Delayed gratification......

6:16 am - Wednesday - August 2nd - LPG&RVR - 51° F, humidity 53%, wind 0 mph out of the southeast....partly cloudy skies today with a forecast high of 90° F.  On this date in 2017 TLE and I were having lunch at The Corral (a great little hamburger place) in Gardiner, MT after a 5 mile hike.......↴ 

Once again I am remiss in not posting about Monday while it was still Tuesday, but as luck would have it I am only working about an hour today.....just long enough to stage golf carts for the day, and then TLE and I will be heading into Klamath Falls for her eye appointment (upcoming cataract surgery).

While I was enjoying the fourth day of my four day weekend, TLE worked Monday, so I can take her to Klamath Falls on Wednesday for her pre-surgery cataract appointment.  She switched work days with Kathie, and I was going to switch with Walt, but he had appointments down in Reno on Wednesday to keep, so I asked Lynn (wife of mower Mike) to take my place after I stage carts for Kathie first thing Wednesday.  A nice alternative for me as it means no switching.....I do, however, get one less day of pay this pay period.

I've had a project on the back burner for over 2 years to replace the fog lights on our 2001 VW Beetle.  When we were still at Seal Rocks RV Cove back in 2021 I noticed one of the fog lights was not working, so I ordered new aftermarket ones off eBay.  I kept procrastinating because I thought it would be a very involved job just to replace the lights, but now I'm glad I did, because I decided to replace the grill in which those fog lights are mounted since the brackets on the old grill to which the fog lights are attached were broken.  Anyway, since I had a whole day to myself, which is rare, I decided to take on the project.

The most difficult part of the project was removing the old grill, and the old fog lights attached to it.  I borrowed some ramps from the Caddy Shack that are normally used to elevate the front, or rear of golf carts in order to work on them.  The front of the VW is only a few inches off the ground, and getting my head under there without getting the front off the ground would not be possible.  Once I had the car elevated I began to remove the grill, which is basically held in place by plastic clips.  I used a flathead screw driver pop each one out, and then was able to remove the grill after a little bit of a struggle.....

.....once the grill was out I detached the fog lights from it, and then began to install the new fog lights into the new grill.....

The old grill to the left

The new grill with new fog lights installed

....then all that remained was to attached power wires to the new fog lights, then snap the new grill into place.....

Before cleaning the front of the VW

.....before reattaching the license plate I cleaned the bug apocalypse off the front of the VW....

After......ahhhh, much better!

.....once that was done I backed the VW off the ramps, and washed the rest of the car for our trip to Klamath Falls.....I know, I know....it will just get spattered with bugs again, but I like beginning a trip with a clean car.  So, what do you think?  I actually like the blacked out look of the front grill much better than the old painted one, which was much the worse for wear after 22 years of being hit with road debris, and bugs.

After throwing the old grill and badly pitted fog lights away I turned my attention to putting up a few more of my solar rope lights on the locals trees......by the time I was done with that the heat of the day had arrived, and it was time to head into the A/C cooled interior of the Newell for a shower, and a nap.  I'll post pictures of the new rope lights in my next missive.

I picked up TLE from work a tad after 5 pm, which was the end of my last weekend day, and time to myself.  At last another of those oft delayed projects is done, and there is a little more room in the trailer.

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