We just finished up 9 days of Topeka KS... got set up in record time a week ago friday and then had time to order in the boxes that we needed to fill two last orders before the rabbit convention at the end of this month.
Saturday was a good day at the show, I was busy alot... it was the regional show on the weekend, the national didn't start until the following tuesday. On Sunday it was a very slow day and we closed up at 4ish pm. Hoshi and I then took the checks and cash that we took in and did a run to the bank. It was a mile down the road in the center of town. They are renovating the capital building and there is scafolding all around it, looks like an extoskelton. It will be very nice when they are done.
Monday was a holiday so nothing went in or out, on Tuesday Hoshi and I did another run to downtown to the main PO. We passed a Macdonalds on the way and I told her that we would come back that way and get dinner. She knows that word. She guarded the (locked) bike while I was in the PO and when I came out I told her that we would now go get dinner. I got on the bike and she was immediately pulling! She knew where we were going and set a pace of 12 mph, a good clip for her. We flew down the sidewalk and she stopped right at the McD!! I locked her and the bike up outside, I could see her out the window and she watched so closely for me to bring out the dinner. I treated her with a french fry when I got out and told her that we now had to take it home to the Man and Nougat. Off we flew! She is a great companion and wonderful puppy! She's fun to have around.
The show was very slow most days and we would take off when the judging was done and go for bike rides, except when it rained really hard!! We actually got hail one day, about the size of peas.
We broke down on Saturday evening and this morning took off really early. I still had two boxes that had to go out so we stopped in Wichita at an Office depot to drop those off. We then took off again, the wind blowing so hard that Peter had trouble holding the rv on the road. We heard an awful noise banging on the roof and I stuck my head out the window and saw that the awning had come unfurled. It had happened once before when the wind was bad so Peter pulled off at the next exit and I got out to furl it back up. The wind was NOT going to allow that, I got one side undone and started to do the other side and the wind ripped the tarp right off the reel. I grabbed it and cut it away and started to put the metal pieces back up, the wind then grabbed them out of my hand and I fell from the impact hurting my left wrist. I then decided that I would just undo it all and put it into the trailer! Peter came out to help and we got one end undone, I went to the other end and it was still wound on it's spring and it unsprung so fast that it wacked my three fingers on my right hand!! We finally got all the pieces off and cut part way through the 25' reel, it was all aluminum and all it took was a small cut on one side, turning it over, putting it onto the tongue of the trailer and Peter climbed onto it. It broke so cleanly!! We got it wedged into the trailer and came onto the RV park 30 miles down the road. The owner takes parts like that to the recycler so it's out of our hands now.
God sure protected us all the way.. we praised Him for making us aware of the problem, it didn't unfurl or fall off while we were driving so that others were involved, and we got rid of the parts quickly without a hassle!!!
Now we're parked for the night just 4 miles from the KS/OK border, we're going to take the long way around so that we can stay on the interstates, the gas prices are down, we just filled up for $2.33 a gal!! We were down to under 20 gallons left so are very pleased with the price.
We're going to get onto I-40 and head for NM tomorrow.
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