Tuesday 4-13 Still Busy - Cool Overcast Day

 

Super day

We had an overcast cool day with the high at 81 degrees. Super day to do what you want outside.

The neighbor's house is going up very nicely, the crew started around 7:00 and didn't stop until 7:00. They had a long day. At noon a two man team for Encore came and installed the power pole. It was very interesting to watch. They dig a deep hole with a truck mounted auger drill bit. Getting through all the rock slowed it down just a bit but it only took about 15 minutes to dig the hole. Once the hole was deep enough they used the same truck and put a chain on the pole, they lifted the pole and set it in the hole. When the pole was in the hole they removed the chain and clamped it steady with a jaw mounted on the truck boom. Then they mixed a two part expanding solvent and poured the solvent in the hole where the pole was standing. This was amazing because it only took about five minutes to setup. Then they put the dirt in the hole to finish up the job. When the crew left Larry texted the new neighbor and told him he now has a power pole. 

 

  Neighbor's home sides going up

 

Drilling the power pole hole

 

Drilling deeper

Going deeper

 

Look at the dirt that was dug out

 

Lifting the power pole

 

Putting the pole in the hole

 

Mixing the two part solvent together

 

Waiting for the compound to setup

I started the day out by doing the Daily Challenges and the Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 6 games (3 Klondike and 3 Tri Peaks). It took me 17 minutes and 4 seconds, which put me in 20th place in my group. I finished up doing laundry.

 

Doing laundry

While I was was doing my games Larry worked on the Minnie. The drain valve on the water tank has been leaking, he applied a temporary fix before we went on our trip. He took the valve apart and found that it was worn out. He ordered a new drain valve from Amazon, it should be here Thursday. The water tank level sensors quit while we were on our trip so he ordered new ones, they'll be here tomorrow. 

Since we are going to be keeping the Minnie at the house for a bit we took the motorcycle carrier off of it, we put it on the truck and took it back to storage.

A couple of weeks before leaving on our trip we replaced the mattress in the Minnie and stored the old one on top of the boat. Today Larry took pictures of it and placed an add in the for free section of Craigslist. In a short while he got a text from a lady, she and her husband came by and picked it up. They were very happy about getting the mattress.

 

Old mattress

We read for about an hour.

For dinner I barbecued burgers. 

One of the first things we did when we moved into our first house about 35 years ago was buy Larry a Lazy Boy recliner. He still has that same recliner and loves it. Tonight he was sitting in it and it broke. He thought he might have to breakdown and buy a new one. We carried it to his workroom and he found out he could fix it. A couple of screws he had put in the chair decades ago had broke. He replaced the screws and now he's back in business. 

In the evening we watched YouTube videos.

When Larry went to bed I finished watching the seventh season of The Brokenwood Mysteries. I finished reading Rutland Place and started reading Bluegate Fields by Anne Perry. I ended doing 27,000 steps, which put me in 4th place in my group.