As The Leaving Approaches...

It's the eve... of our Leaving... or close to it... as always with me, loose ends that need tyin' up, have a way of poppin' up and draggin' things out..

Was hopin' for Wednessday... lookin' more like Thursday...

Remember that camera we busted some time back? Well, Nikon managed to repair it, supposedly, good as new... for a lot less than replacing it with new... and it's supposed to show up UPS, Wed. afternoon... and we're expecting the acct. fellas to have the tax junk done on Thurday... so... we drag our feet a bit...

Got the repair of the 7 way RV trailer connector done... Geeze... And I gotta admit it... I made it a LOT more difficult than it needed to be. I hadn't gone to the dealer to look for parts... 'cause Dealers are badly overpriced... Right?...

Well... Not so much! Having trouble sorting out the wiring layout of that plug, and failing to find a reliable "After Market" RV Connector... I finally gave in and went to a Dodge dealer, figuring I'd have to take it on the chin... and just buy the whole dang $115 harness... only... I didn't need the whole harness... just the broken Trailer Connector receptacle... and guess what?... They had just THAT , and it was only $27!

... and it just plugs right on... no fiddling with the wiring diagram required...

So all's good right? ... Not So Fast!... it's me we're talkin' about ya know... Yup... screwed that up too! Bein' in an all fired hurry over the weekend... I'd cut the male end of the harness off, that plugs into the back of the RV 7-way... to wire on an after market receptacle, only to run into "issues" trying to figure out how to put the 8 wires... into a 7 wire plug! AAAARRRRGH!

... and to keep things interesting... I'd cut those wires off Short... uh oh... now I gotta splice that plug back on... so I can install the New... Replacement Receptacle... which is all I needed in the first place, and would have been a five minute deal... had I pulled the reins on that "All Fired Hurry!"

Well, end of the story is... I... juuuuuust barely... had enough wire left to splice that plug back on... and it all works... so the moral is... stop and have a cup of coffee... and think about things some more... before you cut!... and if Cut you must... leave yourself enough wire so you can back up and repair the damage you did if necessary! :o) Whew! All's well that ends well...

And now... a word from our Sponsor... Namely... ME! :o) This is the hard part for me... the "Commercial" side of writing and makin' a living... but... since the store's round here won't take a picture of my purty self as payment for groceries... or Diesel... a fella has to swallow hard an' just do it... Right?

That fancy book I told you about? A Matter of Honor ? Well, I got the editing done... I got it loaded into my distributors system... and that story of a Genuine Western Hero is Published! HooYa! Just follow that link, if you're interested. It'll take you to my main Smashwords page where you can see it, as well as the other three ebooks I currently have floatin' around out there...

You can download a pretty fair sample of the story... and see if you'd like to spend the $ to find out... the Rest of the Story!

Well... the V Star is sittin' ready to be loaded up onto the Cowboy II Motorcycle Carrier... as soon as my help arrives, to twist the winch switch! so I better go make sure everything else is ready... 'cause I'm makin' another video... of actually loading a bike on my Cowboy Engineered Motorcycle Carrier! :o)

... starring... Yup... Me! uh... and the V Star of course. :o)

On the Eve of the Leaving...
Brian

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