What did you do today? - 2022 version

[Venturer]

We just got home last night from our Labor day weekend camping trip with DD,DS-nl & DGD. It was agreat weekend! we left home and set up on Thur. spent the day Fri. relaxing and walking around campground exploring, making smores by campfire. Then Saturday, DSnlaw,his dad, DGD, & I all went on down to Atlanta to see our Ga. Bulldogs lay an old time Whuppin on the Oregon Ducks! It was my 1st time to be in the Atlanta Dome, wow that thing is huge. The worst part was the incoming traffic,because there were 4 big events going on over the weekend. Comic con, & black pride + 2 Big SAT. & Mon. games = Crowded! Atlanta is not a vehicle friendly city any time but it was terrible. The Comic con being in town made for some interesting people watching on our 5 mile/2 hour trip from I75 to the stadium! parking lot! miles.

 

[Car-Guy]

While we seldom see bucks at this altitude we had one last night and the doe decided to hang next to the house just now. View attachment 43331View attachment 43332

Where you see doe's you can be sure bucks aren't far away... It's just the way it is!

 

[braumeister]

I have accounts at both Fido and Schwab. One called me last week and the other called this morning. Both were "just reaching out to see if you need anything from us". I had to reassure them that I'm still a happy DIY customer, but I wonder if they're experiencing a lot of customer panic due to the market turmoil lately.

 

[1242Vintage]

There’s a forest fire a dozen miles away from the house and woke up this morning to very thick smoke drifting into our area. The fire is in very steep terrain, much of which is not accessible by vehicle. Hearing the aircraft overhead now heading into battle.

On previous fires I’ve watched from a safe distance the air crews attack the fire. The large twin engine airliner coming in a few hundred feet off the ground with limited visibility making retardant drops on a steep hillside is a sight to see. The men and women in the cockpit of all the aircraft must have nerves of steel. Praying they do their job safely and make progress on the fire today.

The forecast today is for temps to reach a sizzling 107 degrees!

 

[Philliefan33]

Came home today after visiting my parents for a few days. (We surprised my dad for his 80th birthday.)

Upon return I spent a couple of hours pulling/cutting down Japanese stiltgrass, an invasive that is threatening to take over our lot and all those around us. We are pretty clear now, so if I have the urge to attack some more I’ll start expanding from our lot lines to create a buffer.

After cleaning up I’ve decided to spend some time here catching up on some reading. There’s nothing like a comfy chair on a porch with a good book.

 

[Walt34]

Sharpened all the kitchen knives with the Tormek sharpener. This takes some time but the results are worth it. Then I cut up some onions and jalapeno peppers for my salad to test out one of the knives.

 

[1242Vintage]

Nearby forest fire (6 miles away) continues to be the issue. Fire is in tinder dry forest and extremely steep terrain, making it nearly impossible for ground crews to attack safely … fire continues to grow after three days.

Both air quality and visibility are very poor (1,000 ft visibility at best) which is keeping air crews grounded.

And we are getting a slight break in temps today … down a few degrees to 107!

 

[Badger]

Yesterday I cut down 8 mature shrubs. This morning I dug out 5 of the trunks/roots after I got back from my morning 12 mile bike ride. There are 3 more to dig out but they will have to wait. I'm getting too old for this. My head keeps lying to me and telling me I'm still 21. I think I'll lie down now.


Cheers!

 

[Car-Guy]

So far today, I have been "thinking" about going to the supermarket... But I'm trying to talk myself out of it and just continue to post here and a few other sites while doing a little day trading. Rough day...

 

[MBAustin]

Just finished a two hour ZOOM knitting class. Got the info I needed to understand what I was doing wrong that caused holes in my last two sweaters, so that won't happen again, and I learned some new options for making socks also. Brain is fried though after all that concentration, so I should probably do something mindless like clean out kitchen drawers this afternoon.

 

[EQMAN]

just finished replacing the struts on my 2009 prius with 160k miles on it. Very easy job after you get all the stuff out of the way to get to the top os the struts. Had to remove the wipers, wiper motor, cowling in front and basically take out the floor, and side trim in back. Just took a little bit of time and had fun doing it.

