Roof leaks and tires

Wouldn't you know it that after I fix up the lawn sprinkler system the rain comes?  Last week, or was it this week I replaced some of the valves in my yard. 

And now we are setting at the beach with it just pouring outside.  Hey that just gives me a chance to check out the roof repairs I did on Smokey.  So far no leaks.

  

And I have been looking at new tires too. When I bought Smokey I checked the tires and found the front tires looked great.  One was 6 years old but the other one had the date on the inside of the tire and it was 11 years old.  They look identical.  And the rears are the older 8r19.5 size.  About 7 years old and some small cracks.  So next week I will be looking at tires since we seem to enjoy Smokey and have plans for many more years of using it. 

The eagle has landed

I am officially an eagle now.  Well as soon as they put a new cartridge in the printer and run me off a membership card.  They did give me a key to the door.  Now to check out some Eagle Aeries and see how the RV spots look. 

I joined Portland #4 in Tigard.  It is close to our daughters house and I can remember a number like 4.  My Elks lodge number has 4 digits.  

Now my goal is to check out and record the Eagles RV places.  The Elks have a large following of RVers who keep up a website of the lodges and what each of them have.  The Eagles have a list of places http://www.foe.com/camping-facilities.aspx

The car show

This isn't really all about a car show but about a long weekend of celebrating some friends 50th wedding anniversary.  So here are some pictures.  And I get the older Winnebago out for this great outing. 

It started with a family BBQ on Thursday evening followed by a dinner and dancing at the gateway Elks lodge on friday where this picture was taken.  Did you know that sophie and I have lost 100 pounds together. 

This is at the Unger Resort.  Yea my Mustang and RV are on the left. 

We lined up at the car show. 

And at the show we had cars too. 

Someone forgot to put the top down. 

Wilbur is ready to go

This week we are getting together with some of our "classic" Winnebago friends.  That doesn't mean our friends are old,  just their choice of RV's are old.  But speaking of old, I mean classic, some friends are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.   So we are taking Wilbur to the big event. 

 Do you wonder what will happen when someone gets left home and Wilbur drive away. 

Painting at stephs house

The painting begins.  And after painting Friday I did my weight watchers meeting Saturday morning to find out I have now dropped 60 pounds.  Now that's a big number. Almost as big as being 60 years old. 

And I am on the list to have my Eagles initiation later this month.  And then I can check out more places to park Smokey while we travel around the great northwest. 

Satellite TV for Smokey

I have never had satellite TV before so this was something new. I had D & D satellite in Salem take care of everything. They even gave me an old dish to use in Smokey.  They really took good care of me. They deal with both Dish and Direct and even helped me with my over the air antenna.  Did i tell you i got everything FREE and even got a $50.00 credit.  Just ask me and i will help you get the same deal. I built a stand for it out of pipe and pieces from the scrap yard. It weighs 15 pounds. 

I will have to let you know how it works out.  So far I have hooked the portable dish up and found the two satellites but not great signal.  I'm still learning. 

Helping out a neighbor

I almost forgot to post this.  Another Elk that I met in Newport last week had no power to start or run the dash lights.  So after a couple of days of some work I think I got to the bottom of it with cleaning all the battery cables. 

These pictures are of the power distribution box.  It is a 2000 Fleetwood Southwind.   The couple called us later to tell us they were not having an problems. I hope they get back to the Long Beach CA where they live without trouble.