Couple projects (Generator fix works great) and a day to ourselves, love it!

Where are we today ?

Plattsville Ontario

        Early morning as usual and quite cool 15c (about 55f). Cooler than we like and not a very warm sunny day. But heck guess I can put on long pants a T-shirt and socks to take care of that. Today we plan to go nowhere! Yippee. 

        Hang out here in town, two blocks away to the church and check out their bake and produce sale, and picked up some fresh veggies, chat with a few people there and share a free coffee and small cinnamon bun too.

        Back home I was on a  mission to cut down the shoe rack to fit in Ma's closet at her new place. About 2 inches too wide. So my newly acquired jig saw, from ma's workbench did the trick.

will now fit in her closet

       Next project was to retrofit a gas can for our generator. I have an extra gas cap, a fuel line and vent hooked it all up and works like a charm!

extra gas cap fitted with gas line and a vent

      Genny fired right up and I ran it under load for almost an hour no problem. Think we now have decent inexpensive fix for our fuel problem. Yahoo!!!

fuel tank in separate compartment works awesome

can even close the doors, no problem

      While doing this Suzie got her doggie fix watching Molly and Buddy play.

Molly on the right and her puppy on the left

time to Brush us now Suzie

and brushing she did. look at the huge bag of fur!

bag of fur

what next Suzie?

Buddy looks good when he is brushed

reading and relaxing

     Then time for me to hop on the mower for a bit a get some grass mowed, just a bit but a nice diversion.
     Next fire up our Weber Q grill some chicken legs and thighs, add to another tasty salad for a yummy supper. More leftovers for lunches or whatever.

love our chicken on the Q and a fresh salad.

the dogs wait patiently for a run after supper,
 then their meal too

         We did have a pretty nice day all to ourselves, but a bit cooler than we like. Could be much worse though. Assume Ma is doing well have not heard from her today, and that's a good thing, She will be adjusting to her new lifestyle.

         Thanks for taking the time to check us and hope and hope you enjoyed your day too.

Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle. 

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Starter fixed and generator working, YAHOO!! Thanks Jim for all you help.

Where are we today ?

Galvin Bay Resort, Buckhorn Ontario

         Just another great night, windows open, fantastic fan going, perfect for sleeping. Up early again as usual (actually slept in till about 5 am). Temps already about 22c (70f) outside gonna be another perfect day.

       Shortly after 8 am a phone call to Port Hope Auto Electric and our new starter is in. So I hopped in the car for a one hour drive each way to pick it up. Great service from these guys and quite reasonable to.

       Back home and made a quick bite to eat for an early lunch. Then Jim came over anxious to reinstall our new starter. Before we did that checked the fuel pump. Hmm no gas. So did a little trick, fired up our compressor and pumped air into the gas tank of our coach, maybe thirty seconds later fuel pump for the genny is pumping gas !! Starter installed, everything hooked up and our generator fired up right away.  YAHOOOO!  Turned on both air conditioners and ran for almost 45 minutes not problems.

        Appears that the issue with our genny is fixed and we learned a few things in the process. First don't run the starter for extended periods (thats why it broke I think) and if it won't start just pressurize the gas tank (not sure why) and it will go. Maybe for some reason it lost its prime.

new starter ready to go

          Now this was done early afternoon and a few people spotted Jim, Suzie and I hanging out here chatting. Pat and Norm stopped over with some snacks and a beverage, Pieter and Janny came to join us, I went to Emile and Monique's to pick up our 8 bottles of wine they stored when we went to the USA last weekend, they joined us. Jim went home to clean up after working on our coach. Happy hour, we can celebrate the resurrection of our generator. Sounds like a good reason to celebrate. Mind you don't really need a reason. Perfect weather, great company, interesting conversation, meeting new friends. Thats what this lifestyle is all about.

the conversation flows, we having fun

        Worked out pretty good, by 5 o'clock, everybody heads home for supper and we fire up our Weber Q. Couple salmon fillets and a  grilled jalepeno pepper for me.

Quick cooking on our Weber, low and slow

         Added that to a tasty leafy salad, couple rice crackers ended up with a tasty, satisfying supper.

sure hit the spot

       By now it's time to enjoy our books outside until not enough light to read, then inside to relax a bit before calling it a night.

        Glad you stopped by, too bad you did not make if for our "social hour" conversation just flows around, and get to know a few more people in the process. 

Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle.

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