VACATION DAYS

WRITTEN BY REX

IT'S SPRING WEATHER HERE IN DESSERT, 72 - 75 DEGREES, AND I'M NOT MAKING FUN OF YOUR CRAPPY WEATHER IN THE MIDWEST. IT'S JUST THAT THE LAST TWO DAYS "OFF" WITH THIS SPRING LIKE WEATHER SEEMS LIKE A COUPLE OF VACATION DAYS. MARY TOOK OFF ON THURSDAY FOR HER REGULAR "RUN AROUND THE HORN", SHE CROSSES THE RIVER ON THE SOUTH END OF THE VALLEY AND HEADS UP THE NEVADA SIDE TO THE LAUGHLIN LIBRARY TO PICK UP HER AUDIO BOOKS AND DVD TV SERIES, LIKE MONK AND NCIS. THEN SHE CROSSES THE RIVER ON THE NORTH END AND MAKES HER WAY BACK TOWARD SUPER WALMART.

MEANWHILE BACK IN THE RV PARK, "POW", MUSTA BEEN A GUN SHOT, I THOUGHT, AND WE INSTANTLY TURN FROM TRAILER TRASH TO REAL CAMPING WHEN A BIRD IS FRIED ON TOP OF THE TRANSFORMER BLOWING THE LINK, FUSE, BREAKER, AND KNOCKING OUT ALL THE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO THE PARK. NO HDTV, NO INTERNET? I HEAD OUTSIDE TO THE PATIO AND PULLED UP MY NEW LAWN CHAIR, DID I MENTION MARY BOUGHT ME A NEW LAWN CHAIR? IT'S JUST LIKE PAULIE'S ONLY BLUE. ANY WAY, EVERYONE IS OUTSIDE MAKING IT A NEIGHBORHOOD COFFEE EVENT. NOW THE BIG FANCY MOTORHOMES HAVE THEIR GENERATORS RUNNING AND HARDLY NOTICE WE'RE WITHOUT POWER, AND I THINK, I'VE GOT A HONDA GENERATOR IN THE BACK OF THE PICK-UP. I COULD BE ON THE INTERNET..................

MY HONDA GENERATOR HASN'T RUN IN TWO OR THREE YEARS. NOW STEVE, MY NEIGHBOR, AND I HAVE A PROJECT, START THE GENERATOR, GO GET YOUR TOOLS!!!. SHOULD WE REPLACE THE SPARK PLUG? REMOVE AND EMPTY THE GAS TANK? "HERE HOLD THIS WIRE WHILE I PULL THE CORD, AND THEN WE WILL KNOW IF WE HAVE SPARK"? WE ENDED UP DRAINING THE OLD GAS OUT OF THE CARBURETOR BOWL AND THE GENERATOR STARTED RIGHT UP JUST AS THE POWER COMPANY REINSTALLED THE LINK AND WE GOT POWER BACK. NOW THAT'S CAMPING, JUST LIKE ON VACATION.

THE PHONE RINGS NEXT, AND MARY IS SITTING IN HER CAR OUTSIDE WALMART AND WANTS TO KNOW IF I THINK SHE SHOULD SPEND HER TAX REFUND ON A NEW SONY VAIO LAPTOP COMPUTER? WHAT?............. OF COURSE!!!! NOW THAT WE HAVE IT HOME, HAS ANYBODY HEARD OF WINDOWS "VISTA"?
THAT WAS YESTERDAY.

TODAY I WAS UP AT 6:00 AM DRINKING COFFEE AND BACK TO PLAYING WITH THE NEW LAPTOP BECAUSE I HAD A DENTIST APPOINTMENT AT 8:00 AM. , FOLLOWED BY A VISIT WITH MY RV REPAIRMAN ABOUT MY MISSING FENDER, FOLLOWED BY AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE EYE DOCTOR, AND FINALLY A STOP AT WALMART FOR A SACK FULL OF NEW LAPTOP ACCESSORIES. BY 11:00 AM IT WAS MILLER TIME AND WE WERE OFF GEOCACHING. JUST LIKE BEING ON VACATION!!!

I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH LUNCH...........