We got up about 7:20, did pet stuff and had breakfast. At 8 we left for San Angelo. We took both vehicles so that we could take the dogs. I took the truck.
Traffic in Dripping Springs was lousy. There were multi-cycle waits at all of the lights. We finally got through and on to Fredericksburg. From there we went north through Menard and another small town before getting to San Angelo. We made good time, traveling at 70 most of the way. The truck worked fine and got almost 20 MPG. This is the best mileage I've seen with it since it was new. Also there's less turbo whine than there used to be.
It was a long trip, over 200 miles. We decided to listen to the book on tape that we were listening to when we arrived. We also listened to it on the way back. There's still several CD's to go.
We got into San Angelo about 11:30. We stopped at a restaurant/bar for lunch. We were done just in time to make our 1:00 appointment at the aermotor factory. The receptionist introduced us to the head builder. He's been there for over 20 years and knows everything there is to know about aermotor windmills. He gave us a two hour tour that covered how everything is made. He spent a lot of time answering John's questions about the windmill parts that he's acquired.
I fell in love with the sheet metal rear vanes. So I bought one and the support hardware to attach it to the garage. It's going to look great.
It was time to go home when the tour was over. We went back on 87 and 71 through Llano. It was dark by the time we got north of Bee Cave. Traffic was a little heavy through Bee Cave even though we were going south. It was really backed up when we got to the Y. So we took a side street around the back of the Goodwill shopping center and out on 290. We got home after 6. We got 19.8 MPG on the way back, including the traffic delays.
We ate leftovers for dinner - chicken, pizza (from San Angelo), fish and shrimp. It was all good. After dinner we talked until about 9. Then John and Melissa went to bed.
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