7:56 am - Thursday - April 9th - TWW - 57° F, humidity 18%, cloud cover 51%, wind 9 mph out of the south by southeast.....partly cloudy today with a forecast high of 74° F. On this date in 2015 TLE and I were having lunch....
at Twin Rocks Cafe in Bluff, UT. The view this morning....
Something I haven't done since I bought the Jeep was to take it on a long drive. I was always worried about breaking down due to the sketchy fuel system. I think the farthest I ever drove it was about 2 miles, and each time it sputtered and died just as I returned to the garage. Anyway, I decided it was time to take it on an extended drive Wednesday. It's been starting so easily since I ran Sea Foam through the fuel system, and idling even better. Nevertheless, as a back up, I had TLE follow me in the Yamaha Rhino with a tow strap just in case the worst happened. We left around noon time, and I wasn't sure how far I would drive up the main north/south arterial, but my goal was to make it to the railroad tracks before making the turn back for home. I was able to run it through the gears, and ran for quite a while in 3rd gear (it only has 3 forward gears in high range, or low range) for most of the time. We did make it to the railroad tracks, and began the 4 mile drive back home. Yup, we covered 8 miles in all, and the Jeep ran flawlessly with the coolant temperature right at 180° F, where it should be. As I drove down the entrance road to TWW there was this thought in the back of mind that this is where it usually starts sputtering, but she didn't. I pulled her into the garage, and shut her down. Success! I'm about 98% convinced I've solved the fuel problem, and the next time we drive to Dawn's for eggs we'll take the Jeep.
After a break I did some work in the 1969 Chevrolet C50 tilt bed truck. The left window crank was broken when I bought the truck last winter, and I actually bought a new one, but never got around to installing it until Wednesday. Once that was done I decided to move the truck from in front of the garage to its summer location next to the tractor, in front of the CONEX so I could attach a battery tender to its 4 month old battery. Last summer I just asked Charles to start it once a month, but that didn't work out as I had hoped. By July the battery, which was only a month old when I bought the truck, had given up the ghost so I had buy a new one. Anyway, this year the battery will be on a battery tender to keep it charged properly. I'll still ask Charles to start it periodically just to run fuel through the system.
You will recall that I set that juniper stump on fire again Tuesday, and Wednesday morning it was still smoldering deep inside the stump, so I continued to stack small logs (one at a time) on the stump all day long, keep the interior hot, and burning. By 5 pm I had gone through 4, or 5 logs, and it was still burning down deep, which is what I want.
Around 4 pm I lit the Sea-B-Que in order to grill a New York steak. I love the new gas control regulator I installed a few weeks ago, which allows me much more temperature control than the old one. The old gas control regulator gave me two options....high, or low....nothing in between. Within 20 minutes I delivered a perfectly medium rare New York steak to TLE to which she added sides of sauteed mushrooms/onions and cooked spinach with a touch of lime and butter....OMG! One of the best New York steaks I've ever grilled.
We watched two more 'Survivor' episodes for our evening entertainment, and have now caught up after finishing the two hour episode 6. It is shaping up to be one of the best 'Survivors' ever....thanks for stopping by!
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