A few small things....

 7:29 am - Friday - April 4th - TWW - 34° F, humidity 61%, wind 6 mph out of the north.....partially cloudy today with a forecast high of 53° F.  On this date in 2015 TLE and I had just arrived at Goosenecks State Park in Southern Utah for a two week boondocking stay....

.....no, this is not the world famous 'Horseshoe Bend' on the Colorado River near Page, AZ....this is the entrenched meander of the San Juan River near Mexican Hat, UT (southeast corner of Utah). This was our daily view for two weeks.  Goosenecks State Park remains one of the top 3, or 4 boondocking locations we have used in our 13 years on the road....right up there with Rincon Parkway (Ventura, CA), Rock House Road near Borrego Springs, CA, and Lone Rock (southern Utah near Page, AZ).

Thursday gave us another bitter cold morning after a night of snow flurries, sleet, and rain....not necessarily in that order.  After things warmed up a bit, TLE and I helped Charles and Phyllis remove their old water natural gas water heater, and install their new propane water heater.  The old one had been used by the prior owners, but since it was not set up for propane it eventually gave us the ghost.  It was definitely a 4 person job!  I didn't realize how heavy those things are....lol.

After that I spent time installing the new muffler clamps on the new mufflers for the 1969 Chevrolet C-50 I bought on Amazon.  Brian had tack welded the exhausts in place, so I could get the exhaust clamps and be able to remove the mufflers in the future, if the need arises......

....I didn't think they would be difficult to install, and for once I was right.  It took me less than 30 minutes.  I started the truck after installing the new clamps and it was even quieter, if that is possible.

Before I arrived to help with the water heater Charles, Phyllis and TLE assembled a 'composter' in the greenhouse area.  TLE and Phyllis already had a compost pile going, but this 'composter' is supposed to speed up the process...

....additionally, Charles and Phyllis brought up the additional 50' feet of welded fencing so we now have enough to install the fence around the greenhouse, with some left over.  There will be two wooden gates, which have been ordered, and should be delivered to their home in Phoenix next week, so we almost have all the materials needed to complete the project.....

....now if the weather will warm enough so we can finished painting the greenhouse framework, install the roof, and wrap the walls!

Shortly after I finished installing the muffler clamps on the C-50, and put away my tools it began to snow, as forecast.  Over the course of the afternoon we had snow, sleet, hail and rain.  The only thing missing was the forecast lightning and thunder.  Fortunately, the snow did not stick, and by sunset what little was on the ground had melted.  At least we managed to get a few small things done Thursday.

I spent the afternoon indoors watching the Valero Texas Open (San Antonio), but headed over to the house around 3:30 pm for our communal dinner, which consisted of  Nathan's Jumbo hot dogs, coleslaw, and corn maque choux (pronounced 'mock shew'), which is a Cajun dish.  

Charles and Phyllis will be leaving for home Friday morning, and we will not see them again until just before we leave, so we've got a lot of 'by ourselves time' the next 10 days, or so.  We are hoping that with the warming trend we are entering we will be able to get more done around The Wilson Wilderness before we leave.  Combined with my shoulder injury, wind and weather in general most of the major work here has come to a stop for the last two weeks.

Well, that is it for Thursday.....thanks for stopping by!