---returning rental mini-van
---Dan making a dump run & plastics recycling run; normally we can go over two months before needing to do this; but with five adults & two diaper wearing kids in the house, we couldn’t wait
---more gardening/landscaping by Corrie; plus she continued cleaning & restaining of the large deck
---eating all the leftovers from the kids/grandkids visit
---Dan still getting the workshop to his liking
---mowing
---medical appointments
On Thursday, 26JUN, Dan volunteered once again at Habitat for Humanity, while Corrie ran errands. Since we were out of the house most of the day, we locked Gumbo in his kennel. Since he has escaped from the kennel twice before, we used bungee cords in addition to the kennel locks. Once again he escaped & was waiting by the door for our return!?!?
Saturday, 28JUN, we took Rebecca’s new kid car seats used for her recent visit, into Amtrack in Everett for shipping back to her husband Raymond in Sierra Vista, AZ. Then Raymond would drive the two car seats back to Houma, LA, after his Army training was done. Why Amtrack? Because it is by far the cheapest, as we were surprised to learn!!! Originally both car seats were shipped “for free” after internet purchase to Sultan, WA. We had saved original boxes & figured shipping to Houma, LA, would be reasonable?
Turns out UPS, Fedex, & Post Office wanted over $110 per box! Neither UPS nor Fedex would explain how delivery for a company was little or no cost, but a customer had to pay almost the whole purchase price to ship? Next try was Greyhound & they wanted $55 per box. Last try was Amtrak, who would ship three packages under 50 pounds total weight, for $50 total! The drawback is you must deliver to an Amtrack station & pick it up at an Amtrack station. And not all Amtrack stations handle packages; which meant Raymond had to drive an hour north to the Amtrack station in Tucson, AZ, for pick-up. Anyway, with some reluctance we handed them over to Amtrack & they made it:)
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