On the 'receiving' end.....

7:17 am - Wednesday - March 5th - TWW - 34° F, humidity 51%, wind 8 mph out of the southeast......mostly clear, blue skies this morning with increasing cloudiness this afternoon, and rain overnight, and a forecast high of 60° F.  On this date in 2021 TLE and I were spending a few days in Santa Barbara, CA at the Elks Lodge (#613)....

 ....on our way back to Seal Rock, OR where we would remain until October.  We had taken a one month hiatus during our 1 year commitment to get our alternator repaired, and make a few other upgrades to our beloved 1982 Newell Classic diesel pusher.

As promised by the weather guessers we had crystal clear, blue, sunny skies Tuesday, and NO wind....a perfect day to get a few things done around TWW before the arrival of Charles and Phyllis for a brief two day stay.  They're coming early this week as we'll have rain Wednesday night through Thursday morning, meaning there will not be much work being done.

I spent part of the morning filling in the holes Charles and I dug to find the path of the 3" septic line, and then turned my attention to filling on the actual hole we dug when we finally found the line....lol!  Before doing so I fixed a leak at the new 'T' I installed, then had TLE flush the two toilets inside the house to send a rush of water down the line to the septic tank to see if I had successfully fixed the leak, and the answer was a resounding 'YES'!.....

.....meanwhile TLE was up on a ladder spraying water proofing on our patio awning.  After putting the septic project to bed I turned my attention to figuring out how to roll up the 'doors' on the new carport we setup a week ago with Charles and Phyllis.  I finally decided to use a long bungee fed through a 'hook' at the peak on each end of the carport,  then roll up the fabric, finally securing it in a 'open' position with the bungee....

Maybe that's what that 'hook' was for.....hmmmm?

....it actually worked better than I had expected.  I then spent about an hour trying to tack down the sides of the carport fabric to the ground with bungees and stakes so it will be more secure when we get those winds out of the southeast.

It was a very good 'sun' day, and all of our battery banks achieved 100% status early in the day, and I'm happy to report that those ceramic heating elements I had to mess with at 2 am Tuesday morning did their job and kept the water bay above freezing without consuming too much alternating current (120 VAC).

Charles and Phyllis arrived just before 4 pm with my new receiver hitch for the 1969 Chevrolet C-50.....

This a 2" receiver mounted to a 5/6ths inch steel plate....rated at 20,000 lbs.

....a new electric blanket for our bed (the old one bit the dust a few days ago), as well as 100 feet of welded fencing (6' high) for the greenhouse to keep out the varmints, and by 4:30 pm we were enjoying some snacks in advance of the President's address to a joint session of Congress......

....the girls decided hors d'Oeuvres would in order since the Wilsons arrived so late in the day, and they were correct, as usual.  There was something for everyone.  We spent over an hour talking, munching and sipping vino as is our custom.

Our sojourn here at TWW is getting short with only 5-6 weeks remaining, and soon we'll be getting ready to head back north to our beloved Likely Place Golf and RV Resort.

Thanks for stopping by!