Monthly Archives: January 2011
Welcome To Texas . . .
Well, guess what?
This is what the Weather Channel calls ‘Mostly Sunny”.
Told you they lie.
But at least it was dry enough to finish installing the three wheel well flanges.
This is what I started with —
And this is how they looked when I was finished.
The last one, on the driver’s rear, went on with no problems whatsoever. However the first two, on the passenger side, were more problematic.
The problem was that the holes in the brackets mounted on the coach didn’t match up with the pre-drilled holes in the flanges. It almost looks like they were hand-fitted and drilled.
It would seem that they would have a jig to mount the brackets so they would match up with the holes already drilled in the flanges, but I guess not.
Michele Henry at Phoenix Commercial Paint did a fantastic job on the doors and the flanges last year in Elkhart. So if you’re in Elkhart, IN and need anything from a touch-up to a full body paint job, Michele’s the one. In fact, even if you need a paint job and you’re not in Elkhart, it’s worth the trip.
The clouds finally went away just in time for the sun to go down. But I did get these photos of the two types of pelicans in the area. This is one of our local brown pelicans.
And these are white pelicans. It’s the first time I’ve seen them this year. They look a little orangey, but that’s from the setting sun.
Now the sun comes out.
On another note I had been looking for another hose splitter to replace my old one that cracked and started leaking. I like using one so I can keep two hoses hooked up, one to supply the coach and one for a hose and spray nozzle. But I never found one I really liked since they all restricted the water flow, cutting down on the water pressure in the coach.
Then I found this one at Home Depot and I really like it. It’s a Vigoro High Flow Dual On/Off Valve and it was just what I was looking for. If you need one, check it out.
Nick Russell called about 6 pm to let us know he and Terri had made it to the Escapees Park in Livingston, TX.
He thinks he’s in for warmer weather here in Texas since he left Florida. What he probably doesn’t know it it’s going to be in the 20’s Friday night.
Welcome to Texas, Nick and Terry!
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Thought for the Day:There are millions of paranoid people in the world…and they are all out to get me.
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Bingo and Turkey Vultures . . .
Well, today was supposed to be nice, perfect for working outside on rig stuff. But, once again…
They lied!
It was really overcast when I got up, but after a while I decided to give it a try.
And, of course, as soon as I got set up and started working on installing the new wheel well flanges, it started raining.
Of course it did.
About 1:30 I headed up to Clear Lake to check in on a client that was having some problems. Then after about a hour getting him fixed up, I drove over to my doctor’s office to see about coming in early to my blood work done, before my appointment next Tuesday. So now I have an appointment to go by this Thursday to get that taken care of.
Getting back to the rig a little after 4, Jan and I headed right back out to pick up our granddaughter Piper for Bingo.
As regular readers know, Miss Piper had two wisdom teeth out last Friday and she’s still a bit under the weather, but well enough to play Bingo.
We met our friends Bob and Maria at Garcia’s Grill in Dickinson for supper, and then Jan, Piper, and Maria headed out to play Bingo.
In the meantime, I dropped Bob off at his house and then I headed up to Clear Lake to a client’s office to install the new 2011 UPS Worldship Shipping software.
And, lo and behold, the install went smoothly with no glitches. Very unusual, believe me.
I picked Jan and Piper up about 10:15, and was greeted with the news that the only person that won anything was Maria, and she was one of 13 winners of a $100 pot.
So after taxes, she got a little over $5. Bummer.
After dropping Miss Piper off, we got back to the rig about 11:00.
Hopefully tomorrow’s weather will be better. At least they say it will. But then they said that today, too.
On a different note, Jan and I have been noticing all the “buzzards” flying around FM517 about half a mile east of I-45.
Late in the afternoon you can see hundreds of them circling overhead, and then they roosting the surrounding pine trees. Soon it looks like the trees are decorated with large black ornaments.
A little research told me that there’s really no such animal as a buzzard. It’s kind of a generic name for vultures, and even some hawks and other raptors.
A little more Googling told me that these are Turkey Vultures.
The main difference between Turkey Vultures and Black Vultures is the Turkey Vulture has a red head, and the Black Vulture has a grey head.
It’s hard to tell from the last picture of two vultures sitting in the tree, but their heads are red.
I haven’t been able to find anything about why they roost in that area. It’s right along a 4 lane street and next to a city park. I can’t imagine there are a lot of dead bodies in the area.
At least I hope not.
More tomorrow…
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Thought for the Day:”Adventure” is somebody else having a miserable time someplace far away.
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