Random thoughts

My sister, Jan, thanks to the arrival of Giovanni (6 lbs 8ozs) this morning, is now a great-grandmother.  Holy cow!  Both mom and son are doing well.  

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John says we have hit a technical glitch area here in Gunnison.  See what you think:

1. Both of our small electric portable heaters (have had for 2 years or so) died within the last three weeks (since we have been here in Gunnison).
2. In an earlier post, I mentioned that our Motosat satellite for both internet and TV had a brain aneurysm.  Even with support from Motosat, we could not get it to stop going around and around and lock on to a satellite.  Motosat support gave up so did I.  So I cancelled our service.  Interestingly, they weren't at all interested as to why I cancelled.  No decision on remedying the TV situation as our TV antennae works well here.  Working on internet access.
3. Yesterday, John's Kindle (Christmas gift 2009) died.  A call to Amazon's Kindle support confirmed diagnosis.  We can get a retrofit 2nd Generation Kindle for $40+ and a 90-day warranty or buy a 3rd Generation for $139 with a one-year warranty.  I just know if we buy the 3rd Generation, they will shortly come out with the 4th Generation.  No decision on which direction to go as John can read from his iPhone for now.
4. Truck's engine light came back on, went off, and then came back on in the past few days.  We are thinking that it is related to poor quality diesel in the area.  The service tech at Ford in Montrose mentioned it and we have read it several times as well.  We used a different fuel source when we filled up yesterday morning and the light went off yesterday afternoon.  Light came back on later this morning.  We will give it three cold starts once again and will use a different fuel source for the next fill-up.  Who knows, we maybe going back to Montrose to visit the Ford Service Dept.

All I can say is enough already!

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John and I found a spot on the Gunnison River were you can watch watercraft go over some rapids.  After putting our hands into the water, we most certainly would not want to get dunked in the river - very cold. 

First set of rapids

 2nd set of rapids

 3rd set of rapids

 Rafters having fun going over rapids #2 and #3

 This is what happens when your raft doesn't make it over the first set of rapids.

Thankfully the three guys were fine but cold, wet, and lost all their gear.

So much for my random thoughts for tonight.