We moved sites for the last time until we have to leave in a week. The hot, hot weather has abated and has become wonderful.
We actually broke things up a bit with a couple projects, one minor and one we really had to get done, especially before we start moving again. But before I begin I just have to share a little recipe we found on line somewhere, I think it was in a Facebook reel. Anyway Jan and I love prime rib, but we seldom have enough people to make it worthwhile, so when I saw a way to cook a small, like 2-2 1/2 inch thick piece perfectly I couldn't believe it. So we gave it a try, and were amazed at how perfectly it turned out. The recipe is as follows: Season however you like, we used salt, pepper, and some garlic powder, then weigh it. Preheat the oven to 500 degrees, we used 450 as ours won't go any higher, then cook standing up, we used tin foil to hold it, for 5 minutes a pound, then turn the oven off and let it sit for 2 hours, DO NOT OPEN the door. Pull it out slice in two and serve. What do you think?
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| Amazing, right? It was delicious. |
John and Diane came up and met us for lunch, then we went into Blue Ridge, poked around a bit, then went to a great brewery, Grumpy Old Men for a quaff, then back for bourbon and cigars, dinner and a great visit. Did I get any pictures, no.
Our other project was to repair one of our slide out awnings. Some time ago we were in Oregon at a service center and since the awning fabric hadn't been lined up properly I had asked them to fix it. We weren't there when they did it so unbeknownst to us they had taken a big vise grip and brutally slid the aluminum extrusion to center the fabric. Well with time it failed, the ends cracked and came apart allowing the fabric to pull out. A real mess. I had taken care of the other end awhile back, but now the other side needed attention. We would need two ladders to make this happen. John had been letting us store our step ladder at his place, and because all the sites here are nice level concrete, and we were getting ready for our short trip, we felt the time had come. Sure enough John had a ladder we could borrow so with ours and his we got it done.
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| The mangled mess. The destroyed extrusion on the left, and the end of the awning fabric on the right |
Rather than replacing the entire extrusion, it is almost 15' long, so shipping was far, far more than the part, we opted to just attach a short piece riveted in place like we did at the other end.
First trick is to cut the broken piece out, easier said than done.
Then cut off a matching piece of extrusion.
Then rivet the connector on, slip it in, drill a new hole, do the final rivet, release the fabric, and done, and once again I was remiss and didn't get a picture of the final job. I might have to be fired.
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| The connecting piece needs to be straightened, the final hole needs to be drilled and the rivet set |
We saw this guy while we were out and about, it was about 4' long. We think it is a rat snake, supposedly harmless, do any of you know?
We stopped for some more great sushi on our way back to John and Diane's to return the ladders.
It turned into a great time, we stayed for first, bourbon and cigars, then friends' Ted and Patty came, we all had Chinese for dinner, all capped off with a fire! We had a wonderful time, a superb visit, we hadn't seen Ted and Patty in ages, and the weather was perfect, we even spent the night. Thanks guys!
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| Ted, John, and I on the men's side:-) |
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| Diane and Patty, Jan's taking the picture on the girls side |
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| Jan, Patty, Diane, John, and Ted |
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| John, Ted, and Moi |
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| Jan, Patty, and Diane |
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