a new battery and then pushed the shopping cart 2 miles back to the hotel.  people stayed out of our way, we looked and smelled like new bums.  i installed the battery and we were on our way to nashville, missing our service appointment of course.  what a freakin' day!   

watch out for mumbling, stinking homeless man!

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