This afternoon we said goodbye to my parents and drove northeast to overnight on BLM land near St. George, Utah. We had a great time in Las Vegas, but it’s nice to be able to put our slides out now that we’re not parked curbside. The landscape here is amazing:
I’m hoping to get in a PPG flight with a local pilot tomorrow and/or Sunday.
See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location.
Today is our last day here at my parents’ house. I sanded down the part I epoxied to the prop, looks pretty good now:
After two layers of urethane finish per side, the bathroom door was ready for installation:
In Maricopa, a too-short muffler stud allowed a lock nut to come off and strike the prop. A popsicle stick-sized piece of prop broke off. I was going to send the prop off for repair, but Wayne encouraged me to try the fix myself. He even found a broken prop fragment at the flying site that I could use for the transplant. After sawing out the broken area to make it square, I marked a similarly sized section for removal on the donor prop fragment:
I then used epoxy to attach the transplanted material to my prop. Tomorrow I’ll plane and sand it to shape:
Today we dropped off the truck for tire replacement. Our tread depth was just a sliver more than the legal minimum 2/32” tread depth, so we figured it was time:
The original highway tires were replaced with a BFG KO2 all-terrain tire. Hopefully this will allow us to access more remote dispersed camping locations with confidence:
Tonight I put back the original leaf spring on the RV. I got a bit dirty in the process:
The last days of Passover were very pleasant. We especially enjoyed having lunch with friends both days. We moved from my Parents’ synagogue to my Parents’ house this morning.
Today I tried to complete a few repair and maintenance items. I first checked the brakes, since they are squeaking. Looks like there’s still a good bit of brake pad left:
I also added a couple coats of clear coat to the bathroom door I stained before Passover:
Tonight I tried to install heavier duty leaf springs on the RV, but it turns out the U-bolt kits that shipped with the springs are the wrong size, so I’ll have to give the vendor a call to get the right side. I’ll have to put back the original leaf spring tomorrow.
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