A new radio, No fly days, and packing for Bright

February 20-21, 2013

Mary Beth and I headed for Tamworth on Wednesday and the 10:00 O’clock appointment to get the new radio put in the Pathfinder.  It’s a Pioneer AppRadio.  It was on sale and seemed like it would do everything we need.  No CD player or external jacks except for your IPhone that is in the glove box.  No dials or knobs.  It only has a double DIN touch screen with GPS navigation if you have a wireless data plan.  This addition will probably will increase the value of the Pathfinder by 10 percent as long as prospective buyers have IPhones.


Before

After

I dropped Mary Beth off to do some shopping on Peal Street and then dropped the car off and headed for a coffee shop.  I spent an hour reading the owner’s manual for the radio on line and then another hour doing some window shopping myself before meeting Mary Beth and picking up the car.

The winds it turns out were too strong for flying so we had lunch at McDonalds and then I started looking for a replacement “Spottie”.  A stone cracked the glass lens on one of them.  Three stores and 35 dollars later I had the replacement.  I also ended up buying a cheap multi-meter to try and figure out why the remote opening key fobs don’t work.  Something to do on a no fly day.   I also tried to have a duplicate key made but had no luck. They could not cut the key accurately enough to work and it would only work to open the doors at the best. There is a special chip key needed if you want to do that and that’s $156at the Nissan dealer. 

We got back to the room and did a little organizing for our trip to Bright on Friday.  Then it was off to the Royal Pub for another beer battered fish and chips dinner.  After dinner we sat and surfed the internet and waited for the Possums to come out in front of the River Gums office. The temperature was perfect. Only a few mosquitos detracted from a very enjoyable evening.

Percy

Thursday the winds were still too strong for flying and it was time to try and organize a little more seriously.  We waited anxiously to see if Mary Beth’s glasses would arrive.  She has been enduring with her prescription sunglasses since her regular glasses were lost in the accident.   The 10:30 mail came and no glasses arrived.  That meant we could not leave early Friday morning but would have to wait in the hope that they would arrive.

I started packing the car leaving only the things we would need for the evening and Friday morning in the room.  Luckily for us Lee from the River Gums stopped by around 5:00 pm and with Mary Beth’s glasses.  It didn’t take long after that to switch into high gear packing mode.  Still we didn’t really get things ready till around 9 pm.  The Pathfinder is a little smaller than the Jackaroo was so packing is a bit of a challenge.  We just need to get rid of things.

Tomorrow we get up early for a day long drive to Bright, Victoria where my new wing is waiting.