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return false;" title="see a map">Map</a> + </div> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post-date" datetime="2017-03-24T01:41:01" itemprop="datePublished">March <span>24, 2017</span></time> + <span class="hide" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">by <a class="p-author h-card" href="/about"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></a></span> + </div> + </header> + <div id="article" class="e-content entry-content post--body post--body--single" itemprop="articleBody"> + <p>Everything accelerates toward beginnings. But then there’s that moment where things suspend there at the starting line, thin, ephemeral, balanced there with every decision waiting to propel you into the future. </p> +<p>Or, to put in another way, starting out is like being in that weird moment where Wily E Coyote has merrily run past the edge of the cliff and managed to keep going out of sheer blissful ignorance — until he looks down. Starting out is that moment when you look down and realize the edge of the cliff is well behind you now — you’re on your way down.</p> +<p>When I did it by myself years ago it was an exhilarating thing I likened to <a href="/jrnl/2005/10/twenty-more-minutes-go">swinging as a child</a>, but I won’t lie, throw three kids and a half still-broken bus in the mix and it’s not really fun or exhilarating; it’s a stressful nightmare. Nothing compared to what millions experience every day, but a long way from those dreams of carefree abandon you imagine you’ll feel. Or, in my case, that you have felt before.</p> +<p>For the better part of a week we bounced from hotel to in-laws to hotel to in-laws, all while the bus sat at the repair shop waiting on parts, some of which to this day have not arrived (do not get me started on this topic…).</p> +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-08_135013_last-days.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-08_135013_last-days_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-08_135013_last-days_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-08_135013_last-days_picwide.jpg 2880w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-08_135013_last-days_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-08_135013_last-days_picwide-med.jpg" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-08_135013_last-days_picwide.jpg" alt="Bus on tow truck photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-08_135013_last-days.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="I sincerely hope I never see this again."> + </a> +<figcaption>I sincerely hope I never see this again.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<p>Still, we did it. The house sold. For the record, we got our full asking price. </p> +<p>Some where in the middle of packing up ten years worth of accumulated stuff, selling off most of our possessions, negotiating with buyers, oh, and working full time, I managed to finish up the interior of the bus, laying the floor, refinishing the dash, all the trim and countless other little tasks. One day Corrinne called around to find someone to recover the seats and after a few people declined or couldn’t make our deadline we found someone about an hour a way who had a week between two big jobs and was will to take it on. I packed up the seats, drove to Atlanta and worked out the details. A couple days later I dropped off the bus to get the carburetor replaced, electronic ignition and few other odds and ends.</p> +<p>And then the house sold and we started falling.</p> +<p>We were forced to confront a problem most of you have not —where do you put your stuff when your home is at the shop? Answer: boxes? We shoved everything in boxes and stuffed them in our minivan, at my in-law’s house and in the storage unit we rented to hold a few items. The remainder we carted from hotel room to hotel room.</p> +<p>But you know, I’d be lying if I said it was all work and moving. We took time out to have a few last rides in the truck (which we’re selling). Crazy times are also good times to bend the rules a bit, to lighten things up. I’m not saying we did this, because I know what the internet parent police will say, but <em>if</em> we did all ride in the truck at once, using gasp, a single seat belt for three children, theoretically speaking, I bet it would have been fun.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-09_071126_last-days_IKbGZJ7.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-09_071126_last-days_IKbGZJ7_picfull-sm.jpg 750w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-09_071126_last-days_IKbGZJ7_picfull.jpg 1500w" alt="nothing to see here photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-09_071126_last-days_IKbGZJ7.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>We also took a day off somewhere in there to visit a friend’s farm so the kids could drive around in massive tractors. Heck, even Corrinne and I drove the tractors. How often do you get to drive something with a wheel that’s taller than you are?</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-02-19_161809_farm.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-02-19_161809_farm_picfull-sm.jpg 750w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-02-19_161809_farm_picfull.jpg 1500w" alt="driving a massive tractor photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-02-19_161809_farm.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Working farms, that is to say, real farms, not those little vegetable patches on ten acres that the hipsters have been buying up, are a healthy reminder that I’ve never really worked a day in my life. Not worked like a farmer does. It’s humbling just to listen to someone tell you about their day to day work on a farm. There are things I dislike about the modern world, but I am frequently thankful that I don’t have to farm.</p> +<p>Really the worst thing I had to deal with was having a home in the shop. One day I sorta half snapped and had the mechanic just put the thing back together as best he could so we’d have a place to be. So the bus has electronic ignition now at least, still no carburetor though. It ran well enough to get to the tire shop and get new wheels put on, but of course that didn’t go quite as well as planned, the new wheels are different enough that our spare didn’t quite fit. I did get to learn how to use a floor lift though, so not total loss. But I still need to get some longer bolts and get the spare mounted up before we leave.</p> +<p>But at least we had our home back, which meant we could get out town, stop hemorrhaging money at hotels and restaurants, which we promptly did, decamping to Watson Mill State Park for a week. 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But then there's that moment where things suspend there at the starting line, thin, ephemeral, balanced there with every decision waiting to propel you into the future.
