TRAVEL WITH THE BAYFIELD BUNCH:)): 3D Pipes

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Thursday, April 22, 2010

TEMPORARILY STUCK AT HOME FOR A FEW MONTHS:((

HAD THE FEELING I WAS BEING WATCHED IN THE GARDEN THIS MORNING...(Garter Snake)

Lubricated the rails under the rig's main slide this morning, cleaned the battery terminals, ran the rig's engine & generator up to temperature & then discovered we have a nasty leak in our kitchen faucet. I have the feeling a cold snap we had awhile back may have cracked the plastic fitting in the faucet assembly so we are going to have to get that replaced. Also wrote down the rig's tire size today because for sure we are going to need new tires all the way around before we hit the road again in the fall. The Goodyear G670 tires look fine but I checked the tire dates & they were made in May of 2002 so their safety expiry date is long overdo.

WITH A BIT OF WOOD & SOME GOOD OLD COUNTRY IMAGINATION

I threw the 3D Pipe photos in last night's blog for no other reason than to just break up the usual pictures of birds & flowers just in case folks might be getting bored with that stuff. It's a real challenge to refrain from being repetitive with the blog when not out traveling to new destinations on a regular basis. I try to vary the topics as much as I can as well but when your sitting in the same location month after month that can be a real challenge. Blog repetition can be a rut that is hard to get out of. Our daily reader numbers continue to drop but that is to be expected because after all, this is first & foremost a travel blog. It's a travel blog that is just temporarily stuck at home for a few months right now:((

Some people might suggest only doing the blog while traveling & of course that makes a whole lot of darn good sense. Some fellow travelers do that & it works well for them but they are not a blabber fingers like I am. Blogging & the photos that go along with it have become a very enjoyable hobby for me whether we are on the road or not. Gives me an opportunity everyday to vent the thought process. Why be selfish & keep my life all to myself locked up tightly in my head. That's where headaches come from you know!!

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Did you know the secret to success is knowing who to blame for your failures.

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

3D PIPES:))

3D Pipes have always been one of my favorite Microsoft screen savers. It is a mesmerizing display of movement & color that can have one sitting in front of the monitor for long lengths of time staring in wonderment at how quickly the pipes are constructed. We have the pipes on both computers running XP. But, do we have the pipes on our new laptop running Windows 7? No we do not!! Along with some other neat-o things I like about XP, Microsoft has seen fit to eliminate most of their screen saver programs & that included 3D Pipes:(( I am a firm believer that newer is not always better!!

Aside from a short mobility van run this afternoon it has been a quiet day. Dropped off yesterday's load of trash in a nearby dumpster & have another load in the works to take to the local 'Good Will' drop off tomorrow. I will keep plugging away at the big clean up until we are finally clear of all the debris!!

Finally had a look at the gas log from our last trip to the southwest & see that we travelled for a total of 6,925 miles for $2,209. I have no idea about how many miles to the gallon we got because I don't bother myself with that kind of stress. Once a decision is made to go from point A to point B then whatever it costs to do that is what it costs & there's no point in stewing about it at each gas stop. Our computerized speedometer can be set to tell us how many miles we are getting to the gallon but after watching those numbers while going down the road a couple years ago I decided that was information that was depressing & I had no control over anyway. So that was that. I now have the speedo set to show how many miles are left before our next fill up.

And gas fill ups for me are always a royal pain in the asparagus. Gas pumps are all computerized now & with their faded displays & 243 different ways to enter your info I generally lose patience & end up trying to physically strangle the gas pump. I hate gas pumps!!!! Some places take a credit card OK while others demand zip codes, rip codes, or the second to last letter in Abraham Lincoln's most favorite nickname of his wife's sister's brother-in-law. A lot of pumps only give you $75 worth of gas & then you have to start the madness all over again. Some places you have to go inside & pay first. Works fine if your a Swami with a Crystal Ball in your pocket & know how much gas your rig is going to take. Surly pumps with attitude really fry me. As a rule it generally takes two of us to fill up the rig's gas tank. Kelly has to come out & act as referee & generally ends up doing the paperwork at the pump while I stand at the rig waiting for a, 'lift the nozzle' sign to show up. If I can see it. More than once we have stormed out of a gas station without gas only to do battle down the street with another miserable pump with attitude!! At least with the motorhome our gas stops have been cut in half or more because of the larger tank. I'm thinking maybe we should replace the gray, black, & fresh water tanks in the coach with gas tanks to further cut down our time doing battle with the #^*)!!%+/** gas pumps!!!!

And one more little statistic I've noticed here on the computer. We have a program called Feedjit which shows us in real time the number of people visiting our site & where they are from. About 70% of the hits come from the United States while maybe 28% are from Canada with maybe 2% or so from other countries. America's population is much bigger than Canadas so that makes sense but I think it has more to do with the fact that probably 99% of our travels are done in the States. Of those 6,925 miles traveled this past winter, only 134 miles were traveled in Canada.