Jeep Repair

Jordon's Jeep would not run after a power surge so they brought it down to see if I could fix it.  I repaired the charger plug in, replaced the charger and battery, that fixed everything except the remote control function which they said was fine.  Josh, Jordon and Jacob stopped by today to pick it up.  Jordon gave it a road test before we went in the house.

Jacob was really interested in what Jordon was doing and kept a close eye on him.

Jordon went right for the box of Hot Wheels when we got in the house.

Jacob trying on the new Carhartt hat Vera had gotten him.  Debbie mentioned him needing a hat for his bald head so Vera got right online and found it, an early Christmas present.

He must like it, he made no attempt to take it off.  I had a good time playing a game of growling with him.  Vera commented that he is really strong.

I got the cowling area fiberglassed today.  The wood was splitting from old age so I filled the cracks and epoxied light weight fiberglass cloth over it.  I also got one door frame made, I used 3/16 steel brake line to make it and then silver soldered the pieces together.

Early Thanksgiving Get Together

Mik and Michelle at Parker's tonight, Debbie had to work on Thanksgiving so we had an early family get together.  Of course we forgot to take pictures until after Debbie, Josh and the boys had left because it was bedtime and the boys were getting fussy.

Michelle and Vera, Vera said her meal was good and just the right size.

James and I had a good time visiting.  I had shrimp fettuccine and it was great but a huge portion and I could only eat a third of it so I got a to go box.

Mik and Michelle brought us a poinsettia, it looks good in the living room.  It was a nice evening, it is always fun being with the family.

Not much going on the last couple of days.

11-15-2019 I walked over to look at Parker's new 5th wheel and he gave me a tour of it.  It has a nice layout inside I think they will really enjoy it.  On the way back I noticed the sun shining through the trees and fog above the house so I took a couple of pictures.

Sunday the 17th we went to church and they had a visiting pastor who played the guitar and sang.  The congregation joined in on lots of it, it was an enjoyable service.  I had a good time visiting with a couple of other members during the coffee time afterwards.

As we came out of church a fairly large flock of geese flew over, by the time I dug the phone out of my pocket and got it turned on they were a ways off but I took a couple of pictures anyway.  Football took up the rest of the day.

Monday the 18th we went to Vancouver to pick up my new partial for where the tooth was pulled last spring.  We stopped at Costco afterwards, then stopped at Rosie's in Woodland for lunch which was good.

Flying at Toledo

I took this Funtana to the swap meet but when we unloaded I discovered I had forgotten the wing joiner.  We decided that was a sign I needed to fly it some more so I put a new receiver in it and took it to the field today.  After flying it with some new high voltage batteries I am really glad I brought it home.

I got to test fly this Monocoupe twice today.  Dan had gotten it at the swap meet, he had Leonard tune up the motor this morning and it flew great!  This evening I did some more work on the Kitfox's wing struts and got the spoilers recovered and hooked up on the Bird of Time I got at the swap meet.

More Kits

We went for a mail run this afternoon, it was nice out, sunny and fairly warm.  I took this picture as we went home over Bond Rd.

I was looking in a closet in the shop and discovered four kits I had forgotten about on the top shelf.  They were all something I would like to build so I cleaned the boxes and put them back.

I have been working on the Kitfox's lift struts for the last couple of days and they are turning out pretty good.

Swap Meet

We were up early today and headed for the swap meet in Olympia.  We got there about 7:30 and as we were unloading an old friend, Rob, asked if we needed any help.  He and his friend packed more in one trip than I could have in several.

This is Rob on the left and his friend at their table.  Rob made me a couple of great deals towards the end of the day.  He has quit radio control flying and was getting rid of everything.  I ran into several friends and had a great time visiting with them.

This guy bought one of my planes, he had driven up from Grants Pass Oregon for the swap meet.  He was waving the "Make Offer" signs for quite a while.

Vera watched the table and sold several planes when I was out looking for bargains and visiting.  I did end up buying another Bird of Time just before we left when the guy marked it down to forty dollars.  I had a pretty good day, we sold four airplanes, four kits, a starter, a glow engine and a small flight box.  On the way home we stopped at the Napavine Arby's for dinner and then took Jackson Hwy the rest of the way home.

Loaded

I got everything I showed yesterday priced and loaded into the Mitsubishi plus a couple that were not in that picture.  Then as I was hanging up some other planes in the vacated spots I came across the Stuka I had forgotten to load.  I managed to get it fitted into the car before going in for the night.

Swap Meet

Monday we checked on the motor home, had an Arby's Burger, did the recycling and picked up some pellets.  After that I took out a dead bush with the chain saw, since I had it out I decided to fall a cascara tree that was dropping berries on the motor home.  That turned into a little bigger job than I had planned on but I got it done with a little help from Vera.  Today I sorted through my planes and kits to decide  what I wanted to take to the swap meet.  The picture is what I picked out so far.  Tomorrow after Vera gets home from bible study I will see if it will fit into the car.  If it does I have a couple of more picked out to add.

A great weekend!

We had a great weekend, we got to see all of our grandchildren and three out of four of our great grandchildren.  It started Friday when James and Malik stopped by after fishing at Silver Lake.  They are so much fun to visit with.

I also got the mower put back together and did some chopping up of the leaves.

This is how the lawn by the maple trees looked after most of the leaves had fallen off.

The mower had been steering really hard so I pulled the steering gear out last week and replaced all the plastic bushings with 3/4 inch flanged ball bearings.  I was showing Vera how I could steer with two fingers in this picture.

On Saturday I decided to clean the gutters but I was planning on using the hexacopter to blow the debris off the roof first.

I have five different drones and they all arm differently, but do you think I could remember the sequence for arming this one, NO!

I gave up on the hexacopter and got the Gutter Pro going, it was the first time I had used it and it worked great!

Jackie and Cora came by to hang out while Chris was working on a job close by.

Cora gathered up all the stuffed animals and made herself a nest on the couch.

Debbie and Josh brought Jackie's stuff down to her when Chris was done working and they had to leave and then stayed to visit.  Vera said Jacob really has strong legs and wants to stand up all the time.

He isn't crawling yet but squirms around to get what he wants.  He can almost sit up by himself now.

Jordon goes to the helicopter every time he is here, it got lots of use today as Cora played with it as well.  Sunday turned out great also, we went to church, then the Seahawks won an exciting close game.  I think every game I watched today went the way I was hoping it would.