Saturday 3 May 2008

The final countdown .... probably

Well, we leave a week tomorrow into the unknown, or the relative luxury of
Kruger, depends how you look at it. I just hope the weather improves, wet
and cold here in sunny South Africa today. Not very convenient as I was
planning a day of DIY on the truck. Thankfully though I managed to get the
majority of the jobs ticked off before the wet stuff started to fall after
lunch. The kitchen cupboard is now fully installed with all the essential
bits and bobs fixed in, a photo will follow as and when the sun decides to
visit us again. Solar power is also fully installed and is probably working,
hard to tell when there is no sun in the sky!!
Our knock is still knocking, Toyota were unable to find the problem, which
is not surprising as the weather last week was hot and sunny and the knock
only knocks when it is cold, like it is now. So we will have to revisit that
one this coming week and try and get a resolution on it, might even try and
fix it myself. Oh, and thanks to our first rain since we have had the canopy
fitted we have found out that it leaks!! We are already booked back in to
Alu-Cab, the ones who made it, on Monday to have a couple of other problems
fixed, so they will have to sort out the water ingress too!! Apart from that
all is going swimmingly, no pun intended.
Kaz, Rich, and Rebecca now have their truck back from Alu-Cab after a long
wait. I don't think everything is done to satisfaction, but they have gone
down to their place in Clarens to 'shake it down' for a few days. Not sure
if they will be sleeping in the roof top tent or their comfy beds indoors
though. Perhaps they don't wont to get it dirty before we head off.

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