Can you believe it’s the year 2010?? Remember when that sounded so far off, like a science fiction movie?? Sometimes it almost seems surreal, but time does fly when you’re having fun!
The last couple weeks of the year found us taking care of a couple repairs we had put off till our return to FL. You may recall that back in July we wrote about the driver’s side windshield being hit by a small rock while driving through MT causing a round, baseball sized crack. We drove another 3,500
miles hoping it wouldn’t get any bigger and our luck held out. So a few weeks ago Russ called our insurance company, they referred us to a window replacement company, and the repair was scheduled for 2 days before Christmas. And as luck would have it, the replacement and repair didn’t cost us a penny! According to state law, FL residents do not pay for windshield damage no matter where it happened…woohoo!
On the
other hand, we did have to pay for the repair completed a couple days before New Year’s. Also while in MT we experienced a very brief hail storm, but it was long enough to do some damage to the cover above our full wall slide. Nothing serious, but any time it rained hard, water would pool on the top of the slide coming through some pin sized holes and causing water to sometimes seep inside into the woodwork. A few weeks ago we got a couple estimates, which fortunately turned out to be ab
out a third less than what we had anticipated and less than our deductible. For nearly the same price as the first estimate, Camping Connection (http://www.campingconnectionrv.com/) would come to our campsite to do the repair…a huge plus! We’ve dealt with them before, and they are always helpful, courteous, and very professional. Tony, the manager, personally came out to get an exact measurement, ordered the new cover, and earlier this week two guys came out to install it. This slide is 28 feet long, and they solicited Russ’ help from the ground level while they both worked from the top. Amazingly it took only an hour to remove the old cover and replace it with the new one.
We decided to attend the last night of the Candlelight Processional on Dec. 30 partly because of the guest narrators, actors Angela Bassett (ER, What’s Love Got To Do With It) and Courtney B. Vance (ER, Preacher’s Wife, Law & Order: CI). This husband and wife team gave an incredibly wonderful performance l
ast year and was just as great this year. They do such an excellent job of bringing the narrative to life. Both seemed to be really enjoying themselves especially Courtney who sang along with several of the songs while Angela seemed to only sing along with The Hallelujah Chorus. You can’t really hear the narrators sing since their mikes are turned off when they are not narrating, but you can see them singing along! We didn’t think we’d get in for the 5pm show but were pleasantly surprised when we did.
In fact we got in with about 10 min. to spare so changed our plans for the rest of the evening. The performance lasts about 50 min., and as soon as it was over, we made our way to the front of Epcot to catch the monorail for the Magic Kingdom (the castle was beautiful!) We arrived in plenty of time to see the Spectromagic Parade at 7pm, stayed for the Holiday Wishes fireworks, made it back to the monorail, and arrived in more than enough time to catch the 9:30 Illuminations fireworks at Epcot! What a fun evening!
The weather here in the Orlando area has turned cold. OK, so we don’t have snow and it’s warmer than most places up north, but it’s been in the low 30s at night and next week it’s even supposed to get down into the 20s! What’s up with that?! Good thing we have winter clothes with us!
Well, that’s all for now, but let us wish everyone a healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year!
The last couple weeks of the year found us taking care of a couple repairs we had put off till our return to FL. You may recall that back in July we wrote about the driver’s side windshield being hit by a small rock while driving through MT causing a round, baseball sized crack. We drove another 3,500
miles hoping it wouldn’t get any bigger and our luck held out. So a few weeks ago Russ called our insurance company, they referred us to a window replacement company, and the repair was scheduled for 2 days before Christmas. And as luck would have it, the replacement and repair didn’t cost us a penny! According to state law, FL residents do not pay for windshield damage no matter where it happened…woohoo!On the
other hand, we did have to pay for the repair completed a couple days before New Year’s. Also while in MT we experienced a very brief hail storm, but it was long enough to do some damage to the cover above our full wall slide. Nothing serious, but any time it rained hard, water would pool on the top of the slide coming through some pin sized holes and causing water to sometimes seep inside into the woodwork. A few weeks ago we got a couple estimates, which fortunately turned out to be ab
out a third less than what we had anticipated and less than our deductible. For nearly the same price as the first estimate, Camping Connection (http://www.campingconnectionrv.com/) would come to our campsite to do the repair…a huge plus! We’ve dealt with them before, and they are always helpful, courteous, and very professional. Tony, the manager, personally came out to get an exact measurement, ordered the new cover, and earlier this week two guys came out to install it. This slide is 28 feet long, and they solicited Russ’ help from the ground level while they both worked from the top. Amazingly it took only an hour to remove the old cover and replace it with the new one.
We decided to attend the last night of the Candlelight Processional on Dec. 30 partly because of the guest narrators, actors Angela Bassett (ER, What’s Love Got To Do With It) and Courtney B. Vance (ER, Preacher’s Wife, Law & Order: CI). This husband and wife team gave an incredibly wonderful performance l
ast year and was just as great this year. They do such an excellent job of bringing the narrative to life. Both seemed to be really enjoying themselves especially Courtney who sang along with several of the songs while Angela seemed to only sing along with The Hallelujah Chorus. You can’t really hear the narrators sing since their mikes are turned off when they are not narrating, but you can see them singing along! We didn’t think we’d get in for the 5pm show but were pleasantly surprised when we did.
In fact we got in with about 10 min. to spare so changed our plans for the rest of the evening. The performance lasts about 50 min., and as soon as it was over, we made our way to the front of Epcot to catch the monorail for the Magic Kingdom (the castle was beautiful!) We arrived in plenty of time to see the Spectromagic Parade at 7pm, stayed for the Holiday Wishes fireworks, made it back to the monorail, and arrived in more than enough time to catch the 9:30 Illuminations fireworks at Epcot! What a fun evening!The weather here in the Orlando area has turned cold. OK, so we don’t have snow and it’s warmer than most places up north, but it’s been in the low 30s at night and next week it’s even supposed to get down into the 20s! What’s up with that?! Good thing we have winter clothes with us!
Well, that’s all for now, but let us wish everyone a healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year!
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