Day 39 - Tuesday, 7/28/09 - SETTLED

We have to get the RV serviced - it's due for its 3000 mile check-up. We get Eggs Benedict for breakfast while we are waiting. What a treat.

Every time we go out to eat, we manage to stretch it to have another meal out of the leftovers the next day. Whether it's potatoes that come with an already huge breakfast or dinner rolls, fruit or vegetable garnishes, we don't waste a thing.

Sometimes it means being creative about resources. For example, combining leftover bleu cheese dressing and leftover BBQ sauce makes a nice salad dressing with a little kick.

Corinne decides she has to get her hair cut. It's risky, since she's just started with a new style and finally found someone at home in Ithaca who can do it the way she likes it. But sun, wearing hats and bike helmets have not worked with longer hair, and so she finds a place that does it quite nicely for only $20.

Corinne sells a high-heeled shoe business card holder and two photos to the owner of the beauty salon. She has just opened up and she is happy to have some more decorative items.

The young woman who manages a second-hand clothing store next door is very interested in my hats and high-heeled shoe bracelets. She buys one of each and places a special order for a hat and matching bra for Halloween. Corinne will have to rush that one, because she'll just be arriving home on October 18th, where her materials are stored.

Bob decides he'll grow his hair out long, cowboy style, and shave his beard in preparation for growing a handlebar mustache. Corinne is excited by the possibilities of seeing his cheeks and chin for the first time.

We both are exhausted. We take naps and catch up on our rest. It is 99 degrees, too hot to go hiking today, or too hot to be motivated to hike, anyway.