Day 940

We got up at 8 today, did the  pet stuff and had breakfast.  I weighed in because I forgot to yesterday.  I weighed 226.9.  That's 11 pounds more than I did before we left Austin.  It's the most I've weighed in a year.  I'm going back on my strict weight loss regimen until I get back where I was.

I spent part of the morning working on the trailers.  I put the new vent flap on the small trailer.  It was interesting.  The vent housing was designed to easily replace the flap.  I shouldn't need to again - the new one is metal.  I also replaced the sewer hose in the big trailer.  I took the couplings off the old one and threw the rest away.  It was too stiff to bend.  I replaced the coupling on the small trailer hose that broke on the trip.  That allows me to fit it in the hose tube again.

After that we went out for errands.  We stopped at the Brook's hardware store to get spikes for the trap signs.  They didn't have any.  They didn't have any at the lumber store either.  The next stop was Harbor Freight.  I bought a couple of tools and some tent spikes for the signs.

We went to the pet store to buy dog food.  Then it was Freddies for gas and some groceries I should have bought yesterday.  After that it was the post office and home.  Miraculously Three Dollar Bill actually sent Mom's disabled plaque.

After lunch (sandwich and some crackers) I went back to the 5-stand to set more targets.  Dave gave me a couple of receivers.  I set one machine where he told me to.  The other gave me problems, so I took it to the shop.  It's a bad switch, but we don't have extras.  Dave showed me how to finesse it.

I took the machine back out, but couldn't get it to work.  I did manage to fix the left hand tower machine.  It had a big tear in the negative battery wire's insulation.  There was also a disconnected power connection in the box wiring.  Finally, the connection to the receiver had a loose wire.  It works now.

I hope I get a chance to shoot the 5-stand tomorrow.  I think it will be fun.

I had a TV dinner for dinner.  I'll probably be eating lot of them for awhile.  After dinner was TV and surfing.