2024 Estelline Trip

Post by **JEBar** » Mon Aug 05, 2024 11:09 am

Hatchdog wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 05, 2024 10:08 am
They sure did a nice job with the decorations and the cake. Congratulations on the pending awesome milestone.

they had it all planned out .... the first two carloads that arrived went to work and had the decorations up in a matter of a few minutes

Post by **JEBar** » Mon Aug 05, 2024 8:50 pm

another step in getting ready to pull out for home in a couple of weeks .... even though a steady wind has been blowing at well over 20 mph most all day, the fellow who we prefer to work on our camper came by to clean and service both AC's .... its been at least 4 years since we were able to have them taken care of .... even back when I was much younger and had two good knees, there is no way I'd of gotten up on the roof with it being so windy .... today that's even more the case .... as expected, they both were very much in need of cleaning .... exposure to years of "cottonwood snows" that are so common out here most certainly contributed heavily to the mess he took out of both AC's .... naturally, with them back in top shape, the forecast is for a cooling trend over the next week ...

Post by **JEBar** » Tue Aug 06, 2024 5:07 pm

biggest event of today was a supply (meds and food) to the Walmart in Brookings .... we will probably need to make one or possibly two more such trips .... with us due to head home two weeks from tomorrow we have no big events left on our list for this trip .... do have a couple of special meals on tap, I'm particularly looking forward to a "Salt and Fresh" water menu ---- saltwater shrimp and scallops with fresh water walleye fillets .... its been a beautiful day in the neighborhood with mostly clear sky, 72 degrees and gentle 5 mph breeze

Post by **daytime dave** » Tue Aug 06, 2024 6:34 pm

Jim, that was nice of the family to do that for you two. Your boil meal looked delicious.

I hope you enjoy all your time there still.

Post by **JEBar** » Wed Aug 07, 2024 10:29 am

it certainly was .... Maureen has a large family out here and our Frogmore has become the yearly event where most of them gather for a meal and a visit .... we are having a fairly rapid warmup following a very cool 51 degree low over night .... currently 61 with Accuweather saying rain and a thunderstorm are minutes away .... after this weather moves out, the forecast calls for really nice weather for the rest of today .... nothing major scheduled for today, looks like Maureen's pup is in for a good scrubbing .... we are closely following Hurricane Debby's movement up the east coast .... looks like our home area is likely to suffer significant flooding .... on the one hand, we badly need rain .... on the other, it looks like we are in store for tooooo much ran falling tooooo rapidly

Post by **Hatchdog** » Thu Aug 08, 2024 9:08 am

^^^^^^^^^^

Hoping for the best for the home front Jim.

Post by **JEBar** » Thu Aug 08, 2024 10:33 am

51 overnight, already up to 59 on its way to 67 later today before dropping down to 47 tonight .... 0% chance of rain .... back home in central NC, the results of heavy rain from Hurricane Debby can be seen below .... they show our front yard and that of our daughter who lives next door .... we've been there since 1978 and have seen many hurricanes and other storms come and go .... this isn't the most standing water I've seen .... they are calling for another 5" of rain today .... when the standing water shown at our driveway goes up about another inch it will begin flowing out of our yard and cross the road .... from there it will run down hill into a very low area ....

Post by **JEBar** » Sun Aug 11, 2024 10:38 am

weather concerns settling down both back home in central NC and where we are in east central SD .... Hurricane Debby is history but its aftereffects linger on .... rivers are still rising down east so flooding remains a concern in some areas .... no major storm fronts on the radar anywhere close to where we are .... closest rain cell is about 10 hours west of us .... 54 overnight .... already up to 65 with a predicted high of 75 .... the chance for rain goes up after 6PM so far, not much on tap for today .... some family members will be stopping by for coffee both during the morning and afternoon .... we do plan to cold smoke some cheese for one of Maureen's nieces ....

Post by **JEBar** » Tue Aug 13, 2024 7:30 pm

with us due to pull out and head home a week from tomorrow morning, I've escalated moving through checking things .... today, that included measuring the air pressure in all 10 tires .... all are a few PSI apart .... its supposed to warm up over the weekend so I plan to equalize them then .... I've gotten a bit paranoid about the motor that runs our camper's largest slide out .... it still moves the slide out but it does so very slowly .... I've had a new spare one for many years and have decided that now is the time to install it .... a local mobile tech who has done some other work for us this summer will be here day after tomorrow .... sometimes it pays to be paranoid, hopefully this is one of them .... currently 73, the forecasted low tonight is 64 which is much better than the mid 40's we had recently .... with a 98% chance of heavy rain and thunderstorms tomorrow they predict our high will only reach 69 ....

Post by **JEBar** » Wed Aug 14, 2024 3:24 pm

we've had a cool, rainy morning .... our temp has climbed to 69 and is only forecasted to get up to 70 later today .... its still overcast but according to the weather radar, there ain't a cloud anywhere close .... they do say we will get more rain around 6PM .... we've just returned from a supply run to Brookings .... while down there we filled our truck in preparation to heading home one week from today .... we'd driven just under 700 miles since taking on fuel and were very pleased with getting 11.5 mpg .... we are still very happy with our diesel discount program which saved us 40 some cents a gallon