My lovely bride Rhonda usually measures our vacations in tangible ways. Here is her accounting of the Creede trip.
# Newell RV’s attending rally in Creede Colorado – 10 (Bells, Entrekins, Gookins,
Hockwalds, McClouds, Olivers, Russos, Skeens, Wards & Zonkers)
# People who came (because we are such a fun group) even though they don’t own
a Newell – 2 (Nita Zonker & Michael)
# RV’s worked on by Richard – 5 (Entrekin’s generator, Russo’s ride height valve &
shock, Darlene McCloud’s seat, Hockwald’s AC & Skeen’s AC)
# Gashes in Richard’s head – 1 (from a decorative statue in a RV he didn’t even work
on)
# Evenings Richard left the RV door open – 1
# Bugs Alex killed with the fly swatter that night – 56
# Bugs Richard sucked up with the vacuum cleaner – 217
# Subsequent evenings Richard left the RV door open – 0
# Glasses of homemade root beer prepared by Tom – 60
# Glasses drank by Alex – 8
# Laps Alex took around the campground to alleviate the sugar high – 2
# Books read by Alex – 4
# Books read by Rhonda – 1
# Books read by Richard – 0
# Miles Richard rode his bicycle – 80
# Miles hiked by Rhonda – 0 (O.K. my triple broken ankle is not healing as fast as I
would like)
# Times Alex drove the Honda “R” – 5 (it used to be a CRV, but the C & V fell off)
# Learning permits or driver’s licenses held by Alex - 0
# Accidents, close calls or terrified passengers - 0
# Scratches found on my car (borrowed by Ty) when we returned home – 2
# Times the wind blew up the TV antenna on the way home – 7
# Times the big awning tried to deploy while going down the road – 1
# Times the refrigerator door opened up expelling Darlene’s salad and a smuggled
jug of Tom’s root beer - 1
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Richard Rhonda Ty and Alex Entrekin
1995 Newell # 390 DD Series 60, Allison World Trans
Subaru Outback toad
CoMotion Tandem
Often wrong, but seldom in doubt
Rhonda's chronicle https://wersquared.wordpress.com/
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