Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

Never heard of painting tarps! That's interesting and I'd like to try it.

It's a pretty good bang for the buck. We did one last year that we actually thought we should replace because it had tiny pin holes where the sun was breaking it down. A couple of coats sealed them all back up and it hasn't leaked yet but we'll add another coat since we are already doing the rest.

 

[Beekissed]

It's a pretty good bang for the buck. We did one last year that we actually thought we should replace because it had tiny pin holes where the sun was breaking it down. A couple of coats sealed them all back up and it hasn't leaked yet but we'll add another coat since we are already doing the rest.

Now, can the tarp be removed and folded up after the painting or does the paint stiffen it into that hoop shape?

 

[Mike CHS]

The coating doesn't stiffen them up and they stay flexible but I haven't tried to fold one up.

We have had the ties that hold them down come off a couple of times and the tarp flaps like normal when the wind blows.

 

[Mike CHS]

We gave up trying to fix the golf cart and decided to haul it to Columbia to let them take care of it. There are some advantages to living on hills as we hooked up the trailer down the hill and dropped the ramp. All we had to do is push the cart out of it's parking spot on the driveway and just let it coast down the hill and up on the trailer.

 

[Bruce]

Of course if some of us tried that it would somehow miss the ramp.

 

[Mike CHS]

It is forecast to get down in the 40's for a couple of nights this week so I guess it's time to break out some long pants.

 

[Bruce]

Yeah, I saw a map of the jet stream, looks like you are going to get Alberta's air.

 

[Mike CHS]

Teresa made sure we had our Mexican food fix for the week. This week it was Chicken Enchiladas and it was great!

 

[Baymule]

Those look delicious!

 

[Mike CHS]

The solenoid we ordered for the golf cart was a newer version than the old and had additional connections. So itt turned out we had the wires connected to the wrong spot plus the tech found an additional wire that was shorting out but it is back at home. Teresa's oldest son and family is coming in a couple of weeks and the cart is their means of getting around the farm since I still have the Ranger (that I don't let kids or visiting adults use.

I have had trouble starting the boat motor every time we have taken it out and I have gotten to the point that I don't trust it. Because of that I have two newer and better maintained boats to look at this week and we will sell the older boat. Both of the boats we are looking at are mid 80's models but have newer engines that have been in steady use and completely updated and maintained. We are going to take one out tomorrow and sees how it behaves. This one has a 55 HP Evinrude motor and is 16' long. The other we are going to test ride later in the week is the same size but has a 115 HP motor which I'm thinking is a LOT of motor for a fairly light weight 16 footer.

This is the boat we brought over tonight. That strange looking PVC pipe in the boat is to keep a tarp up so the rain can run off. The picture isn't real clear but I'm just posting to be posting something.