We still do not have a usable fuel powered vehicle to get around in. Our Ford Exploder's transmission died several days ago and we were stranded along the roadway; called Little Billy's Towing for rescue, and dropped the undriveable buggy off at Childers Auto Repair .
Unfortunately for us, though Childers is our preferred shop, they were extremely backed up with repair work resulting from the recent "Polar Vortex" AND the inability to get much work done on existing repair jobs DUE to the horrible weather. Thus we were informed they could not possibly even start on replacing the transmission until the 16th of this month (March). Well that's up in a couple days and hopefully they will soon get our ride running again.
Meanwhile, we were blessed with a loaner car from dear Church friends for a few days. Then they had family visitors arriving and needed that car back, so we have been riding trikes and walking and staying mostly home.
Of course we had warmer but wetter weather to deal with, so not much could be accomplished by "getting out" anyway.
Jacque's new sewing room addition suddenly began, with foundation digging work going full steam...
Until the weather got wet again and washed our workmen away, figuratively of course.
I had committed to installing new plumbing to move the washer and dryer into the new room when it gets to the point of being relatively out of the weather, and I managed to get a lot of the galvanized pipe installed in the basement, with stubs poking out in the wall that will be an inside wall of the sewing room. I struggled to cut and thread the necessary galvanized pipe for the hot and cold water lines, and finally got them where I wanted them. Trying to figure out how to run the washing machine drain, I realized I had some 1 1/4" PVC pipe in the back yard that should work. It wasn't quite long enough, so I decided to drag out the Catrike and B.O.B. trailer and see if I could successfully drag or haul the 10 foot length of pipe home from the CHC Home Center several blocks away. I actually made two such trips to CHC for galvanized pipe fittings and then the PVC haul.
My PVC Pipe stuck way out from the back of the trailer but somehow didn't touch the pavement.
It was a bit damp and drizzly during these "trips" but I was able to get some more work done !
Ride Started: 12:01 PM Ride Ended: 4:55 PM
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.0 Ending Battery Voltage: 12.9
Lowest Temp: 50 F Highest Temp: 59 F
Beginning Blood Glucose: 158 Ending BG: 127
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 2.8
Overall Average Speed Moving Avg Max Speed
2.2 MPH 4.8 MPH 13.2 MPH
Total Trip(s) Time Moving Time Stopped Time
42 minutes 30 minutes Hours and Hours
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