Sunday ; Mostly sunny and warm today, a bit of rain ... while I was hitching the trailer, of course.
This morning I moved the trailer from lot 89 to lot 4, with the assistance of my next door neighbour ... and his truck. Lanoire continued to sit in the alleyway behind our house with a failed transmission. Or something ! Maybe the torque converter ?
After I finished moving Harvey ( the fifth wheel trailer ) from lot 89 to lot 4, I had an idea I wanted to try in Lanoire ( the truck ). I started it up, shifted from two wheel drive to four wheel drive and ... < sigh > ... nothing ! I shifted back to two wheel drive, stepped on the accelerator pedal, revved the engine and ... the truck slowly started to move slowly forward ... < blink, blink >. OH ! I drove to the front of the park and left the truck near the mailboxes, in a location that would be convenient for a tow truck to get it.
Shortly after, our neighbours were going into town to buy some groceries. I used that as an opportunity to try to drive the truck to K Mountain Auto Repair in Keremeos, with the neighbours following me, just in case of more trouble. At slow speed, with the engine revving high, I made it to the repair shop, and left the truck in their driveway. While the neighbours went grocery shopping
I walked over to Memorial Park to see all the classic cars at Kars Under The K, the annual classic car show in town. When the neighbours were finished their grocery shopping they picked me up at the park and gave me a ride home.
So ... the trailer is on lot 4, lot 89 is empty and ready for the new owners, the truck is at the repair shop ... and life goes on !
Monday ; Today was a sunny, very warm day of household chores. With my prior permission, the new owners of lot 89 moved onto the lot this afternoon, even though they aren't the owners until tomorrow afternoon.
Tuesday ; Sunny and hot.
This morning we drove into Keremeos to discuss the truck's problems with K Mountain Auto Repair. They were going to be too busy today to check out the truck and diagnose the problem.
We drove to Penticton, ran some errands, and ... WOO-HOO ... picked up a large cheque at the lot 89 buyers' lawyer's office. < singing > We don't own lot 89 anymore ! We deposited the cheque at the Bank Of Montreal, had lunch, ran some more shopping errands, and drove back home.
We were driving the next door neighbour's old Chevrolet Cavalier, with standard transmission. It has been at least 27 years since I last drove a stick shift ! Did pretty good, all things considered.
As we climbed out of the car in the Canadian Tire parking lot the entire team of nine Snowbirds ( Royal Canadian Air Force precision aerobatics team ) roared overhead, having just taken off in formation from Penticton's runway 34. We watched them familiarize themselves with the Penticton area and the height of the mountains on each side of both Skaha and Okanagan lakes, as they prepared and rehearsed for their performance tomorrow as part of Peach Fest's opening ceremonies.
Wednesday ; Sunny and hot again. The Sun Oven is getting a good work out. Today I made another batch of Maple Syrup Glazed Sun Oven Dried Candied Salmon. Had some of it in our "date night" picnic supper.
Finished refurbishing the free barbecue we got at a yard sale recently. Spent 30 bucks on it, and it's like a brand new $249 barbecue. Joanne cooked barbecued chicken in it this afternoon, also for tonight's "date night" picnic supper.
Many phone calls back and forth today regarding truck diagnosis. Needs a new transmission.
No surprise there. First significant repair, and first repair out of warranty, after 8 years and 223,000 km. Lanoire's earned a new transmission, n'est-ce pas ?
Also spent quite awhile this afternoon dealing with allocation / distribution / investment of lot 89 sale proceeds. Worked out a good plan, can make the money last even longer than I first anticipated. Even allowing $5000 for the new transmission and $2000 for seven new truck tires soon.
Celebrated sale of lot 89 by going to Shakespeare In The Park production of Much Ado About Nothing in waterfront Kenyon Park in Okanagan Falls. Didn't know Okanagan Falls had such a lovely municipal waterfront / beach park. Eager to return there for picnic and beach stroll. Great picnic supper tonight prepared by Joanne ... thank you, my dear ... and well done performance of Shakespeare comedy by Penticton Chamber Theatre Company. Wonderful "date night".
Thursday ; WOW ... that was kewl ! ! ! The Snowbirds just flew low overhead ( at 11 AM ), on their way from their performance last night at Peach Fest in Penticton to their performance this afternoon at the Abbotsford Air Show. Obviously, somebody in Penticton recommended that they fly low altitude VFR "valley navigation" and enjoy the beautiful scenery along the Similkameen River. And / or they're practicing their "mountain performance flying". Just like the course I took a few summers ago. Although their Tudor jets likely outperform a Cessna 172 when it comes to pulling a hammerhead stall and a 180 degree spin to avoid hitting a mountain. HA HA HA !
Joanne went to Kelowna with a neighbour, to provide moral support and an extra set of ears, at the neighbour's appointment with her oncologist < sigh >. I drove into Keremeos to run a few errands in town. Late in the afternoon I finally completed the "on roof" portion of the trailer roof rebuild project. Just a small amount of trim work to finish up inside a bedroom cupboard where the TV antenna rotation handle used to be.
Friday ; Another sunny, very hot day.
This afternoon we removed all the gazebo screens and cleaned out all the "stuff" collected behind / between the screens and the wood frames, mostly Cottonwood "fluff", but also including Douglas Fir needles and ... leaves and ... spiders ... ! Hopefully, there will be less of this kind of problem at lot 4 than there was at lot 89.
Saturday ; Another sunny, very hot day.
This morning we went into Keremeos to run some errands. This afternoon we gave Bo a bath.
I harvested lettuce. After months of promising him I would do it, this afternoon I finally did an electronic / electrical wiring repair on my next door neighbour's fifth wheel trailer. It went much better than either of us expected it to. Sometimes you're good, sometimes you're lucky !
I removed our fifth wheel trailer's now redundant TV antenna power booster. I did some investment work in the evening. Been doing quite a bit of that lately.
DSK
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