We’ve been hanging out for the past three
weeks at La Hacienda RV Resort in Hudson Bend just west of Austin. It’s been
hot and humid pretty much every day with temps in the mid to upper 90s.
We did get a few things done on our “house”
the past three weeks. We had our waste water tanks cleaned out by a small
business that used a special 4,000 psi high pressure wash. Our tank level gauges
work like new now.
Last week I tackled a project we’ve been
talking about doing for several months. We removed our towel closet slide-out shelf
unit and built out a regular closet. The slide out took up a lot of room, but
our new towel closet provides nearly twice as much space. It turned out to be a
three-day project as I had to build framing for the back and side wall. I was
able to re-use the original closet door, a felt-covered shelf and bottom to the
closet.
Today I replaced the original molded power plug
on our 50-amp power cord for the motorhome. The old power plug and cord were
getting hot (to the touch) at the power pedestal, a sign that there were
internal wires in the molded plug that were either loose or broken to cause
electrical resistance and hence the heat.
We did get out for lunch a few days during
our stay here. One day we went to Lucy’s Fried Chicken and had a great view of
Lake Travis.
Last Sunday we stopped at the original Chuy’s
Mexican Restaurant, on Barton Springs Road in Austin, that opened in 1982. Their
Tex-Mex is really good. It’s crazy now that Chuy’s has expanded to over 60
restaurants across the country.
Tomorrow, Father’s Day, we welcome our son
Paul, wife Ying, and grandson Connor from Taipei, Taiwan. They will be
traveling with us over the next seven weeks. Paul is working on his master’s
degree and a teaching certificate for his job at an international school near
Taipei. We’re really looking forward to their visit.
Steve (Grumpy Grampy) & Julie (Nana) Cornelius
