And... we have an awning!!!!

We were a little concerned/disappointed that no one came to get Gracie first thing on Friday morning, 

... well... not *everyone* was concerned... Miss Kitty was working on her tan in the driver's seat...

but they took Gracie in before noon (at which time Miss Kitty was locked into the bedroom to her great frustration) and the technician started work on the awning installation:

Chris starts work on the supports

We headed out for lunch -- got takeout from Ono Hawaiian BBQ -- Kalua Pork with Cabbage - YUM!

One support arm installed... progress seems to be slow...

Later in the afternoon, 3 technicians were working on it.

Looks like things are moving along...

Wow, there's an awning on there!

We got Gracie back about 6pm in the "camping" area... there's an awning on her now!

There it is deployed!

Wow - it is really high!

This is the first time I've seen Gracie with an awning (she has been awning-less since October, 2019 when the original awning was torn off in a wind gust near Cheyenne, Wyoming, when Carl was driving through with his daughter and grand-daughters). 

A picture of the awning in October, 2019, after the hardware had been ripped off by the wind, but before Carl and his daughter cut the fabric off.

We have some adjustments that we want to make to it -- we'd like for it to be not quite so high, but not sure whether we can adjust it much given that it needs to clear the slide and now the slide topper too. We honestly don't know how much we will use the awning - there are so many stories about folks leaving them deployed on a calm day and a storm blows in and rips it off - so we know never to leave the rig with the awning deployed. Even when you are right there, sometimes a micro-burst of wind can come through and damage the awning...

We were so glad to get this completed! Even though it was pretty late in the day, we headed out to Venture Out, arriving and getting parked by about 8pm. Note to self: do NOT come back to Venture Out after dark if you can avoid it! Getting the rig in the spot with flashlights is challenging! But, it is good to be back "home", at least for a short time.