Day 3420

 I woke up about 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was slightly warmer than yesterday and there wasn't any wind.

After breakfast I went outside and dumped the tanks.  That actually went pretty well.  The park has pretty high water pressure.  That made the black tank jets work really well.  I was surprised about how much water was in the shower tank.  We only had 2 showers a piece. 

By the time I was done the weather had improved enough to consider going shooting.  I looked up the course.  That's when I found out that they charge $0.57 a target.  Ellen figured that with tax it would be over $60 a round.  Forget that.

We spent some time around 11 looking for things to do and places for lunch.  We found some interesting lunch places, but not much to do.  However, by 1 I'd taken root, so we decided to eat at the trailer.

The rest of the day went like yesterday after noon - videos and movies.

After dinner I drove to the nearest gas station.  I only added 4 gallons, but I wanted as much in the truck as possible.  I may be able to make it to Albuquerque without refueling tomorrow.

Day 3419

 I woke up a little before 7 and played games for a while.  The weather was lousy - 50 degrees with the wind blowing.  Eventually I got up.  We took the laundry to the laundromat.  Then I did the pet stuff and had breakfast.

While Ellen was washing clothes I hooked up the sewer.  I won't drain it until tomorrow.  It turns out that it was lucky that we did the laundry early.  Apparently Tuesday is a popular laundry day here. 

I spent quite a bit of time trying to find something indoors to do in Amarillo.  I was unsuccessful.  We did need to go to a RV parts place to get another disc for the hitch.  I found one and we went there.  When I put the dog in the car I couldn't find the strap for her harness.  That meant that we needed a pet store also.

We got the disc and then drove 8 miles to the pet store.  It took a while, but we found a harness that fit her pretty well.  There was a Rudy's in the same parking lot.  We stopped there for lunch and some meat for sandwiches.  

When we got home Ellen found the strap for the old harness wedged under the seat on the far side of the truck.  That's OK.  We've been wanting to replace the harness in the Austin Audi anyway.  The weather was still cold and windy.  It stayed that way for the rest of the day.

 We stayed in the trailer for the rest of the day.  I watched videos for part of the time and a movie for the rest of it.

Day 3418

 I woke up at 7, got up, had breakfast, and then went out to hook up.  That went as it usually does and we were on the road at 8.

The drive up was a little over 360 miles.  We averaged 60 miles an hour and 9.9 mpg.  All in all it was a pretty good drive.  Most of the drive was on 4 lane divided highway with little traffic.  I didn't miss the semis at all.  We would have made a little better time if there weren't so many small towns with speed limits and/or stoplights  I'm not complaining though.

There's a Bucee's  a couple of miles from the park.  When we got to the park we set up, fed the animals, and then went there.  We picked up a couple of things and then went to a grocery store to get OJ and milk.  I'm really disappointed that there are no HEB's in town.  

After we got home we took Abby for a short run in a big field next to the park.  She had a great time, but she didn't get really tired.  It as a short run because we needed to catch the 5 o'clock shuttle to the Big Texan restaurant.  It's a tourist trap and the food is a little expensive, but it was worth going to.

I was understandably tired when we got back I watched videos until 8.  Then I took a shower and went to bed.

Day 3417

 We woke up at 7, got up, did the pet stuff, had breakfast, and went to the club.  We got there at 8 and the shooting didn't start until 9.  We spent the time talking with another early bird who is doing the same thing that we are, traveling the country shooting.

We started shooting exactly at 9.  Just as we finished the other two people in our squad arrived.  They were from a town 50 miles away and had shot Staccato yesterday.  The weather was cloudy and fairly cool.  We had a good time.  Ellen shot about the same as yesterday.  I think that I did a little better today.  There wasn't much of a turnout and we didn't have to wait anywhere.

When we were done we switched to 20 gauge.  I was shooting pretty good until the next to the last station.  Then I missed 5 of 8.  There was no reason for it, the targets weren't that hard.  Crap.  After that we ate lunch - beef sandwiches.  Abby got her share.

We were on our way back home by noon.  We stopped on the way back and filled up the truck.  Apparently the only diesel available in Brownwood is biodiesel.  Crap again.  We also stopped at Wally World so I could get something to put on the ground.  I got two small blankets for a total of $5.

We were done so early that I decided to fix the Starlink cable.  I sat inside and rested until 1:45 and then went out to work.  The first step was removing the box.  There were 6 bolts. They weren't hard to get to, but they were metric.  I didn't have a wrench, so I had to use vice grips.  That was a pain.  The sun was out by then and it was hot and muggy.  Of course I was working on the sunny side of the trailer.

After the box was out the hard part began.  It took a while, but I managed to get the old cable removed.  I didn't have a fish tape, so threading the new one into the cabinet was really difficult.  I finally got it though.  Then I had to got the cable through the hole in the floor.  That was just as hard.  The whole process also involved several trips outside for tools or to figure out plans.  I got very hot and sweaty. 

