MMS Family Hayride and Wiener Roast

Saturday was the perfect beautiful Autumn day to have our MMS Family hayride and wiener roast. Our son-in-laws parents own some property by the river and they graciously let us use their land for a few hours to have a wiener roast and hayride. Jason made arrangements to borrow the wagon ,and chopped firewood and did a lot of preparation to make our time special. Jen did some food preparation and made hot cocoa (very much appreciated when the temps began to drop.)

Air Conditioner Service

Yesterday I felt pretty bad with a really sore throat. In spite of that, I had to go to the hangar for a short while to cancel a mechanic oral and practical exam that was scheduled for today. I grabbed the camera as I left the house, thinking I may get a shot of the final engine runs after the plane's inspection.

Tim is on the ladder peering into the nose of the plane through an open panel, monitoring the a/c system. The a/c compressor is on the right engine, so the left engine was not needed for this check.

On the ground by the left engine is equipment for doing a compressor wash. Washing the engine compressor section restores engine performance. It's accomplished by spraying really clean water into the engine's air intake while spinning it with the starter. Even though I didn't see it, I'm sure both engines got their "bath".

Another Birthday

Today is Dwight's Birthday. We celebrated early (on Sunday) so that family could be with us. As per Dwight's custom, he prefers a pie, rather than a Birthday Cake. So this year it was Butterscotch Meringue pie. The grandkids brought him a personal Apple Pie (another of his favorites) and that was a better choice for putting in a candle! The meringue on the other pie was too soft to hold a candle :(

Another Work Week in the Books

It was cloudy, rainy and cool most of the day, but the sun made its appearance this afternoon to end our work week on a bright note. Most of the MMS Aviation team focused on Gospel Carrier International's King Air inspection this week. You can check out details on the MMS Blog.

Before locking the hangars and heading home, the facility was cleaned and prepared for another round next week. Now, it's time to go home and cheerfully tackle the "honey do" list there.

After the Jarboe get-together in Lexington Saturday, Rena and I went to Mom and Dad's in Bowling Green for the rest of the weekend. On Monday we drove back to Coshocton. It was a beautiful day, but with quite a strong wind blowing. Fortunately, the wind was out of the south-west, which gave us a tailwind that really helped our gas mileage.


We stopped for lunch in LaGrange, Kentucky for lunch. At a bank next to the restaurant sat a service truck for Jarboe's Plumbing, Heating and Cooling. We thought it a fitting footnote to our reunion trip.

As far as I know, the LaGrange Jarboes aren't related to us. One would have to go back many generations to find a common ancestor. However, it is interesting to see our family name printed that large on the side of a truck.

Jarboe Reunion

Today we drove to Lexington, Ky today for a Jarboe reunion. Dwight enjoyed seeing many of his cousins and siblings.

Joe and Sam

Marvin, Mom and Dwight

Cousins with Mom and Dad.

Front row: Nancy (cousin) Dad, Mom, Pam (sister), Carolyn (cousin)

Back row: Eric (brother), Joe and Alan (cousins) Dwight, Sam (cousin), Marvin (brother), Don (cousin)