We bugged out of the campground in Cedar Falls IA this morning at 08:55 hrs and headed west on US 20 to I-35 then south towards Des Moines. Weather was clear and warming. From the looks of my fuel mileage We rolled into Griff's Valley View RV Park at 11:25 hrs after traveling just 134 miles. This will be our home likely until around 1 Aug or before when we hope to be headed towards Ft Jackson South Carolina.
We quickly got set-up here in one of their shorter, back-in sites, because that is all that was available. I then headed home, about 9 miles, as I had a meeting with our HVAC contractor to survey and quote our replacement furnace and air conditioner. It turns out that Andy Roberts from Roberts Heating, Cooling and Plumbing in Carlisle IA served in the Iowa Air National Guard with me for six years! He was assigned to the 132d Civil Engineering Squadron power production section. I did not know him there but we have a LOT of mutual friends and so we talked 20% about my furnace and air conditioner and 80% about our experiences and comrades in the Air Guard!
Another connection involved with this project is my great friend and Norwalk Fire Department comrade Frank Curtis. Frank retired in 2021 as the Manager of Corporate Services at Plumb Supply Company in Des Moines. So he knows his HVAC and has a huge network in the HVAC world. It's great to have friends like Frank when you have problems like this while on the road.
So that is it for today. Since we are "home" indefinitely, this will be the last BLOG post for a while as our day to day escapades would likely be pretty boring to most. We will be actively working on the next phase of our travels, taking in some grandson's baseball games and various repairs here as needed. If anything noteworthy occurs we will update accordingly. Take care everyone!
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