Eugene OR

We have gotten used to the noise here at CAT and have a good sleep.  But we are up early, ready and raring to go – we planned to get on the road early to avoid the heat wave hitting this area today and tomorrow. Well it didn’t quite pan out that way.  We hang around waiting for our account to be made up but there is a credit they need to have on a part and it hasn’t come through yet.... Kim spends the morning, making coffee, chatting to the staff and I spend it in the coach on WIFI, planning our next few days.  Come lunchtime-ish we bail to go get our paint - we’re part of the CAT family now so they trust we will come back to pay : ) 20 minutes later we get to API Inc. (auto-paint) and they are having a mini fair/open day with all sorts of suppliers’ stands and lots of food.  The team here are so friendly, we are invited to partake and we enjoy a lovely hot lunch of beef, chicken, rice, noodles, potato salad etc. and chat to the customers while the workers take photos of our paint to match it and mix it up.  Not long after we have the three different bottles of paints, clear coat, the spray apparatus and instructions….  I guess we will look at those if we go wrong : )

So we need to get back to CAT at some stage, but it’s seriously hot – 33 C+ so meantime we pull into our old favourite - Valley River Mall so I can get a haircut (not Walmart prices here - but a good result), have a little shop, have a big ice cream, all before we head back to CAT - there will be no shade there at this time of day so the later the better.  Eventually we rock up there, around 6pm, and it is hot!  Put the awnings out for shade and turn the AC on high : )

Nice relaxing evening, watch some Olyjmpics on TV, have something light for dinner and another very good day is done!