Good Morning!!!! 72F @ 6:45AM. Plentiful sunshine. High 104F. Winds light and variable.
The Excessive Heat Watch is still on for tomorrow through Friday. Where do they come up with these names, anyway?
Loaded up the tractor bucket yesterday with the generator, GMA welder, propane tank, two 5 gallon buckets of water, a pair of shovels, and the impact hammer-drill, strapped everything down, and got it all up to the gate without losing anything. Welded over the cracks in the gate hinges, hopefully that'll hold forever. But I still need to install a stop post so the gate doesn't over rotate and bend/crack the hinges again. Only caught one small leaf on fire, but just to be safe, I dumped the two buckets of water on the closest grass and brush. Then went after the short trench with the impact gun, making short work out of an otherwise unpleasant job. Got everything unloaded and put away, then scooped up the dirt that came out of the hillside at the start of the big trench, and used it to finish filling in that part of the trench. By the time that was done, it was two o'clock and hotter than blazes, so I made a late lunch and found stuff to do inside for the rest of the afternoon.
I spied a piece of rectangular steel tubing in the junk pile that'll work for the gate stop, and I'll cut a piece out of an old motorcycle tire to pad it. That's always fun owing to the steel in the belts and beads, but that's how today will start. Maybe get to some wiring before it gets too hot again.
Hope everybody's week gets off to a good start...