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  • Kitchenette progress

    Still in process….

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    Old cabinet to clean, sand, paint and prep for building the kitchenette

     

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    Removed pump plumbing to prep for building kitchenette

     

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    Pump and parts

     

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    Cleaned up overhead locker for kitchenette and adapted a computer fan for the stove vent.

  • Skaneateles – on the farm

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    Camped on the Perry farm
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    Skaneateles Lake

  • Boiler Maker and Lake Chalet

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    Lake Chalet, Bridgewater, NY

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  • Dave’s 50th and Bash IV

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    Lake Norris, TN
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    Coopers Lake, PA

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  • Office photos

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    Standing laptop stand and heater gate
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    Reclaimed barn wood shelf
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    Sleeping bag blue

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    New home made insulated reflective curtains

     

     

     

  • So much for cleaning up files

    I did my New Year backup and cleanup and moved my pictures to a 2012 directory not realizing that web albums in Picasa sync with your local files and moving it back doesn’t seem to help.  Now I am missing 60 images from the blog.  I’m not sure what I’m going to do about this, I use Picasa albums to keep my pictures organized and now I need to paw through hundreds of photos to fix it.  I might need  a new system. Off to sulk….

  • Summer breeze makes me feel fine

    It’s been great being off work this week.  It’s been warm and sunny, but with cool sleeping weather.  I haven’t gotten as much done as I had hoped.  It seemed that every job required a missing tool or supply or my back wouldn’t hold up.  So I have several started, unfinished jobs.

    • I documented and ripped out the wires for the four main 12 volt circuits.  I’m still trying to sort out the monitoring/console wires.
    • Scraped and scrubbed the inside of exterior walls in the back third of the trailer, removing residual pink and broken wire holders in preparation for reflective insulation installation.
    • Jig sawed 4 feet of insulation foam board into 1 inch strips (Thanks for the loan on the jig saw Marc).
    • Removed and replaced the rubber seal on the back window and did a test run of reflective film on the glass.  Having trouble getting the window back on the trailer.  We need a third person to push in the lip or more finesse on the angle.
    • Prepped and sealed two thirds of the exterior seams and lights with Acryl-R (Thanks for info Frank!).  The other third is prepped.

    Left to do before I start insulating:

    • Four new window latch replacements and the fuzzy weather stripping for the window screens arrived, need to take them back off and apply that.
    • Finish removing wires, cleaning up inside of exterior walls, sealing seams, attach window.
    • Seal the interior seams with automotive undercoating or Sikaflex® 221?
    • Leak test

    Fred watching me strip the back window.

    I started on the top to practice sealing the seams as Frank suggested, but I didn’t get much better by the time I moved down.

    Jade would like to thank Frank for putting on the new axles and making the trailer high enough that she can hang out under it now while I work.