Due to the heat, we've started taking our walk around the campground it the morning instead of after dinner. The temperature here is still in the nineties after 6 p.m., so Denny has been getting up early to walk with me. Three loops around and we were ready to quit which was when we noticed the flat tire on the truck. It's a good thing we did, as we had a ten a.m. appointment at the local Ford dealer to have the radiator flushed and the serpentine belt changed as routine maintenance and it would have been hard to get there on time if we hadn't discovered the flat. Strangely enough, it turns out our road service folks are based in Lake Havasu City so the young lady answering the phone was familiar with our location and was able to get someone out to us quickly to get the tire changed.
The good part of the day was discovering we could use a coupon for the radiator flush that I had found in the "White Sheet" while waiting for an oil change yesterday. I have seen these small local papers filled with ads in other towns, but hadn't really checked them out. I certainly will in the future as it saved us $70 on our bill today. I'm all for saving money!
Since our day was kind of messed up we used the afternoon to start building a new shelf under the TV in the bedroom since we've ordered a new DISH 501 DVR receiver. Our current receiver sits sideways for space and air flow considerations but since the new equipment has a hard drive in it I figure it needs to sit level, creating the need for a new shelf. This is when Denny misses his workroom in the garage with handy access to power tools and a huge variety of fasteners and glues. But we made do with those few hand tools we do carry and tomorrow I'll finish the staining/sealing and we'll work on attaching the shelf so we can be ready for the new unit when it arrives. It was fun working on this little project together and Denny didn't even flinch as I pounded in the nails while he held the edges of the boards together-a brave man indeed.
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