I had Ellen put weather stripping on the box while I squirted anti-rodent foam in the hole where the cable comes out.  It was messy.  I ended up wrecking one of the blankets and getting it on the cable and myself.  It was a pain to get off.  Thankfully I have GooGone.

The last step was reinstalling the box and running the cable through it.  That worked really well.  Even putting the tools away didn't take long.  I really enjoyed throwing the old cable into the garbage can.

I was done at 4:45.  I was really done.  I was hot, tired, thirsty, and couldn't do anything except sit in the recliner and watch videos.  Ellen had to feed the pets.  Then she fixed sausage for dinner.  After dinner she took Abby across the street to the park.  I was too tired to go outside.

It's great to have the cable problem fixed.  However I'm a little worried that I won't have enough energy to make the 350 mile trip to Amarillo.  I'm sure that I'll be wasted when we get there.

Day 3416

 I woke up at 7:30 because I couldn't get back to sleep.  I played games for a while and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.

I did a little investigation on what will be needed to replace the Starlink cable.  I'll need to remove the storage box.  That's not something that I wanted to do today.  I did clean out the big ice chest.  Then I put it in the basement and the small one in the back of the truck.  After that I ended up surfing for a couple of hours until it was time to hook up. 

We started hooking up a little before 11.  Then it was off to Brownville.  The trip was uneventful.  We did do a regen with only 300 miles on the clock.  I hope getting better fuel tomorrow will help with that.  We also had the GPS send us down the wrong street in one little town.  Fortunately I found an easy way to get back on the right road.

We got to Brownville just before 1.  We set up and then went to lunch at Freddies.  I miss that place.  Unfortunately this particular one didn't have the best food.  We also stopped at Wally World for a couple of things.  The last stop was Home Depot where I got the stuff I'll need for the cable replacement. 

The refrigerator had the temperature back down by the time we got back.  I'm still not sure I trust it though.

When we got home it was surfing and video time.  I had a nap.  An hour after doggy dinner we took Abby across the street to the park.  She ran fast and a long way.  We walked 1.5 miles.  The dog did at least three times that.  She did find several mud puddles to run through.  Her legs and belly were brown when we got back.

We used the outdoor shower to wash Abby before she was let back inside.  Then we had leftover pizza for dinner.

After dinner was more videos.

Day 3415

 We woke up at 7, did the pet stuff, had breakfast, and drove to the club.  I think that we were the first people there.

The registration was the same as usual- buy tickets, eat donuts, shoot a few at 5-stand for warmup, and then wait for the safety meeting.  We started more or less on time.  The weather was really cloudy and misty, but pretty comfortable.

We shot with a couple of black ladies from a union.  They were fun.  They really shouldn't have worn 1 inch fake fingernails though.  It made loading the semi-auto difficult.  The targets were pretty good.  Ellen shot OK and I sucked.  I kept missing the easy ones. 

The sun was coming out and the weather was getting hot by the time we were finished.  We left Abby i the truck with the windows rolled down.  It seemed OK to do so, there was a police car parked in the next space.  Apparently a lot of police train here.

They had Mexican food for lunch.  It was pretty good.  The ticket drawing was the same as always.  At least half the prizes were things that we didn't need or want.  Luckily or unluckily we didn't win anything.  The whole thing was over about 3.

When we got home the Amazon package was there.  Better yet the refrigerator temperature was down to 35.  Ellen went to work on the internet while I went to work on the bed gas strut mounts.  The mount I'd fixed before we left broke last night.  I'd ordered two new ones and I replaced them both. Ellen was successful with the internet.  I still have to reroute the cable though.  That won't happen for a few days at the earliest.

Ellen started moving stuff into the refrigerator after she finished with the internet.  Unfortunately the refrigerator started gaining temperature right afterwards.  It's now at 40 degrees.  We'll see what it's like in the morning.

We only have 110 miles to go tomorrow.  According to Google it should take 2 hours.  That will allow us to have a relaxing morning.

Day 3414

 I woke up at 730, got up, and had breakfast.  No food for the pets as it is a travel day. When breakfast was done it was time to do the final loading of the trailer.

Several loads of stuff went out to the trailer.  It was stuff like the CPAP machine, the breakfast food, toothbrushes, etc.  It took a surprising amount of time to do it.  Of course it was hot and muggy even though it was still early morning.  The early start had us finishing up about two hours before we could leave.

We killed time surfing.  About 11:15 I went out to do the tires.  I aired up all of the tires on both the truck and the trailer.  I also tightened the lug nuts on the trailer.  That took about 45 minutes of sweating in the humidity and getting eaten alive by mosquitoes.

With that done we hooked up, loaded up the pets, and left.  We decided to take I35 instead of 183, mainly because 183 is a toll road and they rape you when you have a trailer.  I35 had a few slow spots through town and A LOT of scary drivers.  The construction lasts for a long way North of town, so the ordeal went on for a long time.  Eventually we got on regular highway and it was smooth sailing the rest of the way.

The trailer park is out in the middle of nowhere.  It doesn't have showers or bathrooms.  After setting up we went over to the park.  It's an impressive pistol place - maybe 20 or more pits.  We didn't see the course, that required a cart.  We did get to talk to Mark a little.  He was fighting a printer and losing.