+
+Or, to put in another way, starting out is like being in that weird moment where Wily E Coyote has merrily run past the edge of the cliff and managed to keep going out of sheer blissful ignorance -- until he looks down. Starting out is that moment when you look down and realize the edge of the cliff is well behind you now -- you're on your way down.
+
+When I did it by myself years ago it was an exhilarating thing I likened to [swinging as a child](/jrnl/2005/10/twenty-more-minutes-go), but I won't lie, throw three kids and a half still-broken bus in the mix and it's not really fun or exhilarating; it's a stressful nightmare. Nothing compared to what millions experience every day, but a long way from those dreams of carefree abandon you imagine you'll feel. Or, in my case, that you have felt before.
+
+For the better part of a week we bounced from hotel to in-laws to hotel to in-laws, all while the bus sat at the repair shop waiting on parts, some of which to this day have not arrived (do not get me started on this topic...).
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-03-08_135013_last-days.jpg" id="image-292" class="picwide caption" />
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+Still, we did it. The house sold. For the record, we got our full asking price.
+
+Some where in the middle of packing up ten years worth of accumulated stuff, selling off most of our possessions, negotiating with buyers, oh, and working full time, I managed to finish up the interior of the bus, laying the floor, refinishing the dash, all the trim and countless other little tasks. One day Corrinne called around to find someone to recover the seats and after a few people declined or couldn't make our deadline we found someone about an hour a way who had a week between two big jobs and was will to take it on. I packed up the seats, drove to Atlanta and worked out the details. A couple days later I dropped off the bus to get the carburetor replaced, electronic ignition and few other odds and ends.
+
+And then the house sold and we started falling.
+
+We were forced to confront a problem most of you have not --where do you put your stuff when your home is at the shop? Answer: boxes? We shoved everything in boxes and stuffed them in our minivan, at my in-law's house and in the storage unit we rented to hold a few items. The remainder we carted from hotel room to hotel room.
+
+But you know, I'd be lying if I said it was all work and moving. We took time out to have a few last rides in the truck (which we're selling). Crazy times are also good times to bend the rules a bit, to lighten things up. I'm not saying we did this, because I know what the internet parent police will say, but *if* we did all ride in the truck at once, using gasp, a single seat belt for three children, theoretically speaking, I bet it would have been fun.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-03-09_071126_last-days_IKbGZJ7.jpg" id="image-290" class="picwide" />
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+We also took a day off somewhere in there to visit a friend's farm so the kids could drive around in massive tractors. Heck, even Corrinne and I drove the tractors. How often do you get to drive something with a wheel that's taller than you are?
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-02-19_161809_farm.jpg" id="image-291" class="picwide" />
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+Working farms, that is to say, real farms, not those little vegetable patches on ten acres that the hipsters have been buying up, are a healthy reminder that I've never really worked a day in my life. Not worked like a farmer does. It's humbling just to listen to someone tell you about their day to day work on a farm. There are things I dislike about the modern world, but I am frequently thankful that I don't have to farm.
+
+Really the worst thing I had to deal with was having a home in the shop. One day I sorta half snapped and had the mechanic just put the thing back together as best he could so we'd have a place to be. So the bus has electronic ignition now at least, still no carburetor though. It ran well enough to get to the tire shop and get new wheels put on, but of course that didn't go quite as well as planned, the new wheels are different enough that our spare didn't quite fit. I did get to learn how to use a floor lift though, so not total loss. But I still need to get some longer bolts and get the spare mounted up before we leave.
