Good Morning!!!! 40F @ 5:30AM. Rain showers early with scattered thunderstorms arriving for the afternoon. High 46F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%.
Rain is good news but you know it won't amount to much when Wunderground refuses to name a predicted accumulation. Hope it's enough to at least settle the dust on the driveway. Going for mail yesterday the buggy was engulfed in dust when I stopped to let the gate opener work. That's very uncharacteristic for February, usually a wet month.
Good luck with the closing, KH. Bet yer excited to git 'er done!
For some reason, USAF pilots like to train in the canyon below the Father Crowley Overlook, just a little west of Panamint Springs. CA 190 is a fabulous motorcycle road as it climbs out of the valley there, and the pilots delight in startling hapless riders/drivers with their low altitude moc strafing runs and tail stands. I suppose it was too windy for them this time around, though, as the only thing in the sky were clouds and an occasional snowflake. Not much grows out there, either, just a bunch of creosote, mesquite, and sage, very similar to the Middle East where the skills those pilots are practicing could save their lives.
Speaking of yesterday's mail, it contained the brake shoes for the old BMW, and this time they fit. The brake lining was also a uniform thickness all along the length of the shoe instead of the continuous taper exhibited the first time around. I'd guessed pretty well setting up the brake linkage and only had to make one adjustment, and now that end is done. Still have some tweaking to do on the twin leading shoe front, but I did manage to figure out the cable routing and how it was to be connected.
Got everything unpacked and threw the sleeping bag in the washer to get rid of the salt. Still need to figure out how to do the same for the tent, but I don't think all the strings and straps would be too happy being tumbled around in there. More likely I'll just set it up and use the garden hose on it, but that'll have to wait for warmer weather.
Off for a grocery run this afternoon, and will likely stop by the mechanic's place. Can't say I'm looking forward to it as it's always such a disappointing experience.
Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!