We drove to Georgetown to get a water filter.  I'd forgotten to buy one.  We also got a frozen pizza for dinner.  The refrigerator seems to be working again, but we don't trust it.  Also, it doesn't seem to cool past 43 degrees.  We'll see what tomorrow brings. 

When we got back I tried to setup the Starlink.  It was blowing and raining a little.  When I got out the cable it was covered in dirty water.  Apparently the waterproof box it was in wasn't.  I didn't notice that the cable plug was dirty.  It seemed to plug in fine, but the system wouldn't work.  I hope it's a cable problem and I didn't ruin the antenna connection.  I had to force the cable to get it disconnected from the antenna.  We ordered a replacement cable.  It will be here tomorrow.

Day 3413

 I woke up a little before 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  Then it was time to start moving more stuff to the trailer.

I started with underwear and a bunch of stuff from the pantry.  It took several loads.  Then I started on the guns.  Getting them out of the safe, putting them in their cases, and moving them to the trailer took quite a bit of time.  When I started to put them away I found that on of the bed strut mounts had broken.  I unscrewed it and took it to the garage to try to fix it.

The mount is cheap Chinese shit.  The post is staked into the plate.  Of course it broke.  I straightened the plate on the vice.  Luckily I had a set of punches.  I used a small one to start the operation, and a larger one to finish it.  I think that the result is probably as good as it was originally. I reinstalled it and finished the packing.

Of course it was hot and humid.  I was soaked with sweat by the time I was done.  I kept going though and hauled out the recycle as well as doing a couple of other small chores.  Finally I ran out of things to do.  I went inside to surf for a while and then watch videos.

About 5 Ellen came in to say that the refrigerator wasn't working any more.  Crap.  I went out and did what debugging I could.  It was getting power and the fuses were all good.  After a while the fans started working again, but I'm not sure any cooling is happening.  We'll see tomorrow.

We need a plan B, so I got out the high class ice chest that we won a couple of years ago.  I also went to the gas station and bought some ice.  At least we will have a little cooling if necessary.  I don't think that we can get anyone to look at it until Abilene. 

Ellen fixed shrimp and noodles for dinner.

There wasn't anything else to do until tomorrow, so we just watched videos.

Day 3412

 I woke up a little before 8, got up, did the pet stuff, and had breakfast.  We left for the car wash a little after 9.  We would have gotten out earlier except Ellen didn't bother to lock away the cats while I was outside putting Stabil in the car and hooking up the Ranger to a charger.  That resulted in Devon not wanting to go to the cat room.  When I finally caught him her scratched the shit out of me because Ellen wouldn't open the cat room door.  It was a painful and bloody experience.

When we got to the car wash it wasn't really busy.  The problem was that they were short handed.  We did the only thing that we could - wait.  It took over an hour to get the car washed.  After stopping for some more cat food we took the car home and parked it in the garage.  It looked like it might rain. 

We took the truck to the voting place and voted.  Then we took Abby to Dripping Springs to run.  We walked a mile.  She ran a lot farther.  After that we went to the pizza place to eat lunch.  Afterwards I sat there while Ellen did grocery shopping.  We stopped and filled up the truck on the way home.

When we got home I rolled out the car so Ellen could wax it and put peppermint in it.  I put the groceries in the trailer and then tried to get the Ranger to run.  The battery was charged, but the thing wouldn't even light up the display when I turned the key.  I checked all of the fuses and they are fine.  Something is bad in the wiring.  I suspect that I'll have to haul it into the dealership.  We just recovered it and it will sit under the trees for the whole summer. 

Of course it was hot and muggy while we were working.  When we got finished Ellen went to sit on the can and I watched videos.  At five Lee called to see if Abby wanted to play.  We went over there.  The dogs wanted to play for a while, but I think that they got hot and tired.  Abby ended up chewing on a bone.  Kai spent a lot of time being petted by Ellen and me.  At least the humans got a lot of talking in.

When we got home I had leftovers for dinner.  Then it was videos for the rest of the evening.  Atone point I did unbox the BB gun that I ordered a couple of days ago.  I'll try using it on squirrels when we get back in the fall.

The only things left to do are the final moving of food clothes, and personal stuff into the trailer.  I'm happy to have the heavy hauling done.

Day 3411

 I woke up at 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  When that was over it was time to start cleaning.  Ellen took the bathroom and I took the vacuum.

I did the kitchen, living room, spare room, and the master.  I emptied the vacuum twice when it because full of hair and dirt.  It took hours.  Ellen did a great job on the bathroom.  She used this electric scrubber to do it.  When she was done she mopped the kitchen.  I vacuumed the bathroom and the bathroom rugs. Both the floor and the rugs really needed it.

With that done we took the dog to the park.  Actually Ellen went to the bank to put some stuff in the safe deposit box.  I took the dog to the park.  I walked about a mile and gave her a good exercise.  There were lots of squirrels around.  She just missed getting a couple.  When I was finished I met Ellen at Torchy's and we had lunch.  Then it was back home.

We both took a little time to digest lunch.  Then it was time to move stuff to the trailer.  I moved a bunch of food stuffs, my drugs, and the plants.  Ellen moved food also along with personal stuff.  I arranged the stuff in the basement so that it would all fit, but still be accessible.

By then we were both hot and tired.  We called it quits and went back inside.  I surfed and Ellen took a shower.  Eventually we were both watching videos.  After dinner (frozen) I took a shower.  Abby had a shower with me.

The rest of the evening was a video. 

I screwed up.  There were two things I forgot to do.  One was to put Stabil in the car.  The other was to put the charger on the Ranger.  I'll have to do both this morning before we get the car washed.

Day 3410

 I woke up at 8, still sick.  I feel a little better, but not near 100%.  I got up, did the pet stuff, and had breakfast.  After that it was time to start the various activities leading to leaving.

We had a thunderstorm overnight and it was raining when I got up.  That meant it was house cleaning time.  I started with something easy - the kitchen table.  It was knee deep in crap.  I got it all cleaned up with things put away, thrown away, or set aside for the trailer.  Even that was difficult with the fever. 

After that was kitchen cleaning.  I cleaned the counters, microwave, and toaster oven.  There was a lot of putting away stuff also.  There was even some dish washing.  By then the rain had stopped,, so it was time to start moving stuff to the trailer.  Before that I took a bag of garbage to the garage and put it in a black bag.  It will be going to Florence with us.

I took some paperwork, electronics, cameras, spare shoes, and some other stuff to the trailer.  I made sure that everything that I took was put away.  I also put away some stuff that was already there.  I put a new battery in the smoke alarm.  No more chirping every time I went in there.

By then it was in the mid 70's and the sun was coming out.  We changed gears and took Abby to Circle C.  Ellen took her around while I sat in the car.  I wanted to spend what energy I had on working.  When she got done we went to the post office.  We stopped by the pet store, but it was closed for Easter.  Fireman's was open though, so we had lunch there.  Then it was home and back to work.

I took an inventory of the clothes in the trailer.  I brought over pants and shorts to fill it out.  I also took back t-shirts.  I had way too many.  I also brought over the RC stuff and the booze that I'll be giving away.  By then it was after 3.  I was sweat soaked and very sweaty. I called it quits.

Tomorrow the main tasks will be food items and cleaning the toilet.  The kitchen floor needs mopping and the whole place need vacuuming also.

Boy, I hope that I'm feeling better.  This is a real grind.

Day 3409

 I woke up about 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  I wasn't feeling 100%, but I was feeling significantly better than yesterday.  That was pretty much how I felt all day.  I decided to take it easy and not push it.

I surfed for quite a while, but then I felt like I had to do something useful.  I got the framed design that Ellen's sister had made and hung it in the bathroom where Ellen wanted it.  The only other thing I did was take a bunch of recycle out to the garage.

That didn't seem like enough, so I finished formatting the inventory list.  That took Ellen's Excel, because my spreadsheet wouldn't print landscape.  The printer gave us both fits.  It must have taken an hour of RTFM and messing with it just to get 4 pages printed.  Than I wrote up about a page of notes to go with the inventory. 

By that time it was after noon.  I sat in the recliner and watched videos for hours.  At 5 I contacted Lee about a play date.  Unfortunately he was going out.  That's three days now that Abby hasn't run.  I did let her run for a little while when I did the recycle.

It was back to videos until about 8 when Ellen fixed mac and cheese for dinner.  That's the first dinner I've had in 2 or 3 days.  After that I started to watch a movie.  It's pretty good, but I stopped watching it because I wanted to go to bed early.

The last thing that I did was put the car in the garage.  It might thunderstorm tonight.

Day 3408

 I woke about 8, played games, and then got up for breakfast (Ellen did the pet stuff).  I was still really sick.  After a fair amount of surfing I switched to the recliner and videos.

I spent the rest of the day in the recliner.

About 7 I went over to a friend of Lee's house to meet with him and them.  We had a great talk.  I'm afraid I might have talked too much.

About 9 Lee and I walked home.  I watched Gutfeld and then went to bed.

Day 3407

 I woke up about 8 and played games for a long time. I felt like shit.  Eventually I got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After that I took out the garbage.

That's all I did for the day.  I sat in the recliner and watched videos when I wasn't sleeping.  l really didn't have the energy to get up.  When was awake I alternated between a fever and shivering.  Right now I'm shaking so bad that it's really hard to type.

I'm going to watch Gutfeld and then go to bed.  I sure hope I feel better tomorrow.

Day 3406

 I got up at 7:45, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After a little surfing we left so Ellen could get a blood test.  Wit that done we started a series of stops.

We went to the post office, the pet store (they had the food), Costco (it's too late to get glasses),  another pet store for dog food, and Walgreen's for Ellen's drugs and a tetanus shot.  Then it was Circle C for the dog.  By then I was feeling beat.  I was really feeling beat by the time we were done.  

The last stop was HEB.  I don't think that I would have made it if I didn't have the cart to lean on.  When I got home I collapsed in the chair.  I didn't have the energy to have lunch or dinner.  Instead I had a couple of snacks and a lot of napping.

I watched a movie when I woke up.  It was good.  By then I was really weak and having chills.

I'm definitely sick.  I hope that I'm better tomorrow.  I'm looking forward to going to bed.

Day 3405

 I woke up about 8, played games, and got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After breakfast we left to take Abby to Beckett.  We chose it because afterwards we were taking the truck to get washed.

Abby had a good time at the park.  We kept waling on the forest paths until she slowed down to "I can do this all day" speed.  Then we went to the car wash on Brodie.

We used to go to the car wash years ago.  It was crowded.  It was 11:30 and there were at least 7 cars in front of us.  I told Ellen that we'd be there about 2 hours.  Just washing the truck would cost almost $100.  For $450 we would get that wash for free along with 10 more washes.  A package like that is what we used to buy.  We bought the package because we'd be spending another $100 on the car in a week.

It was a pleasant day.  It wasn't too warm and there was a nice breeze.  We got hungry though, so I went to a gas station and bought some pop and junk food.  That ended up being lunch.  The truck was done at 1:30, almost to the minute.  They did a great job, inside and out.

We drove home and immediately started putting sealer on the truck.  That took at least 45 minutes.  I think the truck is now cleaner than it's been since it was new. 

Ellen went off to a doctor appointment.  I loaded the cart and the ammo into the truck.  Then I parked it.  It will probably become the daily drive in about a week.

I went inside and called Texan Eye about the prescription that they said they'd email.  It turns ouot they did, but Yahoo had labelled it a spam.  I printed one out.

Somewhere today I lost my glasses.  The last time I remember having them was putting them in the truck before they washed it.  It's OK.  I had a spare set.  The only good they would do me when I bought the new pair was the frames.  However, the last time I tried that at Costco they said the frames were "too old".

Dinner was half a leftover hamburger.  The rest of the day was videos.

Day 3404

 I woke up about 8, played games for a while, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  When Ellen was ready we took Abby to Circle C.  We had enough time to run Abby before it was time for my doctor's appointment.

The appointment went fine.  I was in and out in 30 minutes.  The pills seem to be working.  The PSA has gone down from 10 to 8.  I'll have another test in November.

It was 11:30 when I got out.  We decided to have an early lunch.  We got $7 hamburgers at Doc's.  After that we went to Spec's.  They didn't have Buffalo Trace but they did have that distillery's higher price stuff.  Because the distillery has been flooded, there won't be any more for a while.  I wanted to buy 2 bottles, but they said only 1 per customer.  I bought one and sent Ellen in to buy another.  After that we went home.

Ellen's asshole was giving her a lot of trouble.  I wanted to go to the Belterra Spec's, but her asshole wouldn't let her.  I ended up going alone.  This Spec's had Buffalo Trace, also 1 per customer.  I bought a bottle of it a long with a bottle of the expensive stuff.   When I got home Ellen was still having trouble, so I just watched videos.

About 6:30 Ellen finally felt better.  We went back to Belterra and bought another expensive bottle and two bottles of Buffalo Trace (one in Ellen's name).  That gives me enough booze to give Lee 3 bottles, John 1, and me 1.  I'll still have an expensive bottle and a Buffalo Trace bottle extra.

It was dinner time, so we ate at the restaurant next door.  The temperature was great and we sat outside.  I had bacon and hash browns and Ellen had chicken pot pie.  Then we went home.

There wasn't much of the evening left and we spent it watching videos.

Day 3403

 I woke up at 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  I surfed for a while and then decided to finish the Baby Yoda Lego.

The only thing left to do was build a base for it and a little plaque like thing.  It didn't take very long.  When that was done I put everything away and found the perfect place for it. 

I wanted to walk the dog early, but Ellen wasn't feeling very well.  I ended up walking 2 miles around the property while Abby ran all over the place.  It worked out pretty well.  Both of us got or exercise, but walking the same loop over and over again was boring.

When that was done I went back inside and did some more surfing.  I was really just avoiding finishing the inventory.  Eventually I felt guilty and started.  I did a little bit and then had lunch.  After lunch I finished it.  The whole effort took about 2-3 hours.  It's good to have it done though.

Ellen was watching chick flicks when I got done.  I read until the movie was over.  Then we watched videos until dinner.

Dinner was something frozen.  After dinner I watched videos for a little while before switching to a movie.  It was 2.5 hours long.  I got all the way through it, mainly because I wanted to see how it ended.  It did have enough action and plot twists to keep me entertained though.

Day 3402

 I woke up at 8, played games for a while, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  Ellen was having a slow start, so I worked on the Baby Yoda Lego.  I actually finished the whole thing except for a bag containing the parts for the accessories.

We left to take Abby to Circle C.  It's Saturday and the soccer kids were there.  We still managed to walk a little over a mile with the dog getting pretty good exercise.  It was a little hot and we could see that she was beginning to drag.  When we were done we went back home for lunch.

After lunch I went to the apartment to continue the inventory.  Unfortunately I couldn't open the safe.  After a time wasting struggle I decided to work in the house.  It took quite a while, but I got about half of it done.  I decided to give the apartment one last time.  This time it worked.  I ended up spending a long hot time working there.

I didn't get finished until about 5:30.  I took a shower because I was soaked in sweat.  Then I watched videos for a while before having leftover pizza for dinner.

After dinner was more videos.  I changed to a movie that I'd started a long time ago.  I decided to start it over again.  Maybe I'll finish it this time.

I'm hoping to finish both the inventory and the Lego tomorrow.

Day 3401

 I woke up at 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After a short surfing spell we left to take Abby to Circle C.  It was going to get hot today and we wanted to have her run while it was still semi-cool.

Abby did her usual good job of running around, but still keeping track of us.  She did fail to come back once when she was focused on squirrels and knew we were close.  We made a quick stop for bananas on the way home.

It was 80 degrees by the time we got home.  I had lunch and then went to the garage to work.  I started by setting up the ammo we'll take on the trip.  I'm planning on buying some along the way.  That morphed into sorting and labeling the other travel cases that we have.  

When that was done I decided to catalog the contents of one of the safes.  I've been meaning to do that for quite a while.  It took over an hour and it was pretty hot in the apartment by the time I was done.  The AC is off.  I think that I'll turn it on tomorrow.

I went back to the house and did a little bit more work on the Baby Yoda Lego.  That's my reward for doing all of the other stuff.  I've got 2 of the 11 bags left to do.  It's looking pretty good.

After that it was videos.

Ellen fixed beef and rice for dinner.  Her asshole has been giving her fits all day.

After dinner was a movie.  I got about halfway through it and I'm bored.  I turned it off to surf instead.

Day 3400

 I woke up about 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  When that was done I did a little surfing while Ellen got up.  By then it was getting warm, so we took Abby to Circle C.

It was 74 and sunny by the time we got to the park.  We did one of our normal circuits, but tried to stay in shady areas where possible.  That let Abby run a lot, but kept her from getting too hot.  It was 80+ by the time we were done.

I drove to the post office and picked up a couple of letters.  Then I drove to Whole Paycheck.  Ellen went in there to return the RC axles while I went to the pet store.  I bought enough canned food to last us until we're in Gervais.  I waited outside Whole Paycheck until Ellen came out.  I asked her to get me a pop before she went to Costco.  She brought me an "organic" root beer.  It was the most revolting pop I've ever tasted.  I was thirsty, but couldn't finish it. 

Eventually Ellen got finished at Costco.  Her asshole caused her a lot of delays in both Costco and Whole Paycheck.  We stopped at Culver's on the way home.

When we got home I went to work on my todo for the day.  I put a few decals on the Reflex body.  Then I took it and some other stuff to the garage.  I spent quite a while in the 90 degree garage putting RC things away.  I even organized the empty parts bags and the Lipo batteries.  Finally I put all of Ellen's painting stuff back in the closet.

The last todo item was to take some stuff to the trailer.  I spent 5 minutes putting stuff in the basement and got bit by at least 3 mosquitoes.  After that it was back to the house to cool off and watch videos.

Dinner was leftover pizza.  After dinner was some videos and a movie.

Day 3399

 I woke up at 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  When that was done I started on my todo list.

The first item was to install the extension cord for the oven in the trailer.  It turned out to be a really easy job.  The result is great, too.  From now on it won't be necessary to unplug the oven each time we move the trailer.

By the time I was done it was getting warm.  We decided to take Abby out before it got too warm.  We went to Dripping Springs because today is when we pick up the Eater cookies.  Abby had a great time running in the park.  She even found a dog to run around with for a while.  It was a lab and not nearly as fast.  After that we picked up the cookies and then had lunch (and a mango margarita) at the pizza place.

When we got home I sat down to watch videos.  That turned into a nap.  I actually woke up and watched for a while before going to sleep again.  When I woke up the second time I decided to continue with the todo list.

Ellen finished painting the Reflex, so I decided to finish it.  Originally I decided to modify the ESC mount some more, but on looking at it I decided it wasn't necessary.  I did punch holes in the roof to mount a couple of air scoops. Finally I installed the magnets to mount the body.  That finishes the work on the Reflex with the possible exception of putting on a couple of decals. 

I also got the package containing the micro-b axles.  It was missing 2 bushings just like the first one.  I'm going to send it back.  I would have kept it if it had been complete.

By then it was dinner time.  I had a leftover hamburger half.  Then it was back to videos for the rest of the evening.

Day 3398

 I woke up a little before 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast  I had a doctor's appointment at 10:30.  That gave me time to accomplish something, but I ended up wasting it on surfing.  One of the things I did do was order another axle set for the micro-b.  The Chinese tracking said it hadn't left China, and with the tariff crap going on I figured it never would.

Ellen's asshole was giving her problems, so I went to the doctor alone.  That meant that when I was finished I had to go home to get her and Abby.  We immediately left for Circle C.  We covered about the same distance as yesterday.  Abby did great, coming back to see us all the time.

When we were done we went to Torchy's.  After that we went to the post office.  Gee whiz, the stuff from China was there.  I tried to cancel the morning order, but it was too late.  The last stop was HEB for OJ and bread.

When we got home I decided to work on the Lego Baby Yoda some more.  I finished constructing him.  I also got a start on his floating baby carriage.  I'm maybe a little more than halfway through with constructing it.  I have several chores to do tomorrow before I can get back to it.  At least there aren't any more doctor appointments to break up the day.

I eventually got tired of doing Lego and switched to videos.  Of course that turned into a semi-nap. 

Ellen fixed chicken tenders for dinner.  After dinner was more videos.

Day 3397

 I woke up at 7:30 and played games until 8.  Then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast.  By the time that it finished it was time to go to the doctor.

I left almost an hour before the appointment.  I didn't need to.  I had no trouble getting out of the development.  Traffic was light and moving fast all of the way to the doctor (Loop 1 and 290).  I got there half an hour early.  Better yet there was plenty of parking.  I waited about 5 minutes to get my blood drawn.  I left the doctor 10 minutes before my scheduled appointment.

I stopped at Costco for water on the way home.  I had to wait half an hour for them to open.  That was all right.  I sat in the sun outside Whole Paycheck and surfed. 

When I got home I tied up some loose ends while Ellen had breakfast and sat on the can.  I straightened out the batteries I'll need for the cars I'm taking to Oregon.  I also put them in the trailer along with the new plastic bowls we bought.  Unfortunately the new ones don't free up much space in the drawer.

We took the dog to Circle C when Ellen got off the can.  It was sunny but cool - 63 degrees.  Abby had here usual great time running around.  We walked about 1.5 miles.  That meant she went at least twice that.

We ate lunch at Doc's to take advantage of their 1/2 price hamburgers.  It makes for a much lower bill as well as supplying us with dinner, too.

When we got home I started to work on the baby Yoda Lego that came this morning.  It's got 1048 pieces.  I spent a couple of hours on it and then stopped because I was tired of working it (for now).  I fed the pets and then sat down to videos and a short nap.

Ellen finished painting the Reflex body.  That means that I can finish the car.

Dinner was a sandwich.  After dinner was videos.

Day 3396

 I woke up at 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was cold (44) and windy outside.  Even going to the garage was out of the question.  I did a lot of surfing before deciding to try to accomplish a couple of things.

The first thing I did was shop.  I ordered some plastic storage boxes.  I also ordered an extension cord for the oven in the trailer.  Of course that took some time because I wanted to get the very best ones at the very best price.

The next little task was to construct an adapter so that I could use my charger to charge the micro-b battery.  That was a pain because I needed to solder wires onto the a small board mount connector.  The result works though.

By then it had gotten into the 50's, so I took some stuff out to the trailer.  I brought back the plastic containers that we are replacing.  The new collapsible ones are going to save a lot of space.  I bagged the old ones up to take to Goodwill.

We did a little more travel planning.  I think that I've got the whole thing planned out now, but Ellen is having some trouble making reservations. 

Amazingly the boxes I'd ordered in the morning were delivered mid-afternoon.  I boxed the new containers in one and all of the micro-b stuff that I've collected in another.  I decided to call it a day at that point.

I watched videos for the rest of the day and evening.

Tomorrow is a doctor's appointment.  So is the next day.

Day 3395

 I woke up at 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was raining when I got up, so after some surfing I got to work on some RC stuff.

I got out the ESC for the micro-b that I picked up a couple of days ago.  Like I thought, the one I bought before had a bad BEC.  The new one works fine.  After testing it all out I packed it up.  It will go to Oregon with me to be assembled.  I also got the official "the shipment is delayed" message from Aliexpress.  Hopefully it will get here before we leave.

I spent sometime packing away other RC stuff.  I needed a new plastic container for some of it.  Unfortunately Amazon wanted to sell me 4 of them when I only needed one.

I did a little more trip planning.  Ellen worked on some reservations, too.  It was cold today, low 60's.  We kept waiting for it to warm up, but it didn't.  Eventually we decided to go run the dog anyway.  I had to get the car out of the garage.  Apparently there will be no more thunderstorms.

We stopped at Wally World and Target first.  Neither one even carries small plastic boxes any more.  We just went to Circle C, planning to have lunch after that.

Abby had a fun time running through the woods by the Frisbee course.  Just as we were finishing up we took her to squirrel town.  There were a bunch of swallows flying through it and she chased them all over.  She got really hyped up and ran all over the fields, too.  At one point she took a shit.  The normal part of her shit had blood in it.  The end of the shit was just bloody mucus

That scared us.  We called the vet, but they were closed.  We took her to the emergency instead.  The doctor said that it was probably caused by over exertion.  She gave us some medicine and said that it would probably go away on its own.  We stopped at Central market for cold cuts, but they wanted $17/lb for them.  We said screw that and stopped at HEB instead.

