Today I continued doing miscellaneous fixes on the house. Trish is still suffering from the poison ivy she contracted a couple days ago while doing weeding in the yard. She did make some cabochons by gluing together stacks of vintage buttons from a jar we picked up at Grandpa Glenn’s house:
Meanwhile, it looks like M’s backpacking group summited Mt. Eisenhower yesterday:
More photos from Tricia and B’s Tour de Simcha ride were released today:
I did some work in the attic today, as well as trimming trees away from the house and deck. I’m not looking forward to dragging this pile to the curb:
Towards sunset, I went for a ride up into the mountains:
In what is the final fluid change task at the 30,000 mile service interval, today I replaced the fuel filter and fuel/water separator filter. This went well with only a bit of mess:
Trish and B did a good bit of yard work, as well as a Mod Melt project:
M’s backpacking group continued its hike north through the Presidential Range today, passing Mt. Jackson before overnighting in the valley below Mt. Eisenhower’s eastern flank:
Like last Shabbos, yesterday we had the chance to catch up with friends we haven’t seen since leaving Monsey in 2013. In the afternoon, we had nonstop RV tours going on.
Today we took M over to the staging area for his backpacking trip. He is one of eleven boys backpacking the Presidential Range in New Hampshire from today through Friday. The boys had to pack their personal gear as well as a portion of the communal gear into their packs:
Ready to go:
Group photo:
There they go:
I can’t help but think of the last time M headed off for a personal first with a backpack, here heading off to his first day of school in 2006:
Emboldened by my successful oil change last week, today I drained and refilled the front and rear differentials, which is part of the 30,000 mile service:
Cleaning the differential seal:
M’s group has a Spot device along, so we can watch their progress from here. Here’s today’s track:
Today we ran a number of errands. We dropped off Trish and B at the Laundromat in Nanuet, then drove to Campmor to purchase hiking pants for M, who is going on a week-long backpacking trip in New Hampshire with his friends. We also filled one of our propane cylinders and stopped at Lowe’s for supplies needed for repairs on the house.
This is what a well-biked laundry cycle looks like:
M has outgrown his boots, so we purchased this pair at the local sporting goods store:
Trish made these star cakes for Shabbos:
Good Shabbos from Monsey, NY!
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