As was posted yesterday, TURD is repaired for now, and it's time to try a
cruise.  Later this morning she should be packed and ready to go.  It was a
real treat to take my 5yr old daughter for a trip to Dog and Suds for lunch
today.  She deserved a treat after helping her dad clean the interior of
the camper.

It turns out that the funny smell was a tootsie-pop that had melted in the
cabinet.  Lucky for us, it was on a paper plate so the clean-up only took a
few seconds.  Ahh, the joy of kids <sigh>.  The water tank is still empty
and the camp batteries are now on the charger.  We'll see how well they
held up over the winter.  Even if they are toast they were cheap and a new
source is available.

By noon TURD should be on her way from Aurora, IL to Oshkosh WI as a
shakedown cruise.  It's probably a good idea to get her out before leaving
for a week or so on the road with the entire family counting on her not
leaving us stranded somewhere in the U.P. of Michigan.  I have a few cell
phone numbers with me for the trip, plus a bently and a pile of parts and
tools to take with.  If I have them I probably won't need them (Murphy's
Law).  But then again Murphy states that the only part to act-up will be
one I don't have, can't get, or don't have the tool to replace.  Since we
just got a new (to us) dog, Sir Rumplemintz the Unsettled (the dog) will be
coming with me.  Daughter 1 is spending the weekend with a friend, Daughter
2 is going to the Kendall County Fair with the monster-in-law, and the wife
has no desire to be trapped in TURD until it has proven itself.  If anyone
needs DBG stickers, I'll have them with me in the bus from now on.  Find
the TURD and you've found the large window stickers.

See you all around the campfire

Chris Smith
Head Slave