Morning coffee

[Lucky'57]

Mr. Tim,

You welcomed me here a few months ago, with open arms I might add, I'm so very sorry you're having to go through this. But know this, you are going to a better place. I hope you find the peace we all strive for and are OK with the whole thing. You have a good family, and a lot of support from everyone out here on line. Your a good man, be brave, fear is just a moment in time, you go in one side then you come out the other. I know this, it's men like you that make men like me wish the world had more men like you. God speed Sir!

[Zapato]

Guatemala surely will miss you................

Zap-

[Zapato]

Well we brought my father-in-law home today. He's still not 100% but he wasn't close to that before. Now if he can keep from falling down or doing something stupid he should be with us for awhile.

Zap-

[RICH MUISE]

Glad to her that, Zap. I'll be he's happy to be home with the family. I hope he's coping with the loss of his wife, I'm sure being with the family is gonna help a bunch there..

[Zapato]

Glad to her that, Zap. I'll be he's happy to be home with the family. I hope he's coping with the loss of his wife, I'm sure being with the family is gonna help a bunch there..

Took him to his doctor for a follow up visit that was cancelled by his hospital visit and had time to visit by ourselves. He's a bit overwhelmed by all the family visiting. He needs/wants a bit of time just to process the last couple of weeks by himself. And he's not getting it. Told my wife so she asked him if he was feeling that way and he said no to her. With all the family visiting and me hauling him off to the doctor he didn't get his afternoon snooze on his recliner. Sad, that he can't be honest with his daughters and leaves it to me to pass it on. Anyway he's home for now and that in itself was a big step he needed to make.

Zap-

[Ecode70D]

Zap
    I'm happy to hear that he is home.  Losing his wife after many years of marriage has to be tough on him.  It's not easy when we start getting older.   You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.   Jay   

[JPotter57]

Just checking to see if anyone has heard from Tim or his family in the last few days.  Still praying for them..

[Ecode70D]

Nothing new at this end.
I'll keep him and his family in my prayers.

[RICH MUISE]

Haven't heard anything here either. I think about them often.
On a lighter note...I just had a great weekend. It started Friday morning. I was on the front porch having a cigarette and coffee and a car stopped out front to look at my Jeep I had for sale. An hour later I had cash in my hand and was signing over the title. I'm gonna miss that car, longest one I've ever owned except the '57. Later that morning I decided to go to Taos for a car show, my wife thought about going, but her foot was acting up again, so she told me to go on without her. I decided to go a different way than I normally go, and it turned out to be a beatuiful drive. From Amarillo, I headed west on I40 to Tucamcarie (sp), then I got on 104 north for 105 miles to Las Vegas, (the NM one). It was a surprisingly beautiful drive starting right out of Tucamcarie ranches and mesas all the way. From Las Vegas I got on 518 North to Taos. Mountains, tall pines, running streams, and some very interesting small towns with lots and lots of old buildings, cars, trucks to look at. I even ran into an incredible 145 year old grist mill made from western style mud bricks. I just missed a rain storm in Taos, the weather was a nice brisk 52 degrees when I arrived. When I got to a trasffic light on the main drag going into Taos, the first car that went thru the intersection was a '57 Ford retractible. More on the car and the owner in the events section.
After visiting the Taos Plaza and watching for the occational classics cruising the area, I went to the Taos Mountain Casino just a few miles north of the city center, and had a really good night for a change...this morning I'll be ordering my Ron Francis EFI harness and my Vintage Air Gen IV from the winnings! I had 4 major items left to buy for my car, and that'll take care of two of them.
to be continued...

[RICH MUISE]

That Grist mill, btw, is on hwy 518 about 25 miles north of Las Vagas, NM.
Well, I woke up about 5 am NM time Saturday, so I drove south about an hour where I passed the old filling station/automotive antique museum I posted the above pic of. On the way, I realized I was hungry, probably because I forgot to eat Friday...having too much fun. So, I made up for it Saturday. I drove south thru the Rio Grande River canyon area to a casino where I had a wonderful buffet breakfast..hash browns, country fried potatoes,corned beef hash, link sausage, scrambled eggs, french toast, and coffee! After an hour or so, I drove back to Taos to the car show. It was being held in a park just north of the Taos Plaza area (the Plaza was where I took the pic of the chev. truck). The weather was a perfect low 70's, and I spent an enjoyable three hours or so at the show, then swung by the Casino again for a short time, then headed home. I was going to go a different route home, but I enjoyed the way I went so much I went back the same way. This time I stopped at a ski/summer  resort and had a great hamburger and fries while sitting at a picnic table next to another mountain stream. Coming down the backside of the mountain, I was greeted by two high dollar late 60's street rods (69 Cammaro, 70ish Chevelle)just haulin' a#@ up the mountain! Headers open..man they sounded great. Got home just about sunset....I did stop in Tucamcarrie for some chicken Mc Nugets and fries! Oh, almost forgot, on I40 near the Texas NM border I got passed by one of those FerarriMaserattiLamborgenie(?) Supercars..had to be doing 140.
The below pic is coming down off the mesa on hwy 140 between Las Vegas and Tucamcarrie.
I love my road trips, and my new-to-me daily driver just finished it's fourth weekend trip for me with no probs...and I'm sure liking the 30mpg+! Maybe the next time I do this show it'll be in my '57.

[RICH MUISE]

Well, as posted above, I had a great weekend. That came to a screetching halt today. I went to a machine shop this morning to talk to them about machining my dash panel. The last time I talked to them was 5 years ago, and I wasn't sure if they were still there. They are, and have added several nc milling centers to their shop,. The good news is they have some 1" 6061 aluminum in stock they can machine the panel from, and they don't have any work coming in for the nc mills for a few weeks, so my timing was perfect. The owners are into hot rods and drag racing, so automotive work is second nature to them. I told them I'd be back in the morning with a blueprint. I came home and went into my enclosed shed where the '57 is, and saw about 2" of water on the floor (ground actually, I don't have a floor in there). We've got a broken water supply pipe for the house that runs under the shed. Our water is off, I've been bailing water for a few hours, and unloading my rollaways that are now in mud, so they don't tip over onto my '57. Been waiting for the plumber to call..just came in to rest for a few minutes. Sheeeeet!

[sprink88]

THAT sounds like a great weekend!

[Ecode70D]

Wow Rich
     I remember the days when I could take off like that and be gone for a while.   Those days are over for me now.   Enjoy yourself while you can.
Jay

[RICH MUISE]

I can't believe it is Labor Day already! Summer is almost gone, and as usual I got about 1/2 of what I wanted to get done. Funny though, seems like a short summer, but also seems like years ago I replaced the metal roof on my garage/work area...and that was early spring. I also got the 18 x 38 shed reshingled, and the north side of the house rebuilt and finished (rebuilt framing, new windows, insulation , siding,trim).
We're still waiting for our busy plumber to come out and replace our incoming water supply lines. They were out last week and ran temp. lines bypassing the leak (which is under our shed). When they come back next week, we've got to cut holes in our new kitchen floor because there is no access otherwise.
I've started putting the last coat of paint on the house, and hoping to get that done before we leave for Phoenix. Yeah, I'm slow, but I refuse to spray paint a house, so it's getting done the old fashioned way. The new back porch, and finishing the inside of the new front porch roof area  will have to wait til next year.

[hiball3985]

Why do these things happen on weekend and holidays. I remember springing a leak on a holiday weekend, don't recall which one it was now, and spent three days replacing everything with copper. It seems like we are never finished I'm still working on things and I've been here for 35 years. The movie "Money Pit" always comes to mind.....