Author: Steve

Another job done…. almost done. It wasn’t a big job, but three days
wasn’t quite enough. Time has run out though. Time to leave Woodland Park
and head for Denver. A wedding to attend. Our old friend Johnny Seethaler
(Bowman). A good time was had by all. We got to catch up with his Mom,
Mimi. Her quote of the night was: “I’ve known you two almost as long as
I’ve known Johnny.” Got to meet some of his relatives we hadn’t met before. Next week we were scheduled for Las Vegas, New Mexico, but that job has been
delayed, so I’ll get to devote the extra time needed to finish the Woodland
Park job. We left the RV Park in Woodland Park. Drove a loop down through the
campground to get us lined up properly to make it up the slippery hill. We
did make it, and I’ll bet if I had two more tries at that trap, I’d clean
it. I made it through with one dab. The snow got deep at the bottom turn
through the forest and we started to wallow and stall. As I was working to
keep it afloat, we took a tree trunk amidships. Did some damage to the
bodywork. That pretty much sucks, but there are people who fix things like
that, so we’ll get it taken care of in a few weeks and eliminate the
evidence.

The Broncos are having a really fun week, laughing and mugging for the
cameras, acting silly. Everyone has a funny story or joke to tell. They
are preparing to play one of the worst teams in football, the New York Jets,
with a record of two and seven, just the reverse of the Broncos. There is
no chance the Jets can beat them, so why not just relax and have a good
time? After all, what could possibly go wrong on Sunday, playing the New
York Jets?

After all, we have four wheel drive…. well, power to four wheels out of
six, does that count? Forecast for tomorrow morning, twenty-three degrees.
—–Original Message—–
From: Steve Taylor [mailto:spt@thetaylorcompany.net]
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 7:24 PM
To: Bill Taylor (E-mail); David Taylor (E-mail); Tom Taylor (E-mail)
Subject: woodland park Bright blue sky all day today. Forty degrees. Almost all the snow on the
roof of the motorhome has melted. We’ve almost got all the ice and snow off
the slide awnings. Almost all the slide awnings retract. The forest floor
is still completely covered with snow. Not a problem. We’ve settled on the exit strategy.
—–Original Message—–
From: taylor234@comcast.net [mailto:taylor234@comcast.net]
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 5:55 PM
To: Steve Taylor; ‘Tom Taylor’; ‘Bill Taylor (E-mail)’
Cc: Judy (E-mail)
Subject: RE: woodland park Sleep on it. Maybe the sun will come out bright and hot in the morning. Hey, maybe you should just break down and put your chains on. What? You mean
to say that you don’t have chains for that thing? Go figure. Okay, so you let some of the air out of the tires & get yourself a nice, fat
footprint… —
David Taylor
Red Oak Ridge Estates
www.redoakridgeestates.com
> I think I’d rather go wait for spring in South Texas.
>
>
> —–Original Message—–
> From: Tom Taylor [mailto:code-boy@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 10:27 PM
> To: Steve Taylor; Bill Taylor (E-mail); David Taylor (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: woodland park
>
>
> Maybe you should just wait for spring.
>
> —– Original Message —–
> From: “Steve Taylor” <spt@thetaylorcompany.net>
> To: “Bill Taylor (E-mail)” <billt4@earthlink.net>; “David Taylor (E-mail)”
> <taylor234@comcast.net>; “Tom Taylor (E-mail)” <code-boy@earthlink.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 7:49 PM
> Subject: woodland park
>
>
> >
> > A warm day yesterday. A blue-sky morning today, then it snowed for the
> > remainder. It’s going to be an interesting challenge driving this rig
out
> > of the forest campground we’re in. It’s a pretty forest campground, but
> > the
> > undulating access roads are narrow in between the trees and covered with
> > fresh snow. I don’t think the fresh snow will be a traction problem,
but
> > there is one short, steep, north facing, heavily snowpacked slippery
> > section
> > that concerns me. We’ll talk that one through a few more times before
we
> > attempt it.
> >
> > Life on the road.
> >
> >
>
>

Bright blue sky all day today. Forty degrees. Almost all the snow on the
roof of the motorhome has melted. We’ve almost got all the ice and snow off
the slide awnings. Almost all the slide awnings retract. The forest floor
is still completely covered with snow. Not a problem. We’ve settled on the exit strategy.
—–Original Message—–
From: taylor234@comcast.net [mailto:taylor234@comcast.net]
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 5:55 PM
To: Steve Taylor; ‘Tom Taylor’; ‘Bill Taylor (E-mail)’
Cc: Judy (E-mail)
Subject: RE: woodland park Sleep on it. Maybe the sun will come out bright and hot in the morning. Hey, maybe you should just break down and put your chains on. What? You mean
to say that you don’t have chains for that thing? Go figure. Okay, so you let some of the air out of the tires & get yourself a nice, fat
footprint… —
David Taylor
Red Oak Ridge Estates
www.redoakridgeestates.com
> I think I’d rather go wait for spring in South Texas.
>
>
> —–Original Message—–
> From: Tom Taylor [mailto:code-boy@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 10:27 PM
> To: Steve Taylor; Bill Taylor (E-mail); David Taylor (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: woodland park
>
>
> Maybe you should just wait for spring.
>
> —– Original Message —–
> From: “Steve Taylor” <spt@thetaylorcompany.net>
> To: “Bill Taylor (E-mail)” <billt4@earthlink.net>; “David Taylor (E-mail)”
> <taylor234@comcast.net>; “Tom Taylor (E-mail)” <code-boy@earthlink.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 7:49 PM
> Subject: woodland park
>
>
> >
> > A warm day yesterday. A blue-sky morning today, then it snowed for the
> > remainder. It’s going to be an interesting challenge driving this rig
out
> > of the forest campground we’re in. It’s a pretty forest campground, but
> > the
> > undulating access roads are narrow in between the trees and covered with
> > fresh snow. I don’t think the fresh snow will be a traction problem,
but
> > there is one short, steep, north facing, heavily snowpacked slippery
> > section
> > that concerns me. We’ll talk that one through a few more times before
we
> > attempt it.
> >
> > Life on the road.
> >
> >
>
>

Judy was doing some work around the outside of the coach which involved
pulling out that heavy slide drawer in the outside cabinet. To get the
drawer open, there are two latches to work: a pull latch with one hand and
a thumb latch with the other. You have to pull really hard to get that
heavy drawer to move, but Judy was up to the task. She pulled on the pull
latch with one hand while lifting the thumb latch with the index finger of
her other hand. Her index finger, not her thumb. There is a reason why
they call it a thumb latch and not a finger latch. If you use your thumb to
hold it open, your hand just naturally follows the drawer as it rolls out.
If you use your finger, however, your hand tends to stay with the latch and
just gets run over by the heavy drawer. Four stitches in her left index finger, keep it dry for ten days, it’ll be
as good as new. Meanwhile, the pain reliever is beginning to wear off
tonight. The finger is starting to tingle. It won’t be long and that
finger will own her. Judy didn’t know it was called a thumb latch.