Lenzen's Travels: Time to Repair

It has been quite a week. As I noted last week, we are once again having some issues with our motorhome. This week started with a quest to find someone, or some company who could put this beast back where it belongs. As most folks know, getting someone to work on something that is always tough to work on is not very easy. First thing Tuesday morning, off go Gerry and Gary to see if they have any luck. The tailpipe and muffler does not have to be removed as here it is, lying on the driveway.

As they went downtown, they saw someone working on a steel fence and thought, a welder – just what we need. They stopped and talked to the fellow, give him a ride over, he looks at it and says “I can’t do it but my boss, Brenda, sure can”. Later on in the day, Brenda comes over and says “no problem, we can do that”. Lucky stroke number 1!!

Between Brenda, and a truck parts store, we gathered all the necessary parts and Saturday morning, Brenda and her crew arrive. Now, she is one interesting lady. Brenda is a master welder and owns the company.

She brought three fellows over and they built a new exhaust system and installed it.

She and her crew will do whatever needs to be done. Her crew today are all on parole. She has an agreement with the parole board to give these fellows a job, teach them a trade, and give them a chance to be able to have a decent life. It was obvious that they all have the utmost respect for her. I was very impressed with this lady. We are back in business.

Most mornings, just after 3 a.m., we can often hear a rooster. Yesterday, as we were out walking, Gerry says “look, isn’t that a rooster”? Sure enough, there were 3 roosters and a hen which seem to be living in a wash just down the street. It sure was tempting not to have a fresh chicken for supper, but there really was no good place to butcher and clean one of these chickens. And then, who knows how old they are so we decided to just let them carry on.