Sunday, February 7, 2021

Day 1901

I woke up at 8, but dosed and played games until 9.  Then I got up for breakfast.  It was cold, so it was videos until about 11.  Then I went outside to do some work.

I wanted to prepare to take the bikes somewhere.  So I located the 2 inch adapter for the truck hitch.  Then I took the hitch platform off the 5th wheel.  I had to search for the pin keys, bu I found them.  I put it in the playhouse.

While I was putting things away I noticed that I'd screwed up big time.  I'd drilled the wrong hole in the cargo rack.  So I went inside to order another drill ($16).  Shit.  I decided to further reduce the chance of the rack being removed by drilling a hole and bolting the rack to the hitch.

The internet is a wonderful thing.  I went inside and immediately found two 3 minute videos that told me how to drill and tap a hole.  I only had one tap - 5/16.  Another query and I had the diameter of the pilot hole.  I went back outside and drilled and tapped the hole.  I took awhile, but I found a 5/16 fine thread bolt (my only one).  It worked great.

by then it was sunny, fairly warm, and a little windy.  I went inside to see if Ellen wanted to go cycling.  I had to wait awhile while her asshole settled down and then we went for a ride.  She did really well.  We went about two miles, half of it into a head wind.  I think we're ready to go somewhere with the  bikes.

We had lunch when we got back.  I spent the rest of the afternoon watching videos.  Dinner was a frozen package.  After dinner was more videos and some games.

The phone holder for the bicycle came.  It's really nice.  I'll install it tomorrow.

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