Keeping The Windmill Alive – July 2023

There was a post in the last Windmill saying too bad your son doesn't want to Keep it in the family and it was closed and I couldn't answer it.

He would love it. He is in the process of changing jobs to a truck driver. He lives in a town house now and no where to keep it. We also have a daughter who would love it but doesn't have a place for it. They are both sad as it was restored lovingly by their parents. We thought it over and there is no way to share it with one without hurting the other's feelings so the only solution is to sell it. It would be great if we had two cars and could give each of them one but with no way to keep a classics car safe they understand.

Our son is trying to become a truck driver. It is a hard time for him but he was so gracious to go to the trouble of putting it on eBay for us.

The post from last weeks Windmill is below so everyone will know what I am talking about. You can look at a video of the car to see what we restored by putting watch?v=GcYhAOP8ris in a search engine. It is running so have the sound up if you want to see it.

Mary

Over 100 degrees in Jackson CA today.. phew

Maine

Sunday just going to sