Day 2484

 I woke up at 7:30 and got up to do the pet stuff and have breakfast.  When that was done I started doing anything I could think of that would make taking the trailer to Woodburn tomorrow easier and quicker.

I cleaned off the kitchen table.  It was knee deep in paper.  I also got out the Surface and updated it (I'll want to use it tomorrow).  I had Ellen come out and help me put DEF in the truck.  I also did a couple of other short things.

Those efforts took a couple of hours.  I needed something to do to take my mind off the trailer repair.  I took almost everything out of the basement and repacked it.  There's a lot of empty space in it right now, but there won't be when we leave.  I also found a high flow pressure reducer that I'd never used.  I installed it.  We'll have to see how it works.

By then it was after noon.  I had a sandwich for lunch.  By then I was getting worried that the sewer guy wouldn't show up.  I surfed because there wasn't anything else to do.  I called the trailer place, but no one answered.  I wrote up detailed dumping instructions for Ellen and took her outside to go through them in case I had to leave before the sewer guy got there.  

It got to be 3:00.  I was about to leave for Woodburn when the sewer guy showed up.  We got the tank dumped in a pretty short amount of time.  The sewer guy managed to dump shit twice.  It smells bad there right now.  I put everything away and we went to Woodburn.

I met Rich there.  We talked about what needs to be done.  There was lots of good news.  First, the new axles are heavier built than the old ones (they had a lot of problems with the old ones).  Second, the axles are custom made, so there isn't any alignment to worry about.  Third, he'll grease the bearings, that was part of the service.  Finally, it looks like it won't be too hard to park the trailer where he wants it.  It will take backing up though.  I plan on being there at 6, an hour before they start.  That means we'll have to get up at 5:30.

We stopped at AC Greasy for ice cream and french fries on the way back.   When we got back I started to do the rest of the prep for leaving.  I disconnected the DirecTV and the StarLink.  I removed the tripod and backed up the truck to the hitch.

Ellen fixed sausage and the fries for dinner.  After that I surfed (on Verizon) until time for bed.