Relaxing.......

7:53 am - Wednesday - February 20th - Wittmann, AZ - 28º F, 76% humidity, wind 7 mph out of the east by northeast......clear, blue skies today with a forecast high of 54º F.  Today we move from the front yard of Tom and Darlene's home to the backyard, and full hookups including 50 amp electric!

Tuesday was such a nice, sunny day that we just took the day off from chores, projects, home improvement and repairs.  I spent a large part of the day out in Tom's Newell Barn helping him work on his Newells part of the time, but mostly just keeping him company while he rebuilt 12 air valves for a 1998 Newell he recently purchased, and then helping him remove some outside trim on his 2002 Newell so he could realign two large pieces of aluminum skin which cover the outer wall, and then replace all broken rivets, which, in this case, was ALL of them in the middle section between his two slides.  When the rivets popped the aluminum skin shifted almost 3/16" of an inch, and if left unattended would continue to shift, eventually interfering with his slide operation.....

 A lot of missing rivets!

Where the trim pieces where

Click on picture to enlarge....I have circled the area where the aluminum skin has sifted 3/16" ....the panel on the right is the actual slide, so you can see the shifting skin is moving towards the slide.

.....Tom and I have become good friends since we first met about 9 years ago when he had a 1990 Newell at the time, and I enjoy working with him, and talking about everything under the sun.  Since he retired and moved out to the 'country' in Wittmann we have visited he and Darlene pretty much every winter since for anywhere from a week to a month at a time.

TLE, on the other hand, spent the afternoon playing cards with Darlene and Karen (wife of Adri)....they also have a Newell.....I think 1999, with two slides.....and have been here for about a month now while Adrian commutes into Phoenix to work each day......

.....in the above picture you can see Adrian and Karen's coach in the back (left side of picture) next to the Newell Barn, and our coach and trailer in the front of the house (on the right).

While I was helping Tom my new air cleaner arrived via UPS, so now I have another project on which to spend a couple of hours in the next few days.  Tuesday was a very relaxing day.....just what we needed.

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