I figured it was time to get off vacation and get back to my morning walks… and the sick was about gone… so early (7:30 am – early for a retired guy)… I got out and put in a couple of miles…
I need to change my symbol but I carry my hand held radio that runs APRS and tracks where ever it goes… it also has the FM radio in it and with my blue tooth headset I can listen to the radio and walk at a good pace… I didn’t get in the full route as I normally walk on down to S County Club road and then back… that makes about 2.8 miles +/-… and today I took the gradual slope up through Boulder Creek and across the short hill to home… the hill from about Villa Ct up to Hidden Oaks on 19th is one heck of a rise and really wears you out … the other is about the same rise but spread out over a little more distance…
Then it was out to finish up a couple of small projects on the motor home… got the APRS rig installed in there and the antenna for it… and got the grey tank drained from flushing out the anti-freeze in the lines a couple of months ago… got the tires and batteries checked and put it away for a few more months… too bad we can’t just get in and go but Sherrie is still working and I am not quit ready to just take off… wouldn’t be nice of me… besides I got plenty of things I need to get done before next summer when we do take off…
Once that was done it was time to head in for lunch… had another one of those great deals… Mexican fast food… but we both eat for $10… so not too bad…
once home from that I figured it was hot enough to just wash the Jeep. We had run the car through the pay car wash in town Sunday and it came out ok, I did have to do a some touch up on the front bumper where the bugs were too heavy for the auto wash… so I got out my power washer and proceeded to wash down the jeep… also used the soapy bucket and hand wash mit to get it down to a known color… the power wash wasn’t going to remove some of that red mud… just the heavy stuff… then I put some UV protectant on the tires and polished it down a bit more… old Chamois time… so what can you do on a hot day… washing a car is work but playing the the water keeps it a bit cooler…
I need to put some glass cleaner on the back window… the protector on the back tire cover splattered a bit…
Once all that was done I had to cool down so went in… but promptly found out the Mocking Birds were at it again… this pair has tried several times to build nests in the hanging pots that we have flowers in… once they start that it will kill the flowers… so I have discouraged their attempts several times … seems I got them discouraged or I hope so, this time as well…
Note the two large spray bottles… they wanted the nest in the middle where they are setting… also see the damn big stick this one is trying to get in there…
Still checking things out… and it don’t fit anymore… usually the mocking birds don’t get this close to the house? and the plants are high enough that the cat can’t get up there either so that may be why they are moving up here as the cat is checking out the bushes they have been using… may have to lower the plants down to rail height… ? Strange thing is that usually it is the House Wren that is always trying to build in the pots… not the mocking birds…? will take the bottles out in a day or two and see if they are sufficiently discourage for a few more weeks? should be getting late enough they will give it up…
The cat is getting braver with the new dog… the dogs sure watch the cat but she is now re-claiming much of the house as hers , when ever she wants to, as long as we keep the dogs from going down stairs and she has a safe area… at some point I figure the bluff will be tested and we will have a dog with bloody nose? so far they are maintaining distance… as long as the cat doesn’t run then the chase is on… oh well… learning time…
That was the day… boring but that is how it goes at 100 degrees out… you stay in somewhere…
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