New River Gorge – Day 7

13 March 2021

It was 55 years ago in 1966 when I was a freshman at Ole Miss that I went to Jackson to visit my cousin Jimmie who was at Millsaps College. She had invited me down and I decided I would take her a sweat shirt from the Ole Miss Bookstore as a gift. If anyone was like a sister to me, it was Jimmie. We shared so many childhood experiences. One of the great things in my life is getting back together after we grew apart as adults.

Why I bought her a black sweat shirt I have no idea!

Imagine my surprise when she brought out the very sweat shirt. It’s probably a collectors item these days since the university has gotten rid of the Colonel Reb mascot. I think it’s a bear these days. Like us, it’s a little the worse for wear but other than a few holes, still good.

After taking my jeep in for service (nervous about that) Stephen picked me up and we headed to get bagels for breakfast at Brugger’s Bagels. Their bagels are always a treat. I opted for an onion bagel with chives cream cheese. Stephen got an “everything” bagel with butter and an egg and he also picked up two cinnamon/raisin bagels for Jimmie. Thanks for breakfast, Stephen!

Later that morning, Jimmie and I walked around the neighborhood and later, we made my grandma Laura’s tea cakes. Jimmie and I used to “help” her make them when we were kids but in reality, we were better at eating the cookie dough. Yes, the dough had raw eggs in it and no, we didn’t die from Salmonella. Grandma Laura was a smart women. She knew to only let us cut out the cookie dough with cookie cutters and not really help in putting the dough together.

It was good to do this with Jimmie. I think the last time we did this was several years ago at my place in Fort Lauderdale. And yes, we ate some more raw cookie dough. Stand by for the forecast for Salmonella.

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Crown Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge is about 3 minutes away from my hotel in Greensboro so making my appointment time of 7:45 am was a breeze. They text you with a link that allows you to check their progress on your vehicle.

When I checked in this morning, Shawn explained that the minimum charge was $150 for each item to check. I had two items: check engine light and no a/c. I didn’t really get much of an update on their app until around noon and things really started to speed up. I was at first “checked in”, then in progress for “diagnosis.” Then almost immediately I got word that the work was completed, final tuning, and ready to pick up.

Stephen delivered me to the dealership around 12:30 pm. I was dreading to hear the cost. Shawn was busy but he told another service person to go ahead and release the car. The guy looked puzzled when he reached for my paper work. I was expecting the worse – a couple of thousand for repairs. I did, however, wonder why Shawn had not telephoned me with a list of problems that needed to be repaired. Jeep dealerships are required to notify you of any repair before proceeding.

The serviceman handed me the paper work. All zeros. They ran a diagnostic on the jeep and discovered it simply needed a reboot to the jeep computer system. It also solved the air condition problem. They didn’t charge me labor, none of the $150 minimum, nada, zero, zilch. Everything works perfectly.

If you ever need any work done on a Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge product, I recommend you to Crown. I think that if I ever need service work again, it’s worth the drive from Fort Lauderdale to Greensboro to get Crown to do the work. Shawn was very professional and courteous.

During our walk this morning, I told Jimmie I probably would not try to do a hike of Pilot Mountain on Sunday. With the weight of the jeep off my shoulders, I may reassess. I figure since tomorrow the clocks move forward, enough people will be confused about the time, I may find the hiking trails a little less crowded.

Stay tuned!

Author: searcyf@mac.com

After 34 years in the classroom and lab teaching biology, I'm ready to get back to traveling and camping and hiking. It's been too long of a break. I miss the outdoors and you can follow my wanderings on this blog.

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