 

[Walt34]

Yesterday evening DW applied for SS benefits to start in March of 2023. She applied this early because she waited until three months before Medicare benefits were to start and they didn't get their act together until days before our health insurance became secondary to Medicare, whether Medicare was actually in effect at the time or not. Much gnashing of teeth for her then. SS is much less critical timewise than that but the lesson was learned.

On to more mundane things, I mowed the back yard and in a bit I'll do the front before it gets dark.

 

[ElizabethT]

Currently RV’ing along the California central coast, and yesterday we hiked 9 miles along the exquisite Ohlone Bluff Trail in Wilder Ranch State Park. Their is a large farm that runs just slightly inland from the state park’s bluff trail, so we enjoyed expansive ocean views to the west, and row after row of beautiful produce to our east. Plus one memorable stop to pick and enjoy wild blackberries.

Afterward we stopped for some terrific coffee and pastry at The 11th Hour in Santa Cruz, then enjoyed a great conversation with the owner of a nearby chocolate shop that had spent a lot of time fishing out of the area we live in down south. He had some great stories!

Dinner and cards back in our RV finished out a pretty perfect day.

 

[Trailwalker]

Currently RV’ing along the California central coast, and yesterday we hiked 9 miles along the exquisite Ohlone Bluff Trail in Wilder Ranch State Park. Their is a large farm that runs just slightly inland from the state park’s bluff trail, so we enjoyed expansive ocean views to the west, and row after row of beautiful produce to our east. Plus one memorable stop to pick and enjoy wild blackberries.

Afterward we stopped for some terrific coffee and pastry at The 11th Hour in Santa Cruz, then enjoyed a great conversation with the owner of a nearby chocolate shop that had spent a lot of time fishing out of the area we live in down south. He had some great stories!

Dinner and cards back in our RV finished out a pretty perfect day.

That sounds like a terrific day with many of the things I love to do.

DW and I participated in the local mixed doubles pickleball tournament yesterday. We finished fourth. I don't like to lose so my wife reminded me that we finished first among married couples. Had a couple of beers at the local watering hole with other participants and took an afternoon nap.

 

[skyking1]

Starting out a busy day, going to pick up my brother at Bainbridge Ferry terminal, my sailing/flying friend at Kala Point, and going to Port Townsend to see this boat and some of the wooden boat festival.
https://youtu.be/4FhTu3aGM60
He is having an open house today in the boat basin.
Then my brother and I are going to the new property and planning some work in the next few weekends.
I need to clear a bunch of ~100 pound rocks on the lower acreage to get it mow-able. He'll run the tractor and I will pick rocks with the excavator and load them in his bucket for piling for future use.

 

[Venturer]

I drug out the pressure washer to do the back of our house, which only gets minimum sun in am due to our large noise and wind blocking Leland cypress trees. After that DW lovingly suggested since I had it out I might want to do "a little bit" of the driveway. 6hrs later the drive way is done! Ohh well no more till next year now.

 

[street]

Starting out a busy day, going to pick up my brother at Bainbridge Ferry terminal, my sailing/flying friend at Kala Point, and going to Port Townsend to see this boat and some of the wooden boat festival.
https://youtu.be/4FhTu3aGM60
He is having an open house today in the boat basin.
Then my brother and I are going to the new property and planning some work in the next few weekends.
I need to clear a bunch of ~100 pound rocks on the lower acreage to get it mow-able. He'll run the tractor and I will pick rocks with the excavator and load them in his bucket for piling for future use.

Looks like an interesting day.

 

[Philliefan33]

That sounds like a terrific day with many of the things I love to do.

DW and I participated in the local mixed doubles pickleball tournament yesterday. We finished fourth. I don't like to lose so my wife reminded me that we finished first among married couples. Had a couple of beers at the local watering hole with other participants and took an afternoon nap.

I’m impressed. DH and I can only play one or two games together before we start getting irritated with each other.

