Mister Fix-It.....

 8:51 am - Thursday - August 28th - LPG&RVR - 66° F, humidity 25%, wind 3 mph out of the south by southeast.....partially cloudy skies today with a forecast high of 87° F.  On this date in 2020 TLE and I were taking a walking along Harrington Lagoon on Whidbey Island, WA near Coupeville......

on a very clear day, and spied Mount Baker in the distance....still covered with snow on August 28th.

I was actually out of bed before 7 am Wednesday.  I think it was all those naps I took Tuesday....lol.  TLE and I decided to give our legs a rest Wednesday, and not take our 10th out and back walk of the summer.  My knee was a little stiff after two days of walking, but as I write Thursday morning it feels pretty good.

I busied my self with several small fix-it projects Tuesday morning.  I have an analog, battery powered clock in the trailer I bought at 'Savers' Thrift Store in Flagstaff last winter, and it would not keep running from day to day, even though I've changed the battery several times thinking I just had a bad batch of batteries.  It was not as simple as that, but in the end the fix was very simple.  When I put on my reading glasses to examine the battery compartment I discovered a small piece of plastic stuck in there that was preventing the battery from 'seating' properly, and once that was removed the clock began to work, and was still working when I closed the trailer last night......

Taken this morning....still working!

....next up was to examine the drip rail on the passenger side of the Newell back by TLE's bedroom window.  She has been unable to leave her window open when it is raining (hasn't been a problem in the past) as water comes in through the screen, so I got out our step stool and examined the area above her window closely.  Again another simple fix....the drip rail (like a rain gutter) channel right above her window opening was clogged with fine dirt, which prevented the rain water from traveling to the back of the coach where it could fall harmlessly to the ground.  Once that was cleared the backed up rain water from the previous day flowed as it should....another problem solved.

Another small fix-it task was the small vice I mount on the corner of my workbench table.  The jaws had ceased to move in and out, so I took it apart and found that the 'C' clip which secures a large washer against the movable jaw had popped off.  Once I reattached it, and lubed the threads on the screw it began to work as it should.....

'C' Clips

Bench vice

......finally, TLE and I bought a solar gnome at the store Tuesday, but the lights on it would not light up at night, so I removed the small solar panel, and found the 'ON/OFF' switch had become detached, so I reattached it, moved the switch to the 'ON' position, and it began to work......

'He' has three LED lights in his hat which light up at night

....with that final, very simple, fix my 'to do' list for Tuesday was complete, and it was time to retire to my anti gravity chair on the 'lido deck' for the balance of the day.  I read, napped, read, and napped some more for several hours, completely mosquito free, but not because Jose has sprayed recently, because he has not....he's been on vacation in Alaska for the past 10 days.  I was mosquito free because I deployed every single mosquito repelling device we have, and they, combined, did the job.

Around 5 pm TLE brought out some snacks for us to enjoy on the 'dinning/gaming deck'.....

......neither of us was very hungry, so these snacks were the perfect anecdote.  We sat snacking and talking for the better part of an hour, and as we did the forecast afternoon thunderheads rolled into the Pitt River Valley (for the record, that's what I call this valley in which we reside.  Why, because it is a valley, and the Pitt River flows through it.  I have no idea what its actual name is, but I like the sound of 'Pitt River Valley').  We did get a little thunder, and a few sprinkles, but that was the extent of it.

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