The scoop...

Linda has been picking up shifts everyday this week. Last night she worked an overnight shift in Harrisburg and then got a call to work 3-11 here in Chambersburg today so she took it. She works the same shift tomorrow night in Harrisburg again and that is all she has taken so far. They have asked her to work beyond that but until we know if we're leaving next week, the week after or a later date, it is hard to know what to tell them so she'll take it day by day. Nurses seem to call off pretty regularly so it has worked out well so far.

Yesterday before work we took a quick trip down to Winchester,VA to Camping World to look at some items. We knew that Linda was going into work later that night and considered going today instead but thought, what the heck, we'd go on Thursday. Turns out that was a good thing as there was a really bad accident on 81 south this morning that shut the highway down for 10 hours. A car collided with a tractor trailer and the truck, loaded with fuel, burst into flames and even spilled alot of the fuel on the highway. Area residents were evacuated and the driver of the car that caused the accident left the scene of the accident.

Not much else going on here. Had a clear, sunny day so I mowed the lawn where we have the rig parked. Watched a city worker out front of our rig this morning open up the manhole cover that I mow around so was curious what he was doing. Turns out it's a sewer clean out point and the top half of the sewer line has been cut away so he can put a high pressure water hose inside the line to flush it out. All of the waste water can be seen as it runs down the exposed pipe. When he turned the water hose on, wow, was it forceful....I stepped back as it sprayed up a bit out of the manhole. He can extend that line up to 500 ft up the street inside the sewer line and it cleans out all sorts of things. He said he's found sheets, towels and even watches come out of the line when he flushes it. I was surprised that it wasn't messy or smelly at all in there but I suppose it helps that he does this on a monthly basis to keep it clean. It was interesting to see and good to know. You never know when you might need access to a sewer line... :)