Where Has The Time Gone?

On Wednesday this pulled into our park right across the way from us; he had just been to the 50's Days in Grants Pass. Needless to say, a lot of the men were gathered to welcome him.

Later that evening our neighbor, Bob (the same one who got Cary started with the device to turn off the water from the bedroom...the solenoid, etc. and has now gotten him into a different water softener testing kit or something...thank you, Bob, Cary can't find enough to keep him busy now...but I digress) provided the entertainment with his drone and camera attached.

 He flew it over our trailer and assured us the roof was still pretty clean!

The new water filter

The much anticipated solenoid...

One of the few times Cary is sitting down here...he made many, many trips to Ace Hardware getting just the right attachment(s?).

Thursday our neighbor, Jane, who owns (ed) the cute Airstream trailer in the park, gets her much anticipated new Bighorn 5th wheel! It came from Grants Pass (a professional driver brought it over).

Jane helped guide him into the spot, just two over from us.

 

Cary helped move her cat toy over.

 

He spotted a big TV in a box in her former spot, asked what she was going to do with it. She was willing to sell it to us--ours was kind of wonky since one time on the trip we failed to strap it down. Cary is currently trying to set it up. It is a smart TV. Last night I managed to change the channels on our old TV with the remote to her TV! Since we always mute the commercials, it took me awhile to realize what I was seeing was not a commercial for a Mel Gibson movie!

The old one

 

The new one

 

Success!

 

Our Last Monday

Because we are parked under a large tree, a substantial amount of needles and sap have accumulated on the roof of the trailer. Cary is up there with broom, mop and bucket of cleaner.

 

 

Not that I would be much good should he slip and fall, but I did want to be outside the trailer at least while he is up there.

 

 

He thought it would take a couple of days (I knew better after all these years), but he will probably just have to go up to sweep off some needles before we leave next week. You would think the wind the last few days would take care of that!

 

 

I brought out my Kindle since I had successfully checked out some books from the Pima County Library, one of which is really interesting! I have to admit that I was pretty frustrated day before yesterday because the books were checked out, but not visible. And it is not like I even enjoy reading on the Kindle that much, but now it is the principle of the matter! The file extension of the books was different and somehow (I think by magic) I was able to download the proper file yesterday and I feel like a genius.

 

 

Later in the day I got back to something I actually know how to do--sew! This is about the sixth potholder I have assembled in the shape of a vintage trailer. I am at the point where I have ironed on the shapes, still need to satin stitch them on through the four layers, then wait till I get home because I didn't bring anything along to do the binding. Or...maybe I need to visit a fabric store...!

 

 

Work and Play

More prep to get ready for when the solenoid arrives on Wednesday--

Another picnic from Subway with grapes and a thermos of coffee as we watch the water and sea life from a bench on Pebble Beach.

 

Saturday after yard sales we went to the Farmers' Market for fresh squash and some yummy pastry.

 

Supper was more of the salmon tacos (I found some corn and whole wheat tortillas just the right size), with a creamy citrus cabbage slaw, calabcitas from the fresh squash, and some refried beans. I like the spicy jelly my daughter-in-law makes; Cary adds Pace picante salsa to his.

 

Friday's yard sales were great; an estate sale had lots of tools Cary needed, then we went back Saturday for more. We are usually pretty lucky finding things we actually need just when we need them--if we just didn't find things we didn't need...oh, well, that is fun too!

More Work Around the Trailer

To install a 12-volt solenoid that will allow us (Cary) to turn the water off from the bedroom, he needs to insert wires to the basement so they can eventually be run outside.

Here he is fishing them down from inside his dresser drawer to the basement.

More of the same.

If you look closely, you can see a white coat hanger that has been stretched out (hanging on the rack over his right shoulder) for the purpose of fishing the wires from point A to point B.

In the basement of the trailer the wires will be nailed to the bottom of the bedroom floor.

 

These were two 30-foot rolls of wire and he used all but five feet of each. 

If you have forgotten why he is doing this, or are just starting to read the blog, it is because of an earlier incident with the toilet continuing to fill after being flushed. We turn the water off when we leave during the day, and sometimes at night.

 

While he was doing this I cleaned out some drawers, was able to throw away or recycle lots of stuff we had been saving. The best part was I found a pattern that I thought I had lost last year! It had somehow found its way into a bottom desk drawer between a couple of notepads and souvenirs! I was afraid it was gone forever. This year I actually brought the fabric along that I bought to use specifically for this pattern, so now when the mood hits me, I am prepared.

 

Last night we grilled the salmon our neighbor gave us two weeks ago and ate outside. Tonight I made salmon tacos with cabbage (and a creamy citrus dressing), calabacitas, and refried beans. Yum! Lots of leftover salmon that will probably go in the freezer for another time. 

Where Does the Time Go?

A little more work on the shelf...

Eventually he will use those lines to put some of the copper back on (at least that is the plan now), and some peel and stick tile. I think.

 

We went out to the casino for the senior lunch buffet, but didn't stay: too few choices and none of them were to my liking! But this motorcycle and 1932 car were there, so it was worth the trip.

 

We went to Torero's instead!

 

 

I did not take this picture--got it from the Torero's Facebook page. The food was way too yummy!

 

Wednesday we drove to Grants Pass. The drive along the Smith River was spectacular. The pictures do not do it justice.

It was "Back to the Fifties" Days in Grants Pass, so we saw lots of vintage vehicles, usually driving towards us--so no more pictures.

Of course we had to stop here for lunch!

More gorgeous yellow flowers!

Bears were decorated in the old town area.

It really was the climate today, 85 degrees or so, but it had been very warm just a week or so ago for quite some time.