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Today at work was spent stomping out a series of small buy irritating problems, some new, and some that had been hanging around for a while.

Heading back out to dinner, we once again passed this tree trunk carving so I thought I’d get a photo of it.

Very nicely done.

And right next door to this a new small RV park is going in, with about 10 sites.  They’ve still got one or more pads to lay so we’ll see how it goes.

Getting to Floyd’s a little before 5pm, we both ordered our usual. In fact it’s so ‘usual’ for us they should just make a menu item just for us. That way we could just order a ‘#6’.

And ordering a #6 would get us a dozen raw oysters for us both,

2 Grilled Catfish Fillets with a side of Grilled Steamed Veggies for Jan,

and a bowl of Shrimp Gumbo, and also a side of the Grilled Steamed Veggies for me too.

Coming home we detoured by the nearby Krogers to get some Mega Millions and PowerBall lottery tickets. Tonight’s MM is at $243 Million, and tomorrow’s night PB is at $321 Million.

Worth risking a few bucks. You can’t win if you don’t play.

By the time we got back to Santa Fe tonight it was dark enough to see how well my new LED headlights work. I really like the ‘white’ light they put out. Really lights things up.

Tomorrow morning sometime we’re heading up to Brandi’s to pet-sit once again, but this time only for Saturday and Sunday.

Thought for the Day: 

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It was supposed to be rainy today, so it didn’t look good for my water heater flush project.

But as it turned out it was bright and sunny. So the flush was on.

As I mentioned before, this should be done every year, but with all the things going on last year, it got missed.

This is the procedure I’ve always used.

1.   Turn off power/gas to water heater. Be careful not to apply electric power to the unit until it’s full of water. Otherwise you can burn out your unit.

2.   Open faucet and run water until no hot water is left. Leave faucet open.

3.   Turn off water to coach.

4.   Remove the drain plug (the bottom one) and let a few cups of water out.

5.   Replace the drain plug and remove the T&P valve (the top one).

6.   Pour about a cup of vinegar into the top hole.  I use a turkey baster.

7.   Replace the T&P valve and tighten down.

8.   Turn the water back on and check the open faucet. As soon as the water is flowing smoothly, turn it off.

9.   Turn power to water heater back on and wait an hour or more.

10. Turn off power to water heater.

11. Open faucet and run water until no hot water is left. Leave faucet open.

12. Turn off water to coach.

13. Open bottom drain plug and let water run out.

14. Use your ‘magic wand’ to flush out all the gunk still inside the water heater.

You will be amazed at how much gunk will come out.

I got 4 handfuls like this, plus a lot of smaller stuff too.

The vinegar step and this wand are the secret to doing a good job on this.

15. Continue until only clear water is running out.

16. Replace the drain plug and tighten securely.

17. Turn on water to coach.

18. Leave the hot water faucet open until it stops spitting and spurting.

18. Turn the water heater back on.

You’re done.

I originally got my cleaning wand at an RV rally, but you can get one online here.

RV Water Heater Cleaning Wand

One thing nice about these Attwood water heaters is that they don’t have an Anode Rod that needs to be changed out regularly. Just that much less work and money.

Tomorrow it’s back to work, with our dinner at Floyd’s Cajun Seafood again.

Yum!

Thought for the Day: 

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