RV shows this weekend

The Worlds fastest RV right here in Salem, OR and I could care less. My '73 Indian is just fine for me. The next vacation for me will be Condo Camping anyway. For Valentines day my wife and I will get over to the Oregon Coast for a couple of nights in the condos. That is if my mother-In-law gets along with this hospital stay OK. She has several health problems and now either a Stroke or Bells Palsy or some of each. Anyway maybe when I retire I can post a blog everyday and have vacation stuff to write about. Until then will write when I can.

It's Winter here in the valley

We don't get much snow or even cold weather in the Willamette Valley. This week has been different though. Freezing every night for a week and even several days never above 32. This Summer we plan on warm days and cool nights so with that thought in mind I can hold on a few more months till Spring...

Winterizing Wilbur

Winter is here and I decided to put a water heater by-pass kit on the old Winnebago. This weekend is a Boy Scout campout and the temp is planned to be well below freezing. The kit looked like an easy fix and at $18.95 it was within budget. My heater is under one of the dinette seats. The only problem was not a bunch of room to turn wrenches inside the seat area. Last year I got the drain plug out of the water heater for the first time. Now I need to blow out the lines and pump some anti-freeze into them.

Jury duty day and Travel talk

It finally happened, Jury Duty. At the ripe old age of 53 I finally had to show up at the Court House for jury duty. Never got past the call after 5:00PM the night before to see if I needed to show up. Anyway I got to watch a video on patriotism and how the court system works. Then it was wait and wait. Well I did talk travel with a retired guy who has a motor home. We talked how the Oregon Coast and Casinos were great places to visit. About the time I had told him all about my winnebago repairs the phone rang and the trial was changed from a jury trail to a Judge making the judgement. Oh well back to work fixing houses.

Boy Scout tree recycle

This is the second and last weekend of Christmas tree recycling for our Boy Scout Troop. The old Winnebago (Wilbur) was used again this year as an office for the event. Last year was wet most of the time but this year was dry except for this last day of the recycle. The adults of the Troop learned about how nice the small electric heater works in Wilbur. We have used the Mr Heater propane heater but that one seems to produce mosture on the windows when used. Next weekend will be Camp Farm Nut. It is a time for Scouts to work on Merit Badges and camp out close to home. One Scout leader has a farm with lots of Hazel nuts so thats how this event was named. The Web site is working at http://the-handier-man.com/ Take a look.

Oregon coast aquarium trip

We had a great wet and windy trip to the coast yesterday. My daughter really likes the coast and since she is in the OSU marine biology program I'm sure she will spend lots of time at the coast. The weather was just windy on the way to the coast but turned very wet and windy soon after getting to the aquarium. There is lots to see inside so only the long walk to the car was very wet. It was so wet and windy on the way home my wife and daughter did not even shop very long at the factory outlet in Lincoln City. Good thing we didn't take the old motor home over since the wind makes for very exciting driving.