2 Weeks and Counting

The end of March is already in sight. It’s been a good week, the RV (now officially named Shirley) has passed its mechanical check and is almost ready to roll. I have an appointment with an electrical shop to get the dashboard coach functions working properly. The previous owner really messed up the wiring for things like the dash fans, map lights, and so on. The Electrical Technician worked at an RV shop prior to working at Tunez 4 Us in Grass Valley and says he can fix it. He can also reinstall the Pioneer radio/CD player so it works in the Accessory position on the ignition switch.

Virgin Broadband provided a solution for the internet connectivity issue by selling me a USB 3G wireless connection, that flashes as it works and 5 gigs of data for $60 a month, with no contract. I’ve tried it out and it seems to work just fine.

My friends, Sue and George, gave me a book titled "The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip." It's a guide to all the ballparks with great info on almost everything. It has phone numbers for all the ticket offices so I won't have to deal with mlb.com or its horrible on-line system.

The fine folks at Don Adams Antenna and Satellite just set me up with a dish, tripod, signal meter, and compass so I can enjoy DISH TV in Shirley. I can just take my home receiver and have all the comforts of home on the road (except Phyllis, of course).

I just ordered Dodger tickets and this will be a home opener like San Diego. They were very expensive, I got two seats in Oakland for less than one upper deck seat at the Ravine.

I received some bittersweet news this week- My youngest son Mike, will be getting married May 15, very sweet! The bitter part is, I will be somewhere between New York and Toronto at the time. I’ve been given an early forgiveness chit from them.

My oldest son, Vince, has a website, Indigo Sky Photography. That’s Mason, my grandson on the “cover.” He will graduate from high school in June and I hope it will be late enough that I will be back in time for it.

That’s about it for now. Here’s my itinerary for the whole trip. I’ll break it down in detail as the dates get closer.