The Coast is wet

My wife and I are on the Oregon Coast for a couple of nights.  It's a long story but we are using a hotel that was bought for someone else and here we are.  The weather is the usual grey and windy and wet.  Some GWB shopping today and time to watch movies.  Can't wait to get home,  well we can wait, but my new spy cam is suppose to be delivered now.  That means I will have a new toy to play with.  Maybe some model airplane movies.
 Stay tunned to see what I can do with the little camera.

And soon my color LED lights will be in.

The fridge repair is working

Not much going on today.  Another no flying day since it was cold and damp this morning.
I have been trying the fridge a few times today and it has worked every time.  Now I am thinking that the green ground wire behind the fridge might have been the problem.  Right now I think it looks like it might have been just loose enough to not work all the time.
And this week I might have my new spy camera that I bought to see if I can take some pictures from a model airplane.  And I also might be getting some color LED lights.  Now these LED's will be just for fun,  or should I say for mood lighting.  That will be a whole new type of use in Smokey.

With the cold weather I like to think back on places we have been.  Here is a nice church camp in Oregon that we plan to visit again.  Very close to the ocean and very quiet.

You can read about this place on my Blog Camp Wi-ne-ma.

The power center.

So today I did look into something going on with the fridge.  A couple of times it didn't start up when I pushed the on button unless I turned on a fluorescent ceiling light.  So my first thing I did was to clean up the ground wire on the back of the fridge.  the screw holding it to the fridge frame was kind of loose.  Once that was done I tried the fridge and it started right up.  Then I tried it a couple of other times through the day and no problem with it.
Now I have been reading about what fluorescent lights do to control circuits when they are turned on.
The power center was replaced once and none of the AC breakers of DC fuses are labeled.

I guess I should check out everything and label stuff, before I have to do it someplace and sometime where I don't want to.

A new toad????

A little over a year ago I bought a Subaru wagon to tow behind Wilbur.  Of course I didn't pay much for it but if I liked towing a car then I might buy something nicer.  Here it is, a year later, and I still have the wagon.  So I have been thinking on what  to do.  Should I fix up the wagon, buy another newer car, or just drive the wagon until the wheels fall off.
So today I went looking at cars and parts for my car.  The wrecking yard I did some business with a year ago doesn't have a fender for my car,  and a car lot I stopped by didn't have a manual trans either.  So I am thinking about what to do.
I did buy some more damp rid and put it in Smokey.  That's about all for the RV type of stuff.
The BBQ we bought for our son for Christmas got delivered with the wagon and we did look around at some GWB's (Goodwill type of thrift stores) today.  And the wagon does drive nice on the freeway.

Here is a link to Thanksgiving 2011 When I got the wagon.

Another non flying day

Thursday and Sunday are my flying days.  A group of guy's with toy airplanes fly at the State Fairgrounds in Salem when the weather is good and fly.  And on cold days like today we just meet at the club house (McDonald's) and talk about flying.
I did spend some time looking at places to visit on the Oregon Coast.  We haven't taken Smokey to the coast yet but are planning to visit some of our favorite places as soon as the weather warms up some.  We are members of the Elks and have found several Lodges with RV sites around the Northwest.  You can find Elks Lodges we have stayed by using the search box at the upper Left of this site and type in "Elks".

Another cold day

I think people enjoyed the pictures I posted yesterday, since there were more people looking at my Blog than usual.  Did you know I earn money when you click on one of the ads that show up on my Blog?  Yea some days I earn a penny and some days are a few dollars.  Now that's cool.
Here in the Willamette Valley we don't get a lot of freezing weather, but it has been getting below freezing the past few nights.  But it is a dry cold day today.  My cold is getting better and we did go out today to shop for a new fridge for one of our rental houses.  And I did do a toilet repair too.  I would always enjoy a job where all I did was replace the flap valve inside a toilet tank.  No muss no fuss.
But with it so cold all I did in the way of RV stuff was to buy a couple of plug strips for Smokey.  The closest plug in for the kitchen is under the fold up

I might mount the plug strip to the wall but for now we have a place to pug the coffee pot in when it sets by the sink.

Happy New Year everyone

Even with a cold I am up until the magic time of midnight.  And with a new year starting there is time to think forward to some happy times.  Times filled with joy and laughter.  So off we go into a new year.  Maybe I will be up and feeling better later today so I can post some more stuff.
Here are some pictures from happy times in the past.

WOW that was a close call.

Don't you hate those crowds at the beach.