Almost Wordless Wednesday - 7/23/14

Miss Scout is not impressed by fast cars.

Another one of my glamour shots.  BOL!

Today is my 3rd gotcha day!  Three years ago I made my way from Tulsa to St. Louis.  Boy, did my life change! 

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is A Very Happy Hound

Our Professional Pictures Have Arrived!

When we were at the Heart of America Greyhound event, Mama signed us up to have our picture taken by Frank Hansel.  She knew it was going to be a challenge because I do not like to stand still.  We were sent six photos today. There are two of us together and four single photos of us.  This is Mama's favorite.  We think it is probably two photos put together because we were not standing side by side and we don't think we were both looking at the camera at the same time.  Frank got rid of our leashes in the photo.  We think he did a great job!

Joey and Scout,
The Greyhounds Who Look Pretty Good Together

I've Been Saying This For A While

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Very Wise ~ BOL!

Yep, I'm Still A Redneck

Mama says "You can take the dog out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the dog."  She is talking about me, of course.  BOL!    The other morning, Mama and I were walking.  We decided to walk down the sidewalk towards the office.  We were looking at the fair rides through the fence and then I did it.  I pooped.  Yep, I pooped right there on the sidewalk.  BOL!  Mama was so embarrassed.  I had already pooped two other times, so she thought it was safe.  It is never safe with me.  BOL!

Today, Scout came with us on our walk.  She normally prefers to stay at home, but sometimes she decides to come along.  We saw a bunny this morning.  It was pretty exciting.

These are my bunny watching ears.  BOL!

After we left the bunny area, Scout made another discovery.

Scout wouldn't get near it even when Mama picked it up. What it is?

Yep, Scout is scared of a rock.

Mama picked it up and found that someone was trying to hide poop under it.  Is it worse to hide poop under a rock or just do it on the sidewalk?  I am not sure, but mine got picked up.  BOL!

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Loves The Excitement Of City Living, But Still Needs Some Learning

More Model A Cars

Mama and I were out for a walk this morning and we saw the Model A cars lined up for a photo.  We decided to take a closer look and we were treated to a "parade" as they left on their way to the car museum.

BOL!  He honked at me.

 After we got back from looking at the cars, we were talking to the host.  She told us about the beaver that lives here.  We told her we had seen it and that we saw raccoons the other day.  She asked where we saw the beaver, so we showed her and there was a raccoon there!  She said someone saw five of them in a tree yesterday.

He posed for pictures.

Last night, the fairgrounds had all the rides going and there were a lot of people screaming as they enjoyed the rides.  We thought it was fun to watch them on the rides.  About 10 p.m., I wanted to go outside and then the fireworks started.  It surprised us, but it didn't scare me.  I watched them for a few minutes.  They weren't loud. They basically just lit up the sky.  After that, loud music started. We were not quite as thrilled with that, but it ended at 11 p.m.

The repairman came.  He looked at what we wanted fixed.  He said he would call Dad.  We haven't heard from him since.  Dad said he will probably just have to make the repairs himself. 

Our heat wave ended yesterday.  Cooler days are head of us now.  The air conditioner appears to be okay, but we still don't trust it.  Mama crosses her fingers when she turns it on each day.  Dad said it may run for a long time.  He said it may have just needed oil.  He is still going to replace it. 

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Enjoyed All The Waves And Honks He Received At The Parade

What Happens When You Have A Heat Wave?

Your air conditioner dies, of course.  Dad was concerned that something was wrong Thursday night because it started squeaking.  He got it to stop squeaking, but Friday at noon, it died.  Mama called Dad and he started searching for a portable AC unit.  Apparently, he along with the rest of the city were on that mission since we are having a heat wave.  We learned that most homes here do not have AC.  Dad had seen a portable unit at Pep Boy's when our Jeep was there for repairs. They still had one and he bought it.  It was about 90 inside the RV when he turned it on.  Luckily, it gets cool here at night and by 10 p.m., it wasn't bad inside.  If it didn't cool off at night, we would be staying at a motel according to Mama.

