Awake: 5:48am Temp 45 Intermittent rain, then partly cloudy
Overnight @ Nicktown.
We report @ 8:03 am @ the Footes for working on the Space Pak today. It
took more time than I expected to cut those threaded rods which allow the
3 or 4” of adjustment when using the turnbuckles. We set the air handler
on Kevin’s platform, lined it up with the pre-made cutouts in the attic
wall, adjusted the turnbuckles & it appears that our measurements will
work out fine.
During my time of cutting & adjusting rods, Kevin continues on cutting 12”
holes thru another wall on this 3rd floor….his goal will be 4 walls in a
straight line leading to above the BIG bathroom on the 2nd floor.
Around 2:00pm we realize our manual instructions highly suggest that we
have an alternate drip pan under the air handler in the event that the
unit sweats on the outside. After much discussion, we both agree on having
a sunken drip pan in the floating platform but someone else will have to
make it. Several phone calls later leads us to the Cline Company, about a
35 min drive. Before we leave, Kevin measures twice & cuts once….the
center section out of his platform where the drip pan will be located when
finished.
We describe to Dave with measurements what we would like to have made
using galvanized tin. Dave can do it & maybe have it done by tomorrow.
Back to the Foote house & then back to our motorhome by 5:30pm.
During our work time upstairs @ the Foote house, Melissa, Kathy & the boys
drive to the Yarnick Farm & buy some real Maple Syrup, fresh veggies &
fruit. Later K works in the Foote garden: pulling out weeds & some Rose of
Sharon plants. She also spent time playing with Matthew & holding Andrew.
7:00 dinner: Leftover eggplant parmesan, broccoli, salad & toast.
Evening movie from satellite: “Downfall.” It deals with the last days of
the Third Reich with Hitler & his minions cowering like rats in their
bunker while their world disintegrates around them….in German with English
sub-titles. Absolutely Fascinating!
High temp=? Lights out: 10:52pm
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