Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Getting ready to leave.

We'll be leaving Nairobi Friday April 30th. Will is busy selling off most of our household stuff, and Rebecca is finishing Sudanese work from Nairobi.

Saturday we will be busy. We're having a yard sale in the morning and a farewell BBQ in the evening. There may also be a softball game or two for Will but that has to be negotiated. BBQ moved to Sunday. Softball and yard sale Saturday

We've had many calls about the yard sale, Will thinks it's due to his brilliant advert. Kenyan's seem to love yard sales. Many have insisted on seeing the items before the sale. We've sold at least half the stuff before the sale. They even buy stuff that's broken. We've sold two broken folding chairs and a broken step ladder (for good prices, things can be fixed cheaply).

Frankie (the Rangie) still needs some work. The air conditioning system isn't holding gas.  The engine is overheating when pushed hard on long uphills. We're adding an oil cooler and have removed the thermostat and changed the water pump to increase water flow. We haven't been using coolant so that may help too. Will thinks we should be fine the way it is but would like to have it fixed if possible.  We're also putting the finishing touches on the interior. We removed the back seat,  put in tie downs for our refrigerator and other stuff, and installed a safe.