Monthly Archives: May 2014
Two Bites. And Only Two.
Today’s our last full day here at the Colorado River Thousand Trails before we head over to the Lake Conroe Thousand Trails tomorrow morning. So this morning was also our last morning to have our coffee and muffins sitting outside with Mister.
One thing that’s funny about these times, is how Mister always likes to have some of our muffins. But only two bites.
I will pinch off one piece about the size of the nickel and he will eat it right up. Then I will pinch off a second piece and down it goes too. But never a third piece. If I pinch off one more, he will just ignore it and walk off in the other direction. Then the next day it’s exactly the same thing over again. Strange Cat.
After pretty much goofing off the rest of the morning, I finally went outside to install the new shear pin in the slide. I mean I can only procrastinate for so long, right?
I first pulled the slide in a couple of inches, and then measured both ends of the slide from the wall to the outside edge. This distance needed to be equal on each side of the slide to within 1/8”. But to get this set up, it took a lot of jockeying the slide back and forth, and then fine-tuning the position with the manual ratchet.
Then I used pin punch to align the holes between the gear and the shaft. But finally I was able to the new pin started.
Then I used the pin punch to hammer it home.
I’ll wait until we’re ready to travel tomorrow morning to actually try it out.
Keeping my fingers crossed.
Finishing the slide I got out my Air Compressor and topped off my driver’s inside rear dual. It’s always had a small, slow leak so I need to add about 10-15# every few weeks.
Later, about 4pm Jan and I drove into Columbus to have one last delicious meal at Los Cabos Mexican Grill. And, besides being so good, their portions are big enough that we both have leftovers for tomorrow night.
Coming home we made a quick stop at HEB for some salad fixings for upcoming meals.
Then later I packed away all the outside chairs and a few other things getting ready for tomorrow. Then it’s back on the road again, at least for 121 miles, anyway.
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Thought for the Day:
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
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Not Much . . .
Happened Today.
With the nice weather the last few days, we’ve sat outside with our coffee and muffins every morning. And today was no exception. The real problem is Mister. He’s an attention hog and just won’t let me alone.
Jan wanted to be sure that I pass on some information about her mammograms. Recently, based on numerous healthcare recommendations, she had started getting a mammogram only every other year. In fact, it had been two years since her last one.
And in fact, some sources are saying you can go even longer if you don’t have any family history of breast cancer, which Jan didn’t. Of course, now she’s very glad she didn’t wait another year. Things could have been a lot worse.
So she says, Get Your Mammograms Now!
Lowell posted this photo of Landon as they were leaving Starbuck’s. Looks like Landon’s not planning on sharing that Frappuccino he’s clutching. Hope Lowell got his own.
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Bad Dog!
Our daughter-in-law Linda posted this about their dog, PJ.
This guilty looking creature just ate 17 meatballs that were cooling on the kitchen counter. Guess who’s sleeping outside tonight?
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Like our friend NIck Russell, our son Chris also likes to fly kites. Here he and our granddaughter Piper are trying to get a big kite aloft down on Galveston Beach.
As far as today, I did pretty much nothing, just a few small chores around the rig. And no, I didn’t install the new slideout shear pin. But that’s for tomorrow before we leave here for the Lake Conroe Thousand Trails on Monday morning..
For dinner I fixed up another batch of Chili Five Ways, but like the last time, I used elbow macaroni instead of spaghetti. And as before, I added a can of Habanero Rotel Tomatoes and a can of Red Kidney Beans. Very spicy and very, very good.
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Thought for the Day:
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery – Thomas Jefferson
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