I spent the day getting organized and packed to guide a six-day bike trip that leaves tomorrow morning. I wasn’t scheduled to work this trip, but one of the scheduled guides tested positive for you-know-what on Friday. It’s a busy week next week with three vans out on trips so I’m the only guide available to substitute. I’ll get home next Friday evening then head back out on the same route next Sunday.

 

[Walt34]

Went to a family gathering for a couple of happy occasions. One was a birthday party for a niece who just moved back from Oklahoma (she's active duty Navy) and is now going to be at Walter Reed for several months for back surgery and recovery. While we're not happy at the reason for the move, we're glad she's local at least for a while.

And a SIL's DIL just obtained her American citizenship! She's originally from Venezuela and she moved here years ago and married DW's brother's wife's son from her previous marriage. (It all makes sense after a while.) They have a 1-year-old son who is the picture of "a happy kid".

It's just nice to see things going well for some people who have had to travel some very rough roads in the past.

 

[ElizabethT]

Today was one of those RV days where I want to just ditch the house and hit the road. Fortunately, DH and I alternate in this sentiment, so the house is safe for now.

We walked 11 miles along the Santa Cruz coastline, which ended up being about as diverse as could be. We enjoyed a lighthouse, beautiful rugged coastline, the absolute craziness of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk and amusement park, and genuine surfing culture, plus a bunch of very buff looking IronMan competitors preparing for tomorrow’s Santa Cruz IronMan event. My own daughter is doing a full distance IronMan next month, so I got a little emotional as I watched some of the competitors swim out from the beach to get a feel for the swim course. Plus a coffee stop at a very good and popular place at an actual church, called appropriately, The Shrine. I stood in line, in fact, behind an apprentice priest, which was cool.

Absolutely outstanding day.

 

[street]

I’m impressed. DH and I can only play one or two games together before we start getting irritated with each other.

I spent the day getting organized and packed to guide a six-day bike trip that leaves tomorrow morning. I wasn’t scheduled to work this trip, but one of the scheduled guides tested positive for you-know-what on Friday. It’s a busy week next week with three vans out on trips so I’m the only guide available to substitute. I’ll get home next Friday evening then head back out on the same route next Sunday.

That sounds like an interesting and fun job. How many miles and does the trip end where you started from?

 

[skyking1]

Excellent Elizabeth!

Here is the boat we went to see. The moved it up from the Oregon coast to Sequim and then to Port Townsend, and figured out that it had so much rot that they remanufactured it piece by piece. Little of the original boat is left.

It is done absolutely original to form, except for the iron fasteners that were largely the source of the rot. The planks are installed with copper rivets.
the tapered octagonal mast step:

Modern hybrid drive system.

Up at the property we were taking measurements to the trees from the property line, and a creature hitched a ride. That was cool to have her walking on my arm.

Back where she belongs.

 

[RobbieB]

Got the new mattress installed in the boat, the new crew was more creative than the first and won the $100 prize!

 

[Philliefan33]

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That sounds like an interesting and fun job. How many miles and does the trip end where you started from?

It is fun most of the time, which is why I do it. The biking is about 190 miles from Buffalo to Rome NY along the Erie Canal. I do not get to ride every day, some days it’s my turn to drive the sag wagon. One guide rides while the other drives.

Sunday is all driving. First we drive the three hours from home base in the Pocono Mountains to Syracuse where we meet the guests. Everyone piles in the van to drive about three hours west to get into position to start riding on Monday. We stay at nice hotels near the trail each night as we ride east. By the end of riding on Friday the guests are back to their vehicles and we head home.

I was recruited to guide these multi-day trips by the owners of the company, who I know because I am a whitewater river guide for them and we have become friends.

 

[ElizabethT]

Excellent Elizabeth!

Here is the boat we went to see. The moved it up from the Oregon coast to Sequim and then to Port Townsend, and figured out that it had so much rot that they remanufactured it piece by piece. Little of the original boat is left.

The Port Townsend Marina RV Park is the most magical place we’ve ever stayed. I envy you to live so close!