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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

> soothing my soul right now as I type this at the end of a day dealing with
> a broken universal joint on the backhoe. The 1554 makes it easier to mellow
> out and think of more positive things.


Me too.  I am thinking of where I can go paddle my new kayak.  Trying not 
to think about the catalytic converter I paid to have put on the pickup 
today.  It cost me about $75 to have someone else do the job while 2500 
miles away I have the tools to do it myself.  Of this travelling around, 
the biggest thing I miss is my shop.  If I had my shop I could fix the jack 
screws rather than buying new screws.  Oh well.

As mentioned as I was travelling around I was looking for a place that I 
might like to stay for a while.  I have looked over northern Missouri, 
parts of Iowa, south central Illinois, and eastern Kentucky.  I have looked 
over much of North Carolina and I like what I have seen.  There is a good 
local brewery scene and a couple of very good book stores.  Land east of 
here is not very expensive, good weather, usually sufficient rain fall.  I 
am no where near deciding where to park and there are some complications I 
have to work through this winter but I do like this place.


Don Bowen                          Awl Knotted Up

My travel journal
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html

My present location is the star on the map in the link below
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=35.588269&longitude=-82.629132