The Falls City Bago parts

The 2nd annual parts run for Jeff and I happened today, 1/30/09. Lots of treats were found and good times were had by all. Take a look at the pictures as they are worth thousands of words.

The CCR concert at Chinook Winds Casino

This last weekend (1/23/09 - 1/25/09) my wife and I enjoyed another wonderful trip to the Oregon Coast. This time I had won a couple of nights at the Ashley Inn hotel, courtesy of KBZY radio station in Salem Oregon. Nothing is better that free nights at a nice place. And I planned it while CCR (Creedence Clearwater Revisited) http://www.creedence-revisited.com/was at the Casino. Now of all the concerts we have been able to see, over all the years, I would have to say that this was one of the best shows we have seen. High energy and just plain fun. Setting next to my bride of 32 years, I could remember times before we had met. And that was a while ago. But only the drummer (Doug "Cosmo" Clifford) and bass (Stu Cook) were original members of CCR. They put on a very good show.
Another thing that was great to do was when we found out from a local person, about one of the highest places in Lincoln City to view the ocean. I would tell you where this is but then everyone would know about it. I was told you could see the curvature of the earth from there. Next time I will bring a straight edge to check this out. Wilbur might not be able to drive to this place but close enough to walk to the top. I hope to get you a panorama picture from this place if it comes out so you can see the view.

Polishing the aluminum on Wilbur

Well the front bumper is ready to bolt on after being blasted and repainted, but now I thought I would clean up the grill. Now if you ever saw the '73 Indian that Jeff from Seattle owns, you would know what I need to do. So I pick up 40 new screws to replace the rusty old screws that hold the grills on the front of Wilbur. I ended up making another trip to the True Value hardware store for another 40 screws before calling it a day. Here are some pictures of the process. The secret to the shiny aluminum is "SOS". Now I need to buy more SOS since there is none to be found in our house.The old screws



Some new screws




Kind of rusty, huh

Looks kind of nice now

Look ma, no teeth

The gas tanks are full

Today was dry and I had some time, so I took Wilbur for a drive. It's about 4 miles to a truck stop along I-5 where I like to buy gas. I guess I don't really like to buy gas, but enjoy what I can do with the gas. Less than $100 to fill up at $1.83 a gallon, about 50 gallons. Our first real outing of the year will probably be in three months, but the tanks are full of gas.

There was another MH next to me at the pumps. They had a small pickup toad that took up part of my lane. And as they got ready to pull out, the lady was watching as the man drove ahead and she told me they had to get their water tank fixed because it was leaking. It sure was leaving a trail as they left. If it was only 20 years older I might have offered to look at it, but they probably just let it freeze or something simple like that.

At home I spent time cleaning up the frame where the front bumper bolts on. I had the bumper media blasted and then I painted it. After the frame is painted I will replace the bumper. I have to keep up with Jeff and replace screws that are rusty. Now Jeff has one clean looking '73 Indian.

Happy New Year

OK, so it's already Jan 4th, 2009 and the year is off and going. We had a white Christmas here with ice and snow.

Wilbur is safely tucked inside the garage.

And for those of you who know I joined the Elks Lodge last year, I found some of the members "outstanding" in their field. And others just laying around too.

The snow is all gone now, and the low areas are flooded, so all is good again.