Monthly Archives: June 2013
Reddd Robinnn . . .
YUMMM!
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First up, check out these Five 3D-Printed Objects That Will Blow Your Mind, including 3-D printed pizza.
About noon I went outside and finished up the last part of my water works by replacing my Water Inlet Check Valve with one that has an actual working check valve.
About that time the park maintenance guy showed to replace the vacuum breaker on our shore water hose bib.
A couple of days ago it started leaking slightly and has gotten worse every day, so I called them this morning to replace it.
Hopefully this takes care of all my remaining water-related problems.
Later, a little after 2pm, Jan and I headed into Bend for some sightseeing and dinner. We wanted to make the drive up to the summit of Pilot Butte, another lava cone like our Lava Butte visit that I reposted a couple of days ago.
At 500 ft, and just about a mile from downtown Bend, it’s the highest point in town. But our drive to the top was not to be.
The road to the top was closed, with no reason given. So we headed a little further down the road to the location of the Pilot Butte Trailhead, the starting point for those who want to make the 1 mile walk to the top.
What we found was Pilot Butte State Park, a very nice park,
But what was unusual is that this State Park has Bob and Sue, the Park Hosts.
Unfortunately they were ‘Off Duty’, so we weren’t able to find out if they knew why the road was closed. But we ask a couple who were just starting their walk to the top and they had no idea.
So giving up on our drive to the top, we headed over the Old Mill District to have dinner at Red Robin in a beautiful location right along the Deschutes River.
After really good burgers and fries, we headed over to Fred Meyer for a few groceries, and then a little further down the highway to a produce stand for some of the delicious fresh cherries that are in season here right now. And this was what was parked nearby.
I’m not sure what this guy was trying to accomplish here. And I’m not sure if it’s even drivable or floatable?
Not sure right now what’s on the schedule for tomorrow. Maybe nothing.
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Thought for the Day:
Resistance is futile – if less than one ohm.
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Finally . . .
I’m really getting pretty sick of this water filter / drinking fountain upgrade, I got the new compression ferrules last night and then this morning I redid the connections, turned the water back on, and both were leak free.
But I just had to take it one step further. As long as we’d had the coach there has always been a very slight leak underneath the cabinet. Not enough to make it wet there, but just a little damp. I watched things for a few minutes but saw no leaks, so I put down some newspaper to show up any leaks. And checking back in a couple of hours showed me one drop had fallen, and based on its position, it was coming off one of original quick-disconnects that was used by the old inline water filter.
So after checking the connector about every 15 minutes for about an hour I finally saw a drop forming at the threads where the plastic disconnect screws into the brass 1/4” tubing compression fitting. So I decided that just tightening the connector a little bit would probably fix the problem.
SNAP!
Well, at least I now knew why the joint was leaking. The plastic threaded part of was already cracked and leaking and snapped off when I tried to tighten it. In the photo below, the center connector was threaded into the brass connector on the left and that’s what snapped off.
So about 1:30 I headed back down to the hardware store (I now seem to be on a first name basis with everyone there.), but they didn’t have what I needed. So it was off to the Home Depot up in Bend. And there I found that these quick disconnects aren’t stocked anymore, but they could order me some. Bummer!
But then I realized I didn’t really need the quick disconnects anymore because the cartridge system itself is a self-sealing quick-disconnect type.
So I just got a 3/8” to 1/4” quick connect and headed home.
Getting back home, it only took me about 5 minutes to install the quick connect and wrap up the project,
Finally!
For supper we had another heaping helping of Jan’s great chili, with corn tortillas, cheese, and crunchy tortilla strips. Mmm, mmm, good!
Grace Nadeau, our son-in-law Lowell’s niece, posted this photo of her daughter Zoe, Landon’s 2nd cousin.
Is she a cutie, or what?
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Thought for the Day:
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity." – Robert Heinlein
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