In fact it has been an interesting week. OPRD, (Oregon Parks and Recreation Department,) let Judy and I go through their Interpretive program where they taught us to create those interesting talks that Rangers and Volunteers give to visitors at the Oregon parks. It will make our volunteer job more interesting because we will be doing something we have always enjoyed, talking with other visitors to the parks we stay at. The training was held at Canby Grove right on the Molalla River in Canby Oregon. Continue reading An Interesting Day
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Building a Fence:
Thursday, May 10th four members of the Wings of History Air Museum began preparations for the annual open house at the museum and the South County Airport in San Martin, California. One of the first tasks is to build a safety fence along the taxiway. Pounding down fence posts is rather physically intensive labor.
To make the job go faster and easier we had rented a pneumatic fence post driver, complete with an air compressor and a generator to power it with. When Todd and I arrived with the fork lift and a box full of safety fencing, Don and Steve were still trying to drive the first fence post. The air compressor would only run about twenty seconds before it would trip the breaker on the generator. After several minutes of trying we finally got the pressure up to 100 psi. We hooked up the post driver and got one half hearted thump out of the driver. Air pressure was back at 20 psi. Continue reading Building a Fence:
Skipper Emeritis
I have officially adopted the title of Skipper Emeritus. That is Skipper as in the master of a small vessel and Emeritus as in Retired but retaining the title and honors of a professional position. As Skipper Emeritus of the Regal Jug I get to stand around and critically review the performance of the new Skipper and Crew.
On Saturday we all took the Regal Jug to Anderson Lake. Since the last time we went sailing we did some repair work on the main sail, so it took us quite a bit of time to put on the sail and get ready for launch. It would probably be unfair to mark the crew down for this performance, but there is certainly room for improvement. Launch went perfectly; no runaway boat and no one got dunked. I stepped up and did the official starting of the auxiliary engine. We dropped our moorings and left Patrick stranded on the float. After circling back and running a landing we were able to retrieve our AWOL crew member. Continue reading Skipper Emeritis
An Eagle Scout: February 20, 2012
My second oldest Grandson, Patrick Dinsmore, was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout in an Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremony over the weekend. As you can guess, Judy and I are very proud of him and his accomplishment. Continue reading An Eagle Scout: February 20, 2012
An Adoption:
Regal Jug is our 23 foot sailboat. It has been in the family since 1974. For many years we had an annual vacation somewhere in the San Juan Islands of Washington, or the Gulf Islands of Canada. The last couple years we have not done any major trips in Regal Jug.
This year Regal Jug was adopted by our son, Glen’s family. Two weeks ago they met us in Oregon and picked up the boat. They spent last weekend cleaning and updating the maintenance on the boat. This weekend we arrived in Gilroy and we formalized the adoption by going to a local lake and launching the boat and having an inaugural sail. Continue reading An Adoption: