Day 3703

 I woke up at 8:15.  That's the latest that I've slept in a long tine.  It was nice.  I played games for a short while and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After that I went to work on the Opel.

I installed the sway bar sing the parts that I'd received from China.  They fit without me having to do any modification.  The whole process went smoothly.  That was a first for working on the Opel.  I expected some problems determining where the magnets went on the body.  It turned out that there were markers molded into the body, so there wasn't anything to do.  The last thing to do is attach the magnets to the body.  I'll do that as soon as I receive the magnets.

I put the Opel away and got out the 1/10 scale Jeep.  I removed the interior from the body and glued some of the ducks from Aliexpress to the dash.  Ducks on the dash is a tradition that Jeeps owners have adopted.  I also replaced the magnets on the body with larger ones.

I had to wait for the glue to dry so I had lunch.  Abby was going crazy wanting to run, so I decided to go for a walk around the property instead of driving anywhere.  Abby had a great time.  I spent the walk trying to figure out how to mount the axle and tires to the trailer.  I came up with a couple of ways, but they were clunky and didn't involve bearings.

Walking the same old course in the property was getting old so after I finished the walk I got the pruners out and made a new path to walk.  I mainly had to cut dead branches and move fallen debris.  There was a lot of it though.  There's now a new way to walk.  It can be a course by itself or use part of the old course.  When I was done I had several bleeding scrapes on my arms.  I hate my thin skin 

When I got back to the house I looked on Aliexpress for a solution to my trailer axle problem.  I found some cool tire hexes with bearings inside.  Then I looked on Amazon for a metric axle and some nuts.  To my surprise I could get everything I needed for less than $10.  That's cheaper than Aliexpress.

My search of the tire hexes turned into another hours long Aliexpress search for low priced stuff to order with the hexes.  I needed to find $7 worth of stuff to get free shipping.  I had to be stuff I really needed.  I ended up with a storage box for the trailer and some wheels that I can use for a set of tires that I already have.

Dinner was leftovers.  After dinner I watched videos.  Just before I went to bed I put the Jeep body back together.  Tomorrow I'll add the tree branch wires and the long antenna.  Taking a day off the trailer was a good idea.  I actually think I'll go back to it tomorrow.