Good morning!!!!

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low was only 68° overnight! Way too warm above our "normal" summer lows.... should be under 60..... The high today expected to hit the mid nineties. No rain expected.

The trip to Colorado was good overall, but I struggled. Couldn't sleep Friday night before we left. I was up tossing and turning all night. Drove up anticipating getting some rest there.....nope....
Daughter had a problem with her big Ford Excursion. Took it out for a test drive.....

Loud "valve tapping" noise at around 2K rpm....
Checked the oil.... none on the dipstick....OK....
Went to the auto parts store, got what was needed for an oil change (due anyway), thinking a "little low".....
Only problem was that 2 qts of black, black, oil drained out.... should have been 7 qts.....

Got the oil change done, fingers crossed when starting..... OK, valve tap gone at idle, but still present at the 2K rpm range. Not good. She is really pizzed at her fiancé..... he had been driving it all winter and spring. Now need to research the amount of possible damage done...

So, after all that, I'm really dragging.... and .... can't sleep the second night..... felt like crap all day yesterday, then drove back home for 4 hours. Definitely slept better last night, but still woke up twice! ????

Paul and Ron, hope you guys get to feeling better.

RNG, sorry to read about the plumbing fiasco. Good that you were able to get it fixed, but sorry about the time lost. We're dry and hot here this week too! Make sure you close the doors and windows......

Plowhog, thanks for the RV fridge link. Good job on the conversation. My next big improvement will be a tankless water heater. The little 6 gal. has got to go..... Rigby is growing exponentially!

Still trying to get caught up on here.... and I only missed a couple days.....

BIL doesn't look good. We can watch his energy decrease quickly. He's having a hard time getting around now. He is still very positive and not giving up the fight. I think he knows more than he is revealing.....

OK, now I have to go.
Have a great day

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Wifey just took a pic of Max on the porch.... he's exhausted too from playing with his girlfriend (daughter's dog) all weekend. At least he had fun!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

LS, sorry to hear about low oil situation. Just gotta shake my head at people who do that.

Plowhog, what kind of dog is Rigby? I tried to go back and find it, but didn't see it. My wife was asking.

 

[plowhog]

DC makes wonderful sense for boondocking.

It was one reason for going to 12V refer. The other was better cooling in hot weather. Compressor does much better than ammonia / absorption. On a 100F day, the original Norcold refer temp would rise to 58F. We were leery of eating the food after that.

Wife is interested in seeing Suzy Bogguss

That would be fantastic. Surprised she did not become a country superstar. Very talented!

My next big improvement will be a tankless water heater. The little 6 gal. has got to go

We have a Truma tankless unit in this motor home. When at a full hookup, we want to be able to take a normal hot shower without worrying about running out of hot water. Have not done that yet but am looking forward to trying!

Thanks all for the positive comments about Rigby. (He is a Golden Retriever- our fourth one.) He is a great dog.

 

[masseyrider]

Wifey just took a pic of Max on the porch.... he's exhausted too from playing with his girlfriend (daughter's dog) all weekend. At least he had fun!

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Enjoy the puppies.

 

[Looking4new]

LS, maybe the ford low oil will be the make or break point for your daughter and her incompetent boyfriend.

 

[sodamo]

65°F and .16 inches rain.

Excellent pot roast last night. Tried remembering, but couldn’t last time we had pot roast, been that long. Mary, the 92 yo made an excellent apple pie. Great company as well.

Happy Hour this week will be at the golf course this afternoon.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day.

 

[m7040]

91 and sunny, colder this morning

Worked some more on the tree plantings and almost done

Neighbors pole barn is still in progress. Current activities insulation of the walls. Roof was insulated before rood sheeting going on

 

[sodamo]

Good Morning Lou,
Great story, I can envision that whole thing happening!

And I had to chuckle again as I read to Sophie.

 

[LouNY]

Good Morning Lou,
Great story, I can envision that whole thing happening!

And I had to chuckle again as I read to Sophie.

It is much funnier to read about a few days after it happened, I can easily laugh about now. That morning it was a bit frantic and resulted in a few sore and aching muscles the next couple of days. I expect that if someone had viewed it from a few yards away they would have found it much more humorous then I did at the time.