It was 6 by the time we got home.  We were hungry because we hadn't had lunch.  I fed the pets and then fed myself.  After that was videos for the rest of the evening.

It's 49 right now and it's supposed to get colder.  Tomorrow is supposed to be warmer though.

Day 3394

 I woke up at 7:30, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  I surfed while waiting for Ellen to get up.  I finally had to get Abby to help me arouse her about 10.

I was planning to walk the dog when Ellen was ready, but it started to rain.  Fortunately that didn't last a long time.  While it was raining we did a little trip planning.  For some reason Ellen was having problems contacting parks today.

When the rain quit we left for Circle C.  We walked around the lower part of the park where Abby could search for and chase squirrels.  She had a great time.  We went right home when we were done because it was supposed to start raining again.

It actually did start raining just as we turned into the development.  It didn't last long though.  I sat down to watch videos.  I also took a short nap.  I think that was just force of habit.  When I woke up it was more videos until dinner.

Ellen fixed strawberry waffles.  They were really good.  After dinner it was more videos interspersed with another surfing session.

Notice I didn't do any RC stuff.  I just didn't feel like it.

Day 3393

 I woke up at 7:30, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After surfing was breakfast I surfed.  I didn't feel like accomplishing anything, and I didn't have to.

The surfing lasted for quite a while before I decided to work on the travel plans.  I have a couple of alternatives that I need to talk to Ellen about.  Unfortunately she spent most of the morning on the can.  Eventually she got off.  By then it was time to run the dog.

We stopped at the post office first.  I picked up a new ESC for the micro-b along with the latest CPAP stuff.  Then we went to Beckett.  It was mid 80's, sunny, and very humid.  We walked for a little over a mile.  Most of it was through the woods so Abby could run a lot.  She did a good job of checking back with us. 

The last stop was HEB.  I forgot to get bananas yesterday.  When we got home it was videos and the usual nap.  There's something about sitting in that chair in the afternoon that puts me to sleep.  Ellen was still having problems with her asshole.

When I woke up a found a Netflix series that I'd been wanting to watch.  It turns out to be good.  I watched 3 episodes.  I'll be watching more. 

Dinner was something frozen.  After dinner was more Netflix followed by some surfing.

Just before Gutfeld I went outside and put the car in the garage.  It might thunderstorm tonight.

Day 3392

 I  woke up a little before 8, played games, and got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  For the first time in what seems like weeks I didn't have any pressing things to do except put out the garbage and recycle.  I decided to do some RC stuff.

I got out the soldering iron so that I cold make up an adapter from the Furitek ESC receiver connector to the receiver.  That involved a lot of finicky soldering.  I finally got it done and tested.  Now I have to wait for the replacement ESC to show up.  After that I located a LED that would fit the empty headlight enclosure I had.  I installed it.  That's the last thing I had to do to finish sorting all of the lighting stuff.

The final thing I did was make up a kit for attaching lights to the micro-b.  I probably won't be using it until we get to Oregon.

I didn't do any trip planning.  I'm almost done with it and will probably finish it tomorrow.  Today was just for fun stuff.

We both had leftover pizza for lunch.  Then we left for errands.  The weather was miserable, 83 degrees and 95% humidity.  It was an early taste of why we don't spend the summer here.  As we were getting in the car Abby chased a deer across the property near the gate.  She was keeping up with it.

We picked up cat food at the place near Costco.  We went back via Beckett because Mopac southbound was clogged up even though it was 2:30.  We stopped at the park and ran Abby for a little bit.  It was hot and she wasn't running full out.  There was a fountain running in the playground, but I couldn't get her near it.  The last stop was HEB for OJ and bread.

When we got home I watched a couple of videos and then fell asleep.  When I woke up it was more videos until dinner (a salad).  After dinner was even more videos.

Day 3391

 I woke up at 8, got up, did pet stuff, and had breakfast.  After that I went out to spread gravel.

 It was a little cool, but that was OK because hauling gravel was hard work.  I hauled 7 or 8 loads and covered all of the bare spots that I could find in the gravel area.  I still have about half of the gravel pile left in case I need more for something.

I was at the "I can't do any more" point when I was done.  That's after only 7 or 8 loads.  I remember when 20 was the minimum number I'd do in a session.  Crap.

When I got back inside I was hot and very tired.  I sat down and did some more trip planning.  I've got a basic plan, but I have to go over it with Ellen.  In about an hour I felt like I could get out of the chair.  We loaded up the dog and left.

The first stop was Walgreen's for Ellen's drugs.  After getting some fuel we went to Circle C.  There was almost no one there.  We walked around the upper part of the park and through some of the frisbee course.  Then we went to the pizza place by Costco.  It was still cloudy, but the temperature was 82 now.

When we got home I decided that enough had been done for the day.  I sat down and watched videos.  That quickly turned into a nap.  I'm not sure I got through the first video.

Dinner was leftovers from lunch a couple of days ago.  After that was more videos.

Except for car washing I'm finished will all of the pre-trip pains in the ass.  That's good, because I have three doctor appointments starting next week.