I woke up at 7:30 and played games until 8. Then it was pet stuff and breakfast. Then we left for Marble Falls. We decided to go up through Bee Cave. That's the last time we'll do that. They've built a lot more stop lights on 71 and it's now a very slow trip.
The weather was good. A little wind and temps in the low 60's. I didn't shoot particularly well, but there was definite improvement. We couldn't get a cart though, so it made for a long walk.
We took 281 and 290 home of course. I measured the mileage on the way back. It was 18 mpg. Most of that was highway, but there was some town driving and one long wait at a light. It was after 3 when we got home. The new fireplace was waiting at the gate. I put everything away and then unpacked and tested the fireplace. It worked like a champ. Then I took it out to the trailer and got to work.
I removed the old fireplace. Then I relocated the electrical plug and junctions. I carefully measured how much I had to cut from the top trim board. Then I removed the board. I just as carefully marked the board for cutting. Then I cut it. When I fit it back in it fit perfectly. The final thing for today was marking out the foot print of the new fireplace on the floor of the enclosure. This allowed me to measure out where the partition will be.
By then it was 6:30 and time to quit. I'm documenting the work with pictures. I'm going to try to get Ellen to post it on the trailer Facebook page.
Ellen fixed meatloaf and french fries for dinner. It was good. After dinner was TV and games.
I'm looking forward to working on the trailer tomorrow. It seems that most of the work to be done won't be too difficult. installing the fireplace should be the only hard part. We'll see.
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