Awake: 6:43am Temp 35 sleep 7+ 21 sunny but cool overnight @ Issaquah, WA.
K & I were both a little sluggish this morning but still managed to arrive @ Nick’s condo before 11:00am. Today’s plan for the gang is to visit Little Howe Park; even though the name doesn’t imply, it is a larger park than the last one visited.
I, of course, choose to finish the radio project. Today I need electricity so Nick drives the VW into the big condo garage; brings out a long extension cord & wishes me luck.
@ 1:30 a lunch break opportunity; for Eriko’s meals, how could I refuse?
Back on the radio job, the driver’s side rear wires on the door were both broken; probably from yrs of door opening & closing. Tricky as it was, the wires took solder & I wrapped them both with electrical tape. How long will they last? I don’t know. Using the triple “A” battery method of speaker check proved that this speaker is workable. Next the challenge of routing (2) wires: a (12) volt & a good ground wire through the firewall up & out of the radio recessed box. This took some time; luckily there were some dead wires throughout the trunk from the kaput alarm system that I could use; plus, a healthy wire from the positive battery post that was already fed through the firewall & long enough that I used it & attached a ground wire with tape to feed both of them up & into the recessed radio box. After more soldering & taping of wires to the radio, I press the radio’s on button & voila, there is music from (2) speakers; not quite stereo but it was crisp & clear. It’s 4:30 now so that’s close enough to being almost finished. I use the remote to open the BIG door of the garage & park the VW on the curb around the corner.
Nick calls just as I was entering their condo to wash up; they are finished playing @ the Little Howe Park & walking back to the condo. Kathy fills me in on the playground activities. She started by pushing Andrew on the swing for (10) min while Kevin was pushing Andrew for about (5) min. Then the boys & Eriko played in the rather large, black sand/dirt sandbox where there were several large trucks & other toys for them to use to build & move the sand/dirt around. Andrew & Jerry played a lot with Nick on several slides. A short spin on the merry-go-round gave the boys a little thrill before it was time to head back to Nick’s condo.
We all joined up at Dick’s restaurant at the bottom of Queen Anne Hill where we had hamburgers, French fries, & milk shakes; not the most nutritious food, but the milkshakes & French Fries were quite good. And the atmosphere was quite relaxed & kid friendly.
Before joining the rest of the gang at the Foote suite, Kathy & I did a little shopping on Queen Anne, looking for a fun activity book for Matthew to use on the airplane ride tomorrow. We spent the rest of the evening yakking & playing with the boys while snacking on chips & salsa that Melissa bought.
Finish watching DVR movie: “Edison, the Man” with Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart, etc. Sequel to YOUNG TOM EDISON perfectly casts Tracy as earnest inventor with passion for mechanical ingenuity. 1940. You creative inventors out there, this story has your name on it.
Lights out: 12:23am
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