+
+But at least we had our home back, which meant we could get out town, stop hemorrhaging money at hotels and restaurants, which we promptly did, decamping to Watson Mill State Park for a week. 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The bus was running much better, but I still wanted to replace the carburetor and get new wheels and tires before we left. Both of those things involved ordering parts and — my least favorite thing — waiting. </p> +<p>We tried to get back out to <a href="/jrnl/2017/01/wilds-of-winder">Fort Yargo</a>, but the campground was booked up the Friday night we were trying to leave, so we ended up on the other side of Athens at Watson Mill Bridge State Park. </p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-26_143813_watson-mill.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-26_143813_watson-mill_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-26_143813_watson-mill_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-26_143813_watson-mill_picwide.jpg 2880w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-26_143813_watson-mill_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-26_143813_watson-mill_picwide-med.jpg" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-26_143813_watson-mill_picwide.jpg" alt="watson mill bridge photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-26_143813_watson-mill.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-24_100234_watson-mill.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-24_100234_watson-mill_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-24_100234_watson-mill_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-24_100234_watson-mill_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-24_100234_watson-mill_picwide-med.jpg" alt="bridge photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-24_100234_watson-mill.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-24_100714_watson-mill.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-24_100714_watson-mill_picfull-sm.jpg 750w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-24_100714_watson-mill_picfull.jpg 1500w" alt="trees photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-24_100714_watson-mill.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>It’s a place we’ve been quite a few times for the day, but never overnight. But it has a river for the kids to play in and a small campground that no one seems to use — we slid in around dinner time on a Friday and there were plenty of spots still available after we parked. </p> +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-29_165837_watson-mill.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-29_165837_watson-mill_picfull-sm.jpg 750w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-29_165837_watson-mill_picfull.jpg 1500w" alt="chopping fire wood photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-29_165837_watson-mill.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Chopping fire wood the old fashioned way."> + </a> +<figcaption>Chopping fire wood the old fashioned way.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<p>The first night was a continuation of our “tent camping in an RV” routine. We still had no city water lines, no hot water tank and no propane inside the bus. I spent the next couple of days taking care of all that and quite a few other projects on the list. By the time we left a week later the bus was actually something like a real RV, with cushy features like running water (still just cold) and a working stove (the gas pressure is a bit low for my tastes, haven’t fully figured that one out, love to hear ideas beyond mine — that the regulator is a cheap piece of crap).</p> +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-25_111526_watson-mill.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-25_111526_watson-mill_picfull-sm.jpg 750w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-25_111526_watson-mill_picfull.jpg 1500w" alt="half finished bus photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-25_111526_watson-mill.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Seats? We don't need no stinking seats."> + </a> +<figcaption>Seats? We don’t need no stinking seats.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-26_080429_watson-mill.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-26_080429_watson-mill_picfull-sm.jpg 750w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-26_080429_watson-mill_picfull.jpg 1500w" alt="Livy in half finished bus photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-26_080429_watson-mill.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-25_114021_watson-mill.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-25_114021_watson-mill_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-25_114021_watson-mill_picwide-med.jpg 1170w" alt="unicorn helmet photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-25_114021_watson-mill.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Not that all we did was work. There was a river to play in after all. And a massive covered bridge to walk through. There were not, unfortunately, any paddle boats though. They’re apparently just too stuck in the mud for anyone to bother getting rid of them.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-26_153223_watson-mill.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-26_153223_watson-mill_picfull-sm.jpg 750w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-26_153223_watson-mill_picfull.jpg 1500w" alt="Livy Apple photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-26_153223_watson-mill.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-26_153405_watson-mill.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-26_153405_watson-mill_picfull-sm.jpg 750w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-26_153405_watson-mill_picfull.jpg 1500w" alt="lilah watching photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-26_153405_watson-mill.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>There is however, s stretch of rock to the far side of the river, about 50 yards down from the falls where you can, if your butt is up for it, slide down slick mossy granite at speed that, toward the end, becomes moderately alarming. The impact at the bottom is jarring, but it’s a fun ride and jarring or no, I couldn’t say no to the kids so up and down we went well past the point where my butt was sore. </p> +<p>After a few days the wheels and tires were in and I drove into town and got rid of the split ring rims that have served the bus since 1969. I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand I hate fixing things that aren’t broken and the rims were technically not broken. However, it’s nearly impossible to get tires for them in this country and our current plans don’t have us in Mexico until at least a year from now, which is further than I wanted to go given the dry rot on the old tires.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-29_171722_watson-mill.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-29_171722_watson-mill_picfull-sm.jpg 750w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-03-29_171722_watson-mill_picfull.jpg 1500w" alt="toy trucks photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-03-29_171722_watson-mill.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>On the plus side, the 195 R19.5 tires I put on add about 2-3 inches of more tread to every wheel and I absolutely feel it. The ride is rougher with the radials, but much more solid with the bus feeling more like it’s stuck the road and significantly less floaty. And that’s with the horribly blown out shocks we’ve got, I can’t wait to see how it rides with a nice fresh set of shocks too.</p> +<p>The carburetor story is significantly shorter and less happy. I got sick of calling to see if it had come in. No one at the shop ever called me and so we just blew it off. The current carb, while after market and basically a piece of crap, does, technically, nevertheless work. Most of the time anyway.</p> +<p>We were frustrated with the delays and tired of hanging around for empty false promises, so after a couple nights in a hotel in Athens, during one of which I nearly lost my mind stressing out about the condition of the engine and transmission, we decided to say screw it, let’s hit the road and figure it out as we go. 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The bus was running much better, but I still wanted to replace the carburetor and get new wheels and tires before we left. Both of those things involved ordering parts and -- my least favorite thing -- waiting.
