IT’S ALL DONE

THE LAST PROJECT ON THE FALL “TO DO” LIST IS COMPLETE.  THE LAST PROJECT WAS TO REBUILD THE GRILL BOX AND PAINT IT.

IT’S HARD TO SEE IN THE PHOTO BUT THERE IS A NEW SIX INCH BOARD ADDED TO THE TOP OF THE GRILL BOX, IT’S BEEN PRIMED WHITE.

THERE WAS A FLAW IN THE ORIGINAL PLANS, AND THE WALLS OF THE BOX WERE NOT TALL ENOUGH TO DEFLECT THE DESERT WINDS. AT THE TIME OF THE DESIGN THREE YEARS AGO, THE HEIGHT OF THE WALLS WERE DESIGNED SO THAT IT WOULD LAY ON IT’S BACK AND FIT INTO THE BACK OF THE PICK-UP. A GOOD IDEA, BUT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE BOX WAS TO PROTECT THE GRILL BURNERS FROM THE WIND SO THAT THEY WOULDN’T BLOW OUT.

THREE YEARS AGO WE DID A TEMPORARY FIX WITH SOME PLYWOOD THAT HAD BADLY WARPPED, AND WAS REPLACED WITH A 1 X 6 BOARD.

I WENT TO ACE HARDWARE TO BUY THE GREEN PAINT.  I ASKED THE HELPFUL HARWARE CLERK FOR PACKER GREEN. “YOU MEAN LIKE YOUR HAT?”, SHE ASKED.

YA, EXACTLY. “WELL, GIVE ME YOUR HAT FOR A SECOND”.  SHE TOOK MY HAT OVER TO SOME KINDA OF OPTICAL SCANNER HOOKED UP TO HER COMPUTER AND THE COMPUTER PRINTED OUT THE RECIPE FOR HER TO FOLLOW IN MIXING THE PAINT.

I GUESS I’VE BEEN LIVING UNDER A ROCK. I HAD NEVER SEEN THIS TRICK BEFORE.

ONE OF THE OTHER FINAL THINGS ON THE LIST WAS WAX – ON, WAX – OFF FOR THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAMPER, AND THAT TOOK TWO DAYS.

WE ARE MIGHTY PROUD OF OURSELVES FOR GETTING THE LIST DONE BUY THE FIRST OF DECEMBER, INSTEAD OF THE FIRST OF JANUARY AS WE THOUGHT.