Showing posts with label BoggsMobile. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BoggsMobile. Show all posts

Monday, February 5, 2024

A Little Update

On December 29, the day I had the stroke, we were preparing to leave that evening for our first revival of the year. We were planning to drive to Tennessee that night, drop the bus in Vonore and drive the Jeep back to London for revival.

One of the things on the agenda that afternoon before leaving was emptying the holding tanks on the bus. The black tank was full. Obviously, that got put off a while. But after a couple weeks at home I remembered that it needed to be done.

Last Thursday was about 50° so Kelly’s dad and my dad came over and we accomplished the task. I did not do any work, I just kind of oversaw the work.

However, it was a milestone day because it was the first day that I have been down to the barn since December 29.  Kelly drove me down and I unloaded onto the concrete into the barn with my walker.

Kelly Jo cranked the bus, backed it out and they emptied the holding tanks. Then she backed up the driveway and pulled into the barn and they hooked the up electric.

As we were preparing to leave the barn I wondered if maybe I could climb the steps into the bus. I knew there was no way I could have done it even a week ago but I thought I would like to try it.

Against the advice of some of those or maybe all of those standing around, I tried it. There is a good handhold in the doorway and I easily climbed the four steps up into the bus.

It felt really good to be back home, but then I had to get out some way. That was a little different story. It seems that going down the steps for me is a whole lot harder than going up.

With a little coaching and a little effort, I made it down slowly and safely. I was thrilled that I had been able to climb up into the bus and I am looking forward to climbing those steps regularly in the future.

Friday the physical therapist worked me like a borrowed mule again. She is really trying to help me gain my balance and know what to do with all this numbness.

Between Thursday’s adventure to the bus and barn and Friday’s therapy, my thighs and calves have been hurting all weekend. I reckon that’s a good thing because it means I am working toward the goal.

I want to say thank you again to all of you who are praying for us and holding us up before God. I know he is hearing, paying attention and working.

We are looking for more good things in the future.  Thank you for reading today.

Davy

Friday, December 22, 2023

A Report On Our Home

We left the BoggsMobile at East Tennessee Luxury Coach and Jeff Rowe while we were in Nigeria. The bus is in good hands there and it needed a few things while it was being cared for so well.

The first thing on the list was four new tires on the drive axle. The existing four tires were installed on June 1, 2016, and had rolled 114,964 miles. Nearly 7.5 years for these tires is plenty long enough.



The two tires on the front were replaced two months ago and the two tires on the tag axle should be replaced in May. That will take care of all of the tires on the BoggsMobile for a while.

One of the other major items was redesigning the area behind the front door. We enter through the mid door and the front door has been storage for nearly 29 years and we have always wanted steps there.








This is as far as they could go with the time we had. 


That is an amazing change!

We want to incorporate some storage into the steps in some fashion and then cover them of course. The bus door also needs a way to open it and lock it from the inside. All of that will come in good time.

Another item cropped up while we were away. This is the shift pad for the Allison Transmission on the bus.


I have had trouble with the shift pad a few times in the past. There were occasions, in extremely cold weather when it was difficult to operate properly. I would have to push the button numerous times to get it into gear.

This problem was rare and it had been working fine the last couple of years. I knew it would eventually have to be replaced, but for now it was fine. While we were gone, Jeff needed to move the bus into the shop and it would not shift. It finally shifted into Reverse and would not shift again.

Unfortunately, there are no new shift pads available. Thankfully, there are companies rebuilding them and Jeff was able to get a rebuilt one. It is unbelievable how easy it is to shift the transmission with the new shift pad.

I am so thankful the shift pad quit at Jeff's shop rather than on a travel day on the side of the road or at a truck stop or rest area.

Each morning I was eating fresh eggs supplied by Jeff from his chickens. Yummy! That is a bonus.




Thank you for stopping by today.

Davy

Monday, October 23, 2023

The Weekend Dispatch 10/23/23

Our weekend was off to a great start by lunchtime Friday! That is a good sign that we are going to have a wonderful weekend! 

We enjoyed a wonderful meal and terrific fellowship with Pastor Leon Rich and Sis. Shawna Rich! I say this over and over because it is positively true. When it comes to friends, we have been abundantly blessed.






We had even more friends show up for the last night of revival at Redemption Holiness Church Friday. It was awesome.















We loved the whole week, but Friday night was the finale and we were sad to pack up to go. Thank you, friends, for having us and loving us.

There was no need to rush Saturday morning and that was a good thing since Friday night was a late one. The next revival was only 10 miles on the shortest course. We took the faster track in the bus and it was about 18 miles. We had some traffic backup because of a crash, but overall it was not bad.




We had a gift card to a Mexican restaurant that was given to us a while back. Saturday was a good day to try it out.



Saturday evening was Men's fellowship at the House of Prayer with Bro. Ronnie Baker giving a timely devotion. I failed to get a picture of the men but I did get a couple pictures of the food.



After the fellowship we carried in our equipment and set up. Some of the men helped us with that and Bro. Perry Burkholder connected us to their sound system.





Revival got off to a wonderful start Sunday with both services being well attended and the Lord helping us. We love Pastor Bill Parks, Sis. Melanie and these fine people and we are thrilled to be here this week.

























Thank you for stopping by today.

Davy