Day 3055

 I woke up about 8 and got up to collect the wash and have breakfast.  It was windy and raining a little.  That put a stop on taking the dog for exercise.

I did some surfing and then looked for something that I could use to mount the rock lights to the Wrangler.  I found some cabinet latches that I think will work.  I'll have to do some modification though.  Ellen said she'd get them when she was done with archery.

After that I got out the Wrangler instructions and figured out what I could do without putting on the fenders.  It wasn't a whole lot.  I located the parts I needed and assembled some of them.  Then I took the rest along with some stuff for the Defender out to the garage.

I started out mounting the tow hooks on the back bumper of the Wrangler.  That was drilling 8 holes and screwing them on.  Then I mounted the trailer hitch that I'd purchased.  That involved cutting a notch in bumper and drilling a hole in the hitch.  All of that gives me a nice hitch that cost a fraction of what an after market one would be.  I also got red and white LEDs for the lights.  The red ones had wires, so I installed them in the light holders.  The white ones will require soldering.

I did a little prep work for installing the guard wires on the Defender.  Then I decided to call a stop for lunch and a little surfing.  After that it was back to install the wires.  They worked out really well.  That was all I had to do, so I packed up and went back to the house.

I put everything away and then started surfing.  That turned into videos.  The weather service started broadcasting thunderstorm warnings.  We just kept watch on the phone radar.

Ellen fixed polish dogs for dinner.  After dinner we could see that a big storm was coming.  It was continuous thunder and lighting.  I went out and put the car in the garage and took in the trailer slides.  It was good I did.  When the storm hit it dropped hail the size of marbles.  Fortunately I don't think there was enough to do much damage.  It was loud though.

After the storm passed it was back to videos.