+
+We tried to get back out to [Fort Yargo][1], but the campground was booked up the Friday night we were trying to leave, so we ended up on the other side of Athens at Watson Mill Bridge State Park.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-03-26_143813_watson-mill.jpg" id="image-298" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-03-24_100234_watson-mill.jpg" id="image-293" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-03-24_100714_watson-mill.jpg" id="image-294" class="picwide" />
+
+
+It's a place we've been quite a few times for the day, but never overnight. But it has a river for the kids to play in and a small campground that no one seems to use -- we slid in around dinner time on a Friday and there were plenty of spots still available after we parked.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-03-29_165837_watson-mill.jpg" id="image-301" class="picwide caption" />
+
+The first night was a continuation of our "tent camping in an RV" routine. We still had no city water lines, no hot water tank and no propane inside the bus. I spent the next couple of days taking care of all that and quite a few other projects on the list. By the time we left a week later the bus was actually something like a real RV, with cushy features like running water (still just cold) and a working stove (the gas pressure is a bit low for my tastes, haven't fully figured that one out, love to hear ideas beyond mine -- that the regulator is a cheap piece of crap).
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-03-25_111526_watson-mill.jpg" id="image-295" class="picwide caption" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-03-26_080429_watson-mill.jpg" id="image-297" class="picwide" />
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-03-25_114021_watson-mill.jpg" id="image-296" class="picwide" />
+
+Not that all we did was work. There was a river to play in after all. And a massive covered bridge to walk through. There were not, unfortunately, any paddle boats though. They're apparently just too stuck in the mud for anyone to bother getting rid of them.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-03-26_153223_watson-mill.jpg" id="image-299" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-03-26_153405_watson-mill.jpg" id="image-300" class="picwide" />
+
+There is however, s stretch of rock to the far side of the river, about 50 yards down from the falls where you can, if your butt is up for it, slide down slick mossy granite at speed that, toward the end, becomes moderately alarming. The impact at the bottom is jarring, but it's a fun ride and jarring or no, I couldn't say no to the kids so up and down we went well past the point where my butt was sore.
+
+After a few days the wheels and tires were in and I drove into town and got rid of the split ring rims that have served the bus since 1969. I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand I hate fixing things that aren't broken and the rims were technically not broken. However, it's nearly impossible to get tires for them in this country and our current plans don't have us in Mexico until at least a year from now, which is further than I wanted to go given the dry rot on the old tires.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-03-29_171722_watson-mill.jpg" id="image-302" class="picwide" />
+
+On the plus side, the 195 R19.5 tires I put on add about 2-3 inches of more tread to every wheel and I absolutely feel it. The ride is rougher with the radials, but much more solid with the bus feeling more like it's stuck the road and significantly less floaty. And that's with the horribly blown out shocks we've got, I can't wait to see how it rides with a nice fresh set of shocks too.
+
+The carburetor story is significantly shorter and less happy. I got sick of calling to see if it had come in. No one at the shop ever called me and so we just blew it off. The current carb, while after market and basically a piece of crap, does, technically, nevertheless work. Most of the time anyway.
+
+We were frustrated with the delays and tired of hanging around for empty false promises, so after a couple nights in a hotel in Athens, during one of which I nearly lost my mind stressing out about the condition of the engine and transmission, we decided to say screw it, let's hit the road and figure it out as we go. And so we did.
+
+[1]: /jrnl/2017/01/wilds-of-winder |