Sharp's Travels

I hope everyone had a happy 4th of July. Our day wasn’t what we had planned on. Cheri and I took the motorcycle to church and planned on doing a bike ride with Coz and Nikki this afternoon. I checked to see what time church was and they only were having one service for the 4th. We usually go to the 10:45 am service. But with only one service it started at 9:00 am. Will on the way to church it was so windy that there was no way we could enjoy a bike ride and it was also very warm. After church we stopped at Wal-Mart for a few things and then headed back to the 5th wheel. We called Coz and Nikki to see if they want to go to a movie, so the four of us went to see the A-Team. It was like the movie we saw yesterday funny with a lot of action. After the movie we headed back to Coz and Nikki’s to play some SOB. We had a Papa Murphy’s pizza for supper and Nikki had made one of her cherry pies. Around 7:30 pm we headed back to the 5th wheel. We watched Dolly Pardon’s twenty fifth year celebration on the Hallmark cannel. It was filmed in DollyWood and we got to see some of the staging that they were putting up for the show while we were in DollyWood. It was neat to see all the different places where they did the filming as we could say we were there and seen that.

We skipped our morning walk so we could leave early on a motorcycle ride with Coz and Nikki. They were here at 8:30 am and we were on the road by 8:45 am. We wanted to get an early start has it was going to be a very warm day. We did a 105 mile ride with a stop for gas and a stop at an antique shop that Cheri said we had to stop at. She did buy a few things for the 5th wheel. I wonder what I will have to get rid of to make room for the things that she bought. The rule is when something comes in something has to leave. Then we made a stop for lunch. After lunch we called to see what time the movie started. It wasn’t until 1:00 pm. So we gave Ray and Espie a call and told them to meet us at the theater. Well we all got there at 4 minutes to 1:00 pm. The movie was Knight and Day. It was a very funny movie that everyone liked. After the movie Cheri and I headed back to the 5th wheel to change into some cooler clothes. Then we head over to Nikki and Coz’s for dinner of New York Strip steak on the grill. Ray and Espie were also there. Before Dinner we played a game of SOB which I am happy to report that I won (hard to believe). At 9:00 pm we headed home as we were all tired from the ride today. For pictures of the last two days see album: A Summer Ride.

I took the motorcycle over to Coz and Nikki’s this morning and got the wheels cleaned. On the way back I stopped and filled the bike with gas to be ready for our ride. Coz came over around 11:30 am and had lunch with us. Then Coz, Cheri and I took a 130 mile ride. It was a little warm and pretty windy. The wind took some of the fun out of the ride. It still was a great ride through the country side and a lot of it was the area I used to do outside plant engineering for the telephone company. We made a stop at a cheese factory to get some fresh cheese curd. Our last stop was at the Brandon meat market to get some New York strip steaks for the grill. We plan on having them tomorrow night. Coz and Nikki picked us up and took us out for a Friday night fish fry. When we got home we played three games of cribbage which we guy won.

Another month gone for the year, hard to believe the year is half over already. Cheri worked in side most of the day doing cleaning and laundry. I worked all day on the motorcycle. I put in the new battery and got the GPS wiring and mount installed. The cable to the GPS was too short, so now I have to find an extension cable. I think I can pick one up at Radio Shack or Best Buy. Then I started cleaning the motorcycle. That took me until 4:00 pm and I still have the wheels to Clean. I plan on taking it over to Coz and Nikki’s to do that as Coz has a lift that I can put the motorcycle on so I can turn the wheels while cleaning, makes it a lot easier to do with the lift. Coz was off work today and took his motorcycle to the dealer to have some Fathers day accessories installed and they gave him a free wash job. He stopped over after he picked up the bike from the dealer. The three of us visited while I finished clean my bike. When Coz got ready to leave his bike wouldn’t start. We tried to bump start it with no luck so he called the dealer to come and pick it up. It turned out to be corroded wires at the ignition switch. The dealer cleaned the wires and $80.00 dollars later it was ready to ride. Too bad it had to happen, but was a good thing it happened here and not out on the road somewhere. At 5:00 pm Cheri and I went grocery shopping at a new grocery store on the east side of town (Festival Foods). It is a huge store with a lot of everything. After putting the groceries away back at the 5th wheel it was time to go and pick up the pizza at Papa Murphy’s and take it over to Coz and Nikki’s for supper. Papa Murphy’s pizza is the best and has been a year since we have had one. So this was a real treat for us. After supper we played a couple of games of SOB which Coz won one and Cheri won the other one. Then it was time to head home as Nikki had to be up and to work early tomorrow.

It was a cool 53 degrees this morning. We haven’t experienced a morning this cool since mid March in Florida. It sure made for a nice morning for our walk. We got a call from the dentist office late yesterday telling us they had a cancelation so we both were able to get our dental work done today. All that is left is for Cheri to go back on the 14th to have her crown installed. I worked on the back door of the truck this morning. I wasn’t able to open the door from the outside. I figured something most of broke. When I got it apart I found that a screw had come loose and all I had to do was tighten it up. Getting the handle back in the door was another challenge. I need three hands, so I had to get Cheri to come and help me. I was getting very frustrated, but it finally came together. Then I took the motorcycle apart so I could get the battery out. It is time to put in a new one. I didn’t want to take any more chances on it not starting when we are out and about. While Cheri was in the dental office and I had an hour before I had to be there, so I headed over to Fleet Farm and got the new battery. Tomorrow I will get the battery installed and maybe get the bike cleaned up.