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Engine update

 Good progress.  They have the injection system apart.  The problem is the injector pump.  The trouble doesn’t seem to go any farther than that.  The replacement pump is an upgrade though, so it doesn’t just plug in.  The dimensions are different.  The repair shop is building the plumbing for it.  We’re in a hotel for the night with Annie and Henry. Meanwhile, the calendar continues to evolve.  We just scratched the trip to Bend entirely.  When this repair is done, we’ll continue our way north. Meanwhile meanwhile, we walked in a City Park.      
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Merry Christmas

 If you’ve spent any time wondering where your Christmas tree comes from, we’ve found the place.  Field after field, mile after mile, entire mountainsides, of Christmas trees! 
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Jeff and Carol

 We hung out with them a lot when we were all at Gulf Waters. Then they moved to Bandera.  That wasn’t so far away so we still hung out with them some. Two years ago they moved to Salem, and we haven’t seen them since.  Until yesterday.  We went to their house for dinner. The house is nice and normal. Truck and travel-trailer in the driveway. But the yard; the yard is anything but normal. …a little bit of yard-art, and a whole lot of plants.       Cameron was just put the finishing touches on the mural. A little deck in the back with a wading pool for the granddaughter Francis.    I suppose that garden is always in bloom.          For dinner, a nice fajita spread.  Under Francis’ watchful eye, Myet prepared the custom decorated, strawberry, lemonade, seltzer special drinks. With umbrellas! Amanda, who works at a research facility, brought a few flats of just-picked organic blackberries and blueberries.  I think Robin and Judy didn’t move from the kitchen counter for about an hour. It’s all Eddie’s house and yard.