I'm ready to get the Superchief tomorrow

I packed up the wagon with everything I can think of for getting the SC (superchief) tomorrow.  I am sure there is something I will need and not have but wish me luck.

This reminds me of waiting for Christmas when I was a kid.

I even put in a roll of paper towels and window cleaner so my wife will have something to do while she is waiting for me to get everything looked over.  Maybe I should put in the vacuum cleaner too.  Maybe not.

My 1989 31' Superchief

OK this might come as a surprise to some of you, but I was looking around for something else in the way of a larger Winnebago.  And what I found was several of those newer, they all look the same, type of Bagos.  I even thought the only good bago was one with flat glass windshields.

But then I saw and ad on craigslist for a '88 Superchief in Coos Bay and it got me thinking about a basement model.

Here is the first one I looked at but they wanted $5,500.00.  It was a 28' rear queen. I would like this size.

And then I looked at a few others as you can see on my Blog, and then I found this '89 in Clackamas, OR about 50 miles from home.  My best friend Terry and his lovely bride of 49 years met me there to look it over.  Several stories were told about how it ended up at this truck repair shop and if it was taken apart or not, but after looking around it, and it even started up once we found the disconect switches,  I gave them my standard price offer of $300.00 but they were not ready to sell for less than $1,500.00 so I didn't think about it anymore.  It was a 31' which is really 33' long so it was longer than I wanted and it was being sold by a friend of the owner who didn't really know anything about RV's.
So a couple of weeks later and looking at a few RV's I recive an email asking if I was interested in it for $500.00.  Well Terry, who thought I should pay up to $1,000.00 for it said to buy it.  Even his Bride said buy it, so I said I would buy it.  And since I was heading out of town on another vacation Terry even offered, I hope he doesn't charge me to much, to patch up some spots on the roof before I get back and it is suppose to rain.
Terry even changed a piece of fuel line by the carb that was leaking and ran it for 1/2 and hour or so to see that it doesn't overheat or leak anything.
Here are some pictures of it incase you haven't looked back in my Blog to find it.

And then some roof repair pictures.

Before patching bathroom vent.



After patching.

Eagle Crest Resort 10/7 - 10/12/12

This will probably be our last non-Winnebago outing for this year.  We left home on Sunday with my dad joining us and we drove about 3 hours to the Redmond OR area.  Kind of a desert area but when they water and take care of the soil they can make a golf course grow.


The sun coming up.

At one time there were 9 deer walking around outside our deck.
They didnt even use a golf cart.

Lake Tahoe 9/27/12 to 10/5/12

We won a week at Lake Tahoe this past year and left home on Friday Sept. 27th and drove to Yreka, CA where we spent the night at a Super 8 hotel.  It was really pretty nice for the $50.00 plus $5.00 tax.  A king size bed and the breakfast with a waffle maker.  I love the cook your own waffles.  If you are ever in Yreka and want to eat try Grandmas House.  We had a very nice supper.  No complaints here.

Saturday we drove in to Stateline, NV to the Lodge at Kingsbury where we have 5 nights.  We took a trip to Safeway and filled up with groceries.  That was about it for the day.  It gets dark real early here.  A big full moon was worth getting out to see.

Sunday we checked out a few parks on the Lake and saw salmon spawning at a stream close to a forest service park.  We ask about places to find the big sugar pine cones.

Yes Sophie Loves pine cones.  And they weight less than rocks too.

The Salmon were spawning.

Monday we decides to look for rocks and cones.  First stop was the cave rock park.  Of course they wanted money to stop here so we did a quick look around and left.  Then we drove up to Hevenly ski resort to look for cones but came up empty.  Then up to a ridge with a fire look out station but no cones.

A bike nut table.

A week at the condos 9/14 - 9/21/12

We spent a week in Newport at Schooner Landing..  Our friends Terry and Carolann spent a couple of nights with us and then our daughter came over for a couple of nights.
The weather was really nice most of the time.  We saw whales spouting and enjoyed a a camp fire too.

Did I tell you that is Was Sophies Birthday.

Flat Glass is the way to go....

So why do I look at those new MH's ?  I wonder..... but right now I am thinking "Flat Glass" is the way to go.
Look at these,

 A 1984 Itasca Sunflyer

 

And then what is called a 24' Sun-Cruiser

Looking at more Winnebago's

Today I looked at a '89 31' Superchief and what I was told was a '72 Class A 25'.

Here is what I found.....

And the Blue Indian..............