Jordon's Birthday Party

 8-15-2020

Michelle had made a quilt for Josie so Emmy came by for a few minutes just before the party started to pick it up.

Josie had a big smile for us, she is sure a cutie!

Jordon is with his great grandma just before the party started.

Debbie had provided a Mexican food party tray for dinner.  I tried several different things and they were all great.

This is Jordon while we were singing Happy Birthday to him.

Debbie had to give him some help blowing out the candles, I don't know what happened to the third candle.

Jordon was really excited about the Walkie Talkies he got.

Jacob was punching buttons on his like crazy.

There is the secret project I was working on.  A friend was giving stuff away because he was moving into a smaller place.  The jeep looked good so I bought all new electronics and batteries for it.  It took several days to rewire it and the boat we gave him so that was the big secret.

Michelle took this picture of him running it for the first time.

Jacob got presents also and his grandma was helping him open them.

Jordon is showing off his new xylophone to Vera. 

After all the presents were opened Debbie had Jordon go around thanking everyone.

While I was showing the motor home to Mik and Josh, Jacob wanted in and Mik took this picture of him in the drivers seat.

Jordon was getting the new transmitter figured out and ran the Jeep almost until they left.

Trip to Olympia

 

8-10-2020 Monday morning we made our weekly trip down to Fred Meyer to pickup our grocery order.  On the way home there was a wreck by Lions Pride Park that had part of the road blocked so I turned into the park to watch for a few minutes.  I took this picture while Vera walked down toward the accident.

It turned out the dark colored pickup had pulled out in front of the dump truck.  The pickup didn't look good but I couldn't see a scratch on the dump truck from where I took the picture.  This afternoon I finished waxing the front of the motor home and it turned out great.

8-11-2020 We went flying today, there were just 4 sets of flyers this time.  The yellow plane in the forward compartment hasn't been flown for a while because I broke the prop and didn't have a spare.  The props showed up the other day so I got it out today and flew it a couple of times then I put it in the shade of the awning.  A dust devil came through later and was blowing everything around, the plane got blown backwards clear out by the table but wasn't damaged.

The front turned out so nice that I set the scaffolding up to do the back after we got home from flying.

I went to Olympia today for a visit with Barry.  I made a stop at Costco, then Home Depot and the hobby shop first because I knew he had an early service appointment scheduled for the Jeep.  This scooter they have sitting on the coffee table is really cute.

Barry took me to the Firecreek Grill for lunch.  It was sure pleasant out on the patio with a view of the golf course.  The food is great and very generous servings because we both took enough home to have dinner with.

I had a really nice time visiting with Barry today and seeing what they have done with their house.

They have put their house on the market and it has been shown several times.  There was a showing today at four so I headed out shortly after lunch.  I took the slow way home until I hit Dairy Queen for a blizzard then I hurried home so I could have some of it.

Finally Step One is done!

 

I finished the four doors on this side and the top of the cab today so now I have the first step of the process done.  When Vera took this picture I was trying the next step which is wax on the area I cleaned this afternoon.

This afternoon I installed this insulation in the motorhome cupboards.  They get pretty warm when the sun is hitting the wall behind them.  Barry's friends Mark and Lynne did it to their motorhome and said it really helps.  I got the first part of the secret project done and tested it in the driveway.

Cleaning the MotorHome and working on a secret project

 

There was sure a lot of dirt around the marker lights.  I worked on them for a long time and there is still a couple of spots I want to clean some more.

I also took off that antenna that is sticking up right in front of me.  I put an FM antenna on the windshield that works fairly well.  I still want to mount a 2 meter amateur band antenna by the divers window in place of the CB antenna that is there now.  No pictures of the other project, maybe next weekend I will put some up.

A nice day of flying at Toledo

 8-6-2020  We went to the Vancouver Costco this morning and took advantage of the senior hours from nine to ten.  It went great and we were back home shortly after eleven.  After unloading I spent most of the remaining day loading up to fly on Thursday.  I had my pedometer in my pocket and we walked 4000 steps in Costco.  Of course I remembered I wanted some oil that was on sale when we were in the pharmacy and the oil was at the opposite corner of the warehouse.  Then Vera asked one of the Costco employees where the air freshener was and naturally is was clear on the other side from where we were.

8-7-2020

We got to the field shortly after eight this morning.  It was after lunch before I remembered to get the camera out and take some pictures.  The first thing I saw was a group discussing what repairs were needed on the boxes.

There was a pretty good turnout today, I counted 6 rigs there most of the day.

Ken was flying his P-47 Thunderbolt today and he made some great landings that had everyone applauding.

Teresa has just taken off with her Timber.  On the bench is my F-15 that I put the new fan into.  It flies and sounds great now.

Audrey is shooting a touch and go with Mt St Helens in the background.  It is nice to have the ladies flying, I didn't get a picture when Victoria was flying.

There is not much snow left on Mt St Helens.

After we got home I set up the scaffolding and started cleaning the top of the nose cap.  I found all kinds of dirt around the INTRUDER decals, I don't think it has ever had a good cleaning.

Motor Home Oil Change

 

8-3-2020 Vera was out taking pictures of the baskets.  We have been trying to decide which flower in this one smells so nice.  I think it is the small light purple one in the center.

Vera likes these red flowers.  I am in charge of watering and have done a pretty good job this year.  I have also been working on my little F-15 which had the fan blow up the last time out.  The new fan is a little bigger so I have had to do lots of grinding to make it fit.  I will be interested to see how much the performance changes since this fan is supposed to be an upgrade. 

8-4-2020 I finished installing the fiberglass fender skirts today, they were plastic before and some were looking pretty rough.

8-5-2020 I changed the oil and filter today.  I was surprised when it was much easier to do than the old motor home.

After greasing the front end I did the drive shaft U-joints.  It turned out there were four of them and of course all the fittings pointed different directions.  I was working by feel on several of them.  It sure helped being able to raise the motor home up with the leveling jacks.  This evening I was checking emails and found out one of my orders was delivered yesterday.  After checking all the porches, the Tracking said "Left on the front porch" I did not find it.  Then I started checking our security cameras recordings and at the time it was supposed to be delivered I was working around the motor home and no FedEx truck ever showed up.  I sent off emails to the company I bought it from and FedEx, we will see what happens tomorrow.

Blogs and Motor Home

Vera brought me a Pepsi so I am taking a little break from removing the oxidation from the motor home.  You can really see the difference it makes in this picture.  I started working on it this afternoon after getting the blog caught up this morning.  When I quit this evening I had the top of the left side done.  I also got a little work done on the Slow Stick today, I need to add some down thrust.  When I started working on it I discovered the carbon fiber tube was cracked but I was able to repair it as I epoxied in the block for the down thrust.