Auntie Violet Gets New Batteries

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8. 2011

(I was unable to get an Internet connection last night where we were staying at Honey Bear Hollow RV Camp, so am posting this on Sunday.)

Auntie Violet was anxious to make her stop this morning at Interstate Batteries on our way out of Indianapolis --

 Her bank of 6 volt house batteries was exhausted and worn out --

It was already in the high eighties when we got to  the shop and Forry quickly decided that the $75 charge for removing the old batteries and installing the new ones was well worth it --

The tech brought out a cart load of shiny new batteries --

And was Auntie Violet ever happy when they were all safely installed in her battery bay --

While we were at the Interstate Battery store, I also got a new battery installed in my watch!  I saw this on the wall of the shop when I went in to pay for it --

It took about two hours to get the whole job done.  From there we headed out via State Highway 31 towards our Monday appointment in Elkhart.

Today at Indy Lakes

It was a bit busier day today.  We got ahold of Stuart Service in Elkhart, Indiana and made an appointment with Chuck to work on our errant bedroom slide next Monday. Since we have a few days to get there (it'll only take one long day or two short ones), we decided to stay on here until Friday instead of leaving tomorrow. That way we can go to visit the Indianapolis Speedway Museum.  I thought Forry was going to go see it while I was in Washington, but...

We are starting to see more Fall color around the area.  This is the view today looking out over one of the ponds here at Indy Lakes --

Daughter Mary Mae sent a fat box of mail that arrived today, so I spent a few hours sorting through it and then paying bills.  Later this afternoon we took a drive to check out the Interstate Battery store.  We will be stopping there on our way out of town to have our six 6-volt house batteries replaced. On the way back, we stopped at the neighborhood China Buffet for supper.  I'd say that on a scale of 1-10, it was at most a 4.  It was clean and the food was hot, but everything tasted exactly the same -- and was deep-fried beside!