Thanks D,
Yeah, sucks that I wont be home. However I was home for last year so, only fair for the other fellow to have this year at home. I had to do extra time for a few trips to change the time I would be on and him off for.
Little SS just had her birthday so she's now one. Both SS and little SS are heading to the island with my mother to have xmas over there. Think they are heading up to courtenay/ comox area for the dinner with some relatives up there.
Is there snow/ freezing temps up at your cabin right now? Do you do any winterizing on it? Is it hard to get to over the snowy season vehicle access wise? Just curious really. Relatives have place at Loon Lake, group went camping up there just after xmas few years ago. Roads were ok, but from road to where to park vehicel was difficult, lol. Weren't very bright as the beer was freezing, had to keep it in the cooler from freezing actually. Couldnt use propane stove and had to actually stick the propane tank in the fire to warm it up enough to flow to use. Temp the first night was negative 32 celcius. We were in tents with lots of good sleeping bags and mattresses.. my buddy that night when he went into his tent to go to bed, flopped down on his sleeping bag, and the air mattress underneath shattered like glass. Temp was too cold and the plastic got super hard and brittle.
Truck would barely start, and when it did, you could hear the ice chunks going through the engine block and water pump. It ran like a bag of nails being thrown about. Couldnt release the clutch pedal when it started cause the oil was so cold and thick, it wouldnt flow enough to release the pressure. So if the pedal was released with stick in neutral.. the clutch was engaged and the truck would drive, LOL. 45 minutes before the truck even thought about being warm. Lets just say we walked over to the closest resort and rented most of the cabins they had, with heated areas for vehicles.
Um, what else is new this year..
Got SS a vehicle again, finally. She sold the other one to her sister without telling me. After a week of her not having her car, I asked when she was getting it back. She replied, oh I sold it to my sister, I didnt think we needed it
Got her a GMC Terrain. Now to pay for it
Had to change the hotwater boiler in my house the other day for my heating radiators. It started leaking from the tubes above the heating flames, and tripped out then blew the pressure relief? I had water all over my furnace room and floors in the adjoining spaces. Week before I came back. Didnt have the time or the motivation to deal with it, so I had a company come in and change everything in there.. Pumps, solenoid valves for the different zones in teh house, and the boiler itself. Already noticed a difference in my gas bill actually!
