Day 15 (Wednesday, July 27) -- The landlord came over and fixed the moldy door, the hole in the ductwork, and the dryer vent. He also took a cabinet full of stuff that they had missed when moving out and a hutch in the dining room.
We had found out when we signed the lease that the rental company isn't like the ones we had rented from with in Eugene; they had been the ones who we paid rent to, and who took care of maintenance, etc. This company only handles advertising and finding a renter, after we sign the lease we work directly with the owner. This had us worried b/c one of the reasons we picked this place was that the company was so friendly, and we weren't happy to find out that we would instead be working with a complete stranger. But now that I've met him, he also seems good, and very prompt about fixing problems.
Also, we decided to go with a PO Box instead of having a mailbox installed. So if you want to mail anything to us, don't send it to our street address.
We had planned on exploring this afternoon, but after stopping at the grocery store in Blairsville, the truck wouldn't start. Jumping it didn't work, nor did bypassing the solenoid, so we had to go get a new battery. Fortunately, there was an auto parts store right across the highway. We carried the new battery about 1/4 mile in the hot sun, and installed it, but it still didn't start. A baptist deacon stopped by and looked at it, then had us try bypassing the solenoid again and it worked. Initial diagnosis: bad battery AND bad solenoid at the same time. What luck... if that had happened a few days ago we might have been stuck in the middle of nowhere in 105-degree Texas, or maybe even Death Valley! As the deacon left he told us he hoped to see us in church at 6:30 tonight, but fortunately we didn't get the replacement solenoid installed and working until 7. Maybe we'll visit church next week.
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