Coach service and an "E" test

Thanks for joining us on our journey of North America
 in our Holiday Rambler, since August 2006

Where are we today ?

New Hamburg Ontario

        This morning I head into Pettigrew's Garge in Plattville for a lube oil and filter, that is due, 8 am appointment. Dale does a great job checking our coach out, fitting us in when it works, pointing out and fixing problems that may arise. After the service he hooked up the computer to read a few codes and found some errors with our ABS brakes. Nothing major but will be looked at when we are back in the area,very reasonable work here, $39.00. this morning


        After the service I drive the 15 minutes to Hickson Ontario ( population 246) and Hickson Motors for and "E" Test (emissions test) another money grab by our government. Just because it is and Rv it costs us $107.00, government set rates apparently for this simple test.

        I have been coming here for a few years, because it the only place handy to get this test done, and its a small town with a friendly family business.

e test

equipment here for the test

         Now got these chores out of the way and back home, made some egg salad sandwiches for lunch then headed out to putter with the garden tractor again. Well ended up after another couple hours fiddling around it did not work any better. So the dealer up the road sent a service man to check this out and diagnosed a faulty ignition coil so its only running on one cylinder instead of two. Makes sense , loss of power. So they will order the parts in and do the repairs next week.   

        Now sun shining and a not too bad day. Today I am gonna fire up our Weber Q 100 and grill a mess of chicken legs and thighs for supper. So we can sit in a bit of sunshine on an almost warm day and get more fresh air.  

Suzie and Omer relaxing

         Earlier today Suzie managed to get to Omer's tail brushed and get rid on some burrs that were all tied in there. Then he just wants to sit there (on her foot) and be petted whenever possible.

then time for a nap in the shade

such a wonderful day

         As we are sitting here listening to our chicken cook and the milkers in the milk house we can enjoy the peaceful scenery around us.

ok the chicken is done

        Omer is relaxing in the kitchen while Suzie gets the potatoes and carrots cooking, making up some Swiss Chalet sauce  then we are good to go. Lets have a pile of BBQ'd chicken.

love our chicken

        Now another day is done and it was a great one. Weather is getting better by the minute it seems and we are not complaining. Juts nice to be around family and friends, and not too cold.

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