Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

finished my Texas planning
2 nights in Valley View seeing Mostly/Bruce at Lakeview RV
2 nights in Georgetown seeing Don at Reagan Ridge Rv
2 nights in Giddings seeing Kyle
if there are others in the area, hope you contact me

I also decided not to go to Texas shore where I had planned because when I zoomed in
there was no view of the Bay, only some manmade lakes. I can see them anywhere...
Plus I'm going to spend a couple of days at the shore in Alabama before heading North.

After Giddings, found a nice place near Beaumont as I'm heading East, then on to Convent Louisiana to a rv park
right on the Mississippi River. I really didn't want to make a 4+ hour drive and then deal with downtown
New Orleans traffic.

loaded a lot of frozen food into rv, to make sure it fit, and both freezers are now full.
took some time to go through my home fridge, geez found a jar in back labeled 2021.
that prompted me to start chucking a lot of stuff, might as well clean it out before I go.

made some salmon burgers for dinner which were good,.
really have itch to go look at scale but promised myself I would only do that on saturdays.
not like I'm going to melt away like a popsicle in Dallas...

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening,
Vt, 40’s this morning but warmed to upper 60’s later !

Latest check in ever ! Sorry ! I’m supposed to relax up here but not much of that until later today! The contractors came up early to finish putting the James Hardy siding on the house peak and then they finished so had to pay them, they did a nice job ! I had them take the pine fascia off around the porch and had them replace it with a white composite ! It will never rot, I shouldn’t have to worry about it in my lifetime! Then on the phone with our financial adviser from
Merrill Lynch, lots of back and forth with her over some documents she sent us to move some money around ! By early afternoon my head was kind of spinning and then some friends we know showed up kind of unexpectedly!

Did get the lawn mowed and that settled me down a bit !

Mike, so sorry to hear about your FIL ! Our prayers !

Then a call from our DIL that our GD drank a small cup of liquid Motrin !
Our other DIL is a pharmacist and advised what to do !

I’m thinking a quiet night with Kathleen is on the agenda and hope for a better day tomorrow!

Hope all have a nice Thursday evening!

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening David,
Fingers crossed that your narrowing down the problem David ! I’m
Getting some good vibes here !

 

[daugen]

I am going to the Big Texan in Amarillo for lunch btw, I see they have a small steak that I'm sure is good.
I'll wind up taking half back anyway. Pretty sure with three GM guys coming next, I'll get my fill of
red meat. Except at Don's of course. I would like to take Don and his wife to his nicest vegan restaurant for dinner.
if I'm going to float like a beached whale in his pool, it's the least I can do...
Second week in October, should be nice weather.

ordered another cigarette lighter plug splitter and a heavy gauge 14 foot extension cord for the small freezer, which runs off 12VDC.
When I stop driving, I just unplug the cord to the dash and plug other end into 12OVAC, which then transforms back down to 12VDC.
I'd just leave it plugged in but it's running off engine battery, not a good thing when the rv's converter is only charging the two house batteries, not
the engine battery. It's a new big 850 CCA Interstate but not sure how happy it would be to run that freezer all night long.
I'm sure I could calculate it if I wanted to. Some of you guys are masters at electrical management; this is lint fuzz in the pocket in comparison.

and whenever I can, belt and suspenders. Which reminds me I need to pack more spare AAA and AA batteries.

would really be a good idea to take this loaded rig onto truck scales
I run with mostly empty water and black/grey tanks so pretty sure I'm not even close to being overweight.
But how do you know until you weigh yourself. All those compartments are full.

never gone in a truck scale before
scared to screw up and block the real trucks out there...
are all truck scales the same?
is there a charge?

I would like to get separate weights for each axle.

 

[Looking4new]

Most of the larger truck stops have CAT scales. Flying J/Pilot (I don't know if TA is still in operation, but Flying J got bought out by Pilot I think.
When you pull onto the cat scale (there is a charge for that) you will see the split in the scale plates. Just make sure your front axle is on one section of the scale and the rear axle is on the other part of the scale. Push the button on the speaker and talk to whomever answers. They will tell you how much they want and you will get a scale ticket with your weights printed on it.
The other way is to go to the DoT scales and insure they are closed and roll slowly onto the scale plate and stop, red the LED sign that will have your weight of the front axle, then roll up until your rear axle is on the scale and see the LED readout. Add the two of them together and you get your gross weight. If they are open, they will probably take a dim view of you going in, but it doesn't hurt to ask BEFORE you cross the plate. The GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) should be on either the drivers door edge or the door jamb.
GVWR is the maximum the vehicle can weigh legally. They might give you an attaboy for giving a care about your weight. IF you have passenger or RV plates on it, they may cut you some slack. BUT if you have commercial plates, not so much. Hope that helps.

 

[Thomas]

68°F and .26 inches rain

Just as my tractor tech was finishing up we got a surprise visit by mainland friends. Lenny is the guy that helped me paint the house 2 years ago.

Today will be a mixed bag. Other friends are prepping to sell and move offered me a nice slab of koa wood. Pick that up this morning.

Got a potential buyer for the Chevy Spark will work that out today.

And I’m hopeful to get a few hours to work my LS tractor to confirm we found the problem. We have a potential hurricane headed this way and weather changing.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day.

Your having heck of week so far.

 

[Engineer42]

finished my Texas planning
2 nights in Valley View seeing Mostly/Bruce at Lakeview RV
2 nights in Georgetown seeing Don at Reagan Ridge Rv
2 nights in Giddings seeing Kyle
if there are others in the area, hope you contact me

I also decided not to go to Texas shore where I had planned because when I zoomed in
there was no view of the Bay, only some manmade lakes. I can see them anywhere...
Plus I'm going to spend a couple of days at the shore in Alabama before heading North.

After Giddings, found a nice place near Beaumont as I'm heading East, then on to Convent Louisiana to a rv park
right on the Mississippi River. I really didn't want to make a 4+ hour drive and then deal with downtown
New Orleans traffic.

loaded a lot of frozen food into rv, to make sure it fit, and both freezers are now full.
took some time to go through my home fridge, geez found a jar in back labeled 2021.
that prompted me to start chucking a lot of stuff, might as well clean it out before I go.

made some salmon burgers for dinner which were good,.
really have itch to go look at scale but promised myself I would only do that on saturdays.
not like I'm going to melt away like a popsicle in Dallas...

I'm sure you have as you're a stickler for lists, but have you ensured your propane bottles are topped off for your adventure?

 

[Thomas]

60F partly cloudy sky.

Was busy day at work...whew,driving home vehicle front off me thre out 2 McDonalds bags and cups I blew the horn they stop and I express my feelings also took picture of their plate,they said "we go back and clean it up please don't call the cops" I agree than check hour afterwards the litter was clean up....hmmm.

Mrs. made some bread and let me tell you it had extra hot taste Mrs. even agree it had to go and broke the bread up threw it out on the lawn,Boo decided to give bread try he wasn't impress good thing bird bath was full of water.

Plans for the evening....little as possible.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening,
Nice sunset tonite !

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Back from all day trip to mow the lot. Probably the tallest grass there I’ve ever had to mow. There’s a wirey tall grass with red head on it, that don’t cut well. Not the best looking mow job, but it’s done. Took a lot longer, 2.4 hrs on the meter, usually around 2.
Nice day weather wise. Traffic a bit heavy.