Category: Projects
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Mother’s Day Projects
We did see Noah yesterday on Mother’s day. He took the time at school to engrave a card on acrylic using a laser in the new fabrication lab. It shouldn’t surprise us that he would find a unique method of making a card. On the RV front, we found a telescoping soft brush that makes…
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Valve Stems
Sprinter 3500 vans have dual rear wheels for weight handling and Pleasure-way installs good looking hubcaps to improve their appearance. This combination makes it almost impossible to reach the valve stems. Polling members of the Pleasure-way Yahoo group, we found a solution named DuallyValve. You can see the valves before they were installed below: The…
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First Check-up. What’s Underneath?
All vehicles need maintenance, so we scheduled our first visit to a Mercedes-Benz service department. Even though we only had 4,868 miles, we thought it would be best to have everything gone over in the 2013 van. Took it to Leith Mercedes in Raleigh guessing that they have more experience than the new dealership closer…
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Santee and Winter
We stopped in Santee, SC last night, arriving just as the sun went down. There were plenty of spots and we found one with a lake view. We woke up to white caps on the lake and spanish moss blowing sideways in the trees. View out our Window Neighbors without an Agenda The trip home…
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We’ve Had Better Days
The island of Big Majors Spot proved to be a good windbreak. We rode out the gusty west winds from the cold front without any problem. Lightning lit up the sky at 0230 and voices on the radio were a little excited when a large powerboat named “Pirate” dragged anchor a few boat lengths to…
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Maintenance Days
Millions of baby oysters lurk under the docks at York River Yacht Harbor. The Sarah Creek Shellfish company buys seed oysters in Maine and grows them in tubs and racks under the docks here. When they get to be over an inch, they move them out into beds in the bay and then harvest them…
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