To All Our Canadian Friends.
We hope you are having a Wonderful Thanksgiving!
October 12 & 13, 2019
Saturday was to be our last one here so we decided to ride over to Amherst for 5 o'clock Mass and go out to dinner afterwards. When I called the church to confirm the Mass Time I had a lovely chat with the pastor of this mission, he has two other churches, during our chat he told me about a place called Stockman's Bar and Grill in Amherst. He mentioned their Saturday night special was prime rib and he had heard good things about it. It was an interesting place, larger then we thought it would be, clean, and the food was good. The price was right so all and all a good choice. (Side note: meeting this priest in person he was just as friendly. Plus, this was a very small church and several of the parishioners thanked us for joining them.)
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| The ride through the country side in Nebraska. |
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| St. John Capistran Catholic Church Amherst, Nebraska |
We got back to the Stinger "B" about 8 o'clock and when I opened the fridge the first thing I noticed was everything felt slightly warmer then I thought it should be. (This is the lovely fridge we bought back in January.) We moved it from electric to propane and Tom went outside to make sure the pilot light was on, it was. Thinking maybe they had lost power while we were gone we decided to leave it on propane and see if it would cool down. About midnight we decided it was not happening. So Tom brought the two smaller coolers we have with us in and we moved what we could. Luckily, unlike last time, I did not have as much stocked in the fridge but just the same we did end up losing some food.
We left it on overnight, hoping, but it did not cool down. So this morning we decided to stay put and do some research about where to bring it. There is a service place about 15 miles back but the gentleman here at the park, without Tom asking when he told him why we had decided to stay another night, mentioned there is a service place back a short ways back, he named the place we were thinking of, and he told Tom he would not recommend it. There are two places in Cheyenne so we will head out early in the morning and hopefully be able to get into one either Tuesday or Wednesday and it will be an easy fix.
We realize in the scheme of things this is just a tiny little bump. Mostly it is annoying especially since the fridge is not even a year old.
So today was another laid back day. We did some more research on Utah and what we want to see. Our conclusion is there is simply to much to see in one visit.
Tomorrow we will continue our trek west and hopefully by the middle of the week we will again have a working refrigerator.
Today was filled with sunshine and blue skies in Elm Creek, NE. Hope you had sunshine, also.
We are glad you stopped by.
If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.
Hope your fridge is an easy fix. If your near Moab Utah, Arches and Canyonland Natural Parks are worth taking in. Safe travels.
ReplyDeleteSo do we. Thank you for mentioning those parks. They are on our list but always nice to have confirmation that they are worth the stop.
DeleteOh thank you for the Thanksgiving wishes, that was very sweet of you!
ReplyDeleteI think that is lovely that everyone in the small church welcomed you so warmly. What a special reward for your visit. :)
Sorry about the fridge, good grief. Things just arent made the way they used to be. Good luck with the repair.
Listening to Sirrus radio this morning, the dj said people in Utah should research the Sounds of Silence trail near Vernal. Too funny that you mentioned looking for things to see. It is near the Dinosaur Ntl Monuments.
You are welcome.
DeleteYou are right things just are not made the way the used to be. We actually left a 70 year old fridge in the basement in the house we sold that was still running.
That is funny we are going to try and visit the Dinosaur Monument so we will have to check it out.
Love that area around Cheyenne hopefully you get you fridge up and running again soon. And those national parks are amazing worth visiting.
ReplyDeleteWe are hoping the fridge will be any easy fix. Regardless, we are looking forward to visiting some of the National Parks and Monuments in Utah. We are following the route you and Suzie took a couple of years back. So thank you.
DeleteJust a hiccup, but I hope you get it fixed soon. The good part is getting to eat out a lot!! No dishes!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are right just a hiccup and there is the eating out with no dishes...LOL
DeleteWhat a great church! Nice that dinner worked out too! Now about that darn frig!! Hopefully it'll be covered under warranty! Ken and I were just talking about the many times we took the cab over to TN because we were picking up a tractor, most times we had to live out of an ice chest because the darn frig didn't work. After putting $$ into it we gave up. Hope it's an easy fix for you two! Utah is one of my favorite states and you're right, too much too see at one time! Travel safely my friends :)
ReplyDeleteIt was a very welcoming group at the church which made it nice.
DeleteThe fridge is under warranty but it sounds like only parts. I guess we will find out. We decided not to buy yet another cooler, we feel the 3 we have in storage are enough...lol...we do have 2 small ones with us, and are going to make do and not dwell on what we lose. There is nothing we can do about it anyway and in the scheme of things not such a big deal. Just totally inconvenient.
We are looking forward to Utah.
What a bummer. Hopefully it is an easy and cheap fix. Have a nice drive today.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Doug. We hope so too.
DeleteSure hope your fridge is a simple fix. The experience you had at church was the exact same experience we had at the catholic church in Ajo, AZ. Everyone was so friendly and many of the parishioners actually thanked us for coming to mass.
ReplyDeleteThank you, we do to.
ReplyDeleteWe have been to that church in Ajo. It is always nice to feel welcomed. We especially enjoy the smaller churches/missions.