We were up early this morning. I wanted to shower before we left this morning and there are a few things I'll still need to store. We enjoyed our two cups of coffee, then I readied a few things before finally showering. We pulled out of the RV Park a little after 8 and pointed the truck toward Parsons, KS. The drive this morning was a little slower without the trailer brakes. To be on the safe side we drove at 55. We arrived about 15 minutes before our scheduled appointment at 9. Dean went in to let them know we were here.
They have someone that will shuttle us somewhere while we wait for the work to be done. Since we didn't eat breakfast, we asked them to take us a short distance to Pizzo's for breakfast. Dean asked the driver about his job. He comes in about 7:30 and sometimes is there until late shuttling people back and forth, and sometimes to their homes until the work has been completed. It probably happens at many dealerships but we had never heard of anyone doing this before. It's a great service for their customers.
While we were waiting for the waitress to take our order, Neal Cruse and his dad came in and set behind us. We enjoyed visiting with him. Neal has been involved with physical education and athletic programs at Oswego for many years. Most of our kids knew him from their involvement in sports while they were in school. The restaurant was quite full so we were surprised that our food came so quickly. As usual, Dean ordered the same thing he always does and I ordered French Toast. I love this dish but since I'm trying to reduce the carbohydrates I haven't ordered it in a very long time. I'm glad I chose it as it was very tasty!
Once we were done, I called the Chevy dealership and our driver was back to pick us up. While we waited in the service lounge, I took out my laptop and worked on updating the blog, at a small table I was able to work at. At least I felt productive! Lol!
It was about an hour and a half later when they came in to tell us the controller on the truck was not working. They will order a new one and it will be delivered on Saturday, however the service department will not be open again until Monday. We are scheduled to have it replaced at 1:00pm on Monday. We accepted the news much better today - we just had to "let it go" and "go with the flow". I will be adjusting our travel route again. We've lost another week - and to keep our trip where we are not constantly moving we'll have to cut out a few stops. In the big picture that is okay. We will still have a great time and enjoy what we can.
On our way home I texted both Misti and Marc, and my sister Cindy to let them know that now we were not leaving until Tuesday. Cindy responded and said do you want to play cards tonight? Of course we said yes and I told her I would bring the dessert - she has made it the last two times, so it's definitely my turn.
For lunch I had a meal replacement shake and I made Dean a sandwich and cut up a cucumber for him. Now I'm glad I took Cindy up on it when she gave me more cucumbers and some tomatoes yesterday. Yummmm!
After we got back and set up AGAIN, and had our lunch I started looking through my recipes and nothing sounded good. I wasn't really in the mood to cook, so I called Circles Pecan at McCune, Kansas to see what pies they had available. They were baking an apple pie then so I told them I would take it. Dean and I drove the 25 miles there to get it. It looks delicious and I hope it's as good as it looks - it was still warm, having only been out of the oven a short time! I've heard great things about their food and pies from my graddaughter Kamron, but this was our first time there. They have a nice dining area and a large area where they sell a number of products. We took a look around. Dean found some cheese curds so we bought a package of those as well.
We returned home, where I finished up the blogs for the past three days and posted them, then started work on this one. It's now 4:30 and I'm pretty well caught up. I read a few blogs until it was time to leave for Cindy and Elmer's.
We played our normal three games of pitch and they guys beat us 2 out of 3 games. As usual there were lots of laughs. Everyone agreed the pie was very good. The crust edge was a little overcooked but the pie itself was great. Of course I bought some ice cream to go with it - perfect snack.
Another wonderful day, getting things done and having a great time with family.
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