The Portable AC Unit

Saturday, Dad said he was going to try and work on the air conditioner.  He is an air conditioning guy, so it should be easy right?  Well, the problem is that the air conditioner is not easy to get to on our motor home.  It is a basement air conditioner which means it is not on the roof.  The first thing Dad had to do was build a table that he could slide the air conditioner out on.  That sounds easier than it is.  He went to the store and had all the lumber cut there because the battery on his saw is bad.  He then came home and started working on it.  The battery for his drill is also bad, so after using it for about ten minutes it died.  He finally gave in and went back to the store and bought an electric drill.  Finally, the table was constructed.  It was late in the afternoon by this time.  He then moved the AC unit onto the table and started looking at it.  He put oil in it and worked with that for a while. He thought one part was bad, so we all got in the Jeep and drove to the store.  We got back home around 7 p.m.  Nope, that wasn't the problem.  Drat! 

How well did the portable AC unit work on Saturday?  Not well at all.  The temperature inside was 93. We had all the shades down so that the sun couldn't come in and we had our awnings out. We had the bedroom area closed off.  What is up with that?  We sat outside in the shade most of the day and it wasn't bad.  It was just boring.

The Beast

On Sunday, we tried a new approach to the portable AC unit.  We left the windows open and turned it on since it was cooler outside than inside.  It did keep it in the high 80's but felt so much better with the windows open. Dad said on Sunday that he was pretty sure he could get the AC to work on a temporary basis.  He kept working the oil through it and finally about 3 p.m. it started working.  Our neighbors cheered as they had been talking to us during the repair process. One man even came over and helped push the AC unit back into the motor home.  It is not fixed and we don't know each day if it will turn on, but so far, so good.  Dad could hot wire it so that the outside fan stays on and it would work, but he would rather not do that.  Yesterday, he turned it on before he left for work and told Mama to leave it on.  We about froze in here and after an hour, the unit did freeze up. It was only like 60 outside.  Mama opened all the windows and we stayed comfortable.  She decided to see if it would work around noon and it did.  She didn't want to let it turn off because she didn't know if it would turn back on, so she did laundry and used the oven to make it warm in here so that the AC would stay on.  BOL!  I know silly, but it is not fun being in a motor home that is in the 90's.


Today, it is cloudy and cool, but it will heat up later in the day.  Mama has it 65 in here with the windows open.  Hopefully the AC unit will come on when we need it later.  We have a repairman coming today, but he will not fix it since he will need to order parts. He is also going to check out our slide and step cover problem.  Dad also asked him to see what is involved in putting an ac unit on our roof.  We have been thinking of doing that and it will be nice to have a spare ac unit. 


There is a really nice group of people staying here this week. They are part of a Model A car club. Their national convention is being held in the area.   It is fun to see the old cars driving around the park and also in town.  They like to honk at us as they go by.  One car even had a horn that whistled at us.  BOL!

We like this trailer.  The guy is driving his car in the photo.  BOL!

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Thought He Might Get To Stay In A Motel For A Week

Museum Of Glass

On Saturday, the folks wanted to do something fun.  Mama wanted to see the Museum of Glass.  She was excited because they have glass blowers there.

The following items were in the museum:

The best part was watching the glass blowers at work.  Mama expected it to be one person at a time working on items, but it took a whole crew to make the product. There were visiting artists there and they made the piece that the artists had drawn on paper.

Waiting for the glass blowers to arrive.

All the work was shown on a big screen which made it really easy to see.

 Mama was surprised how warm it was in the room.  It was a very large room.

Ceiling in the room where the glass blowers worked.

Glass ornaments for sale in the gift shop.

Glass water feature outside the museum.

Another glass water feature.

This is on a walking bridge outside the museum.  It lights up at night.

Another view of the glass work on the bridge.

Glass feature on the bridge.

This is the outside to the room where the glass blowers work.

Marina across from museum.

Court house across from museum.

Bridge where glass work is located.

The folks enjoyed visiting the museum.  It took about an hour for the glass blowers to make their project and it was interesting to watch all the steps involved.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Thinks The Weather In Seattle Is Pretty Cool