Kelli's here...Kelli's here...arrived safe and sound in Syracuse...right on time and everything. While we sure wish that things on the TUMBLEWEED were in better shape for cruising, we aren't going to allow that to ruin our fun. Here's the story....loud knocking noise in the port engine after seasonal replacement of impellers...further investigation has Craig (Ess-Kay mechanic) and Floyd convinced that it is a bad lifter...so motor is apart and top half of port engine is going in for an overhaul...hopefully, parts return on Tuesday...Craig spends Wednesday putting it together...that fixes the knocking problem and we cruise around on Thursday the 9th to check things out...then we leave here on Friday...with cooperative weather, we know we can at least get to Canada...and get Kelli to Toronto Airport for her June 14th departure...not exactly the cruising adventure we had planned...BBBBUUUUTTT on a different note, we will take a few day trips to show her some NY treasures...Niagara Falls, 1000 islands, and Cooperstown are on the list of must dos...she's listed as a driver on the Jeep Grand Cherokee rental...so she's a happy girl. We are in NY where the temp is in the 70s...so even though we are back to hiking the lawn to use the restroom...life is good.