Awake: 6:45am Temp 63 sleep 7+40 light rain, then sunny
overnight @ Nicktown.
Kathy leaves @ 7:50am driving the Suzuki to visit & help the Footes. While
Melissa & the young boys are off doing laundry, Kathy will be removing old
peeling paint from the bedroom window on the porch side 2nd floor, than
doing some light sanding on that window frame. After the Footes return
from doing laundry, Kathy joins them and Kevin for lunch. Kevin returns to
work and Kathy and Melissa take advantage of the nice day and walk with
the boys to the library. Tonight Matthew will have his first swim lesson.
Meanwhile, I attend the Koffee Klub meeting which lasted well over an hr &
was the best ever that I can remember. I wish that meeting could have been
filmed.
After my breakfast, neighbor Chuck calls: he doesn’t want to impose but,
if I have time, he could use a little help on unloading firewood from his
truck. “I’ll be over in 10 mins” I tell him. Chuck has done us many favors
& given us a lot of fresh veggies from his garden ever since we’ve been
hanging out on this property, so I welcome the opportunity to return those
favors whenever possible. Moving that firewood did take close to an hr
plus we did stop occasionally & chat a little.
Back @ the bus, I get out some heavy plastic sheeting, cut, wrap & use
twine to winterize campsite # 2 electrical box, phone connection & water
spigot. Next, I do as much as I can to winterize site # 1, but since we
are still using this site, I’ll have to finish that job just before we
leave next week.
Using my $5.00 Makita cordless drill, I drill one hole into both sections
of the imitation Swiffer Duster handle that recently failed after my first
fix. This time I cut a 1 ½ inch long & 1/8 inch diameter piece of copper
wire, insert the copper wire into the broken handle, load it up with
epoxy, bring both sections together & let it cure for 24 hrs. The added
stint should strengthen the duster handle considerably. Kathy returns @
5:30pm with a good & efficient work report.
7:25pm dinner: Leftover chicken stir fry, brown rice & mixed salad.
I continue watching the video from John B. on: “The Lost Airmen” & the
reclaiming of a P-38 fighter plane from 50 yrs of being buried 258 feet in
the Greenland Ice.
Today’s high=71 Lights out: 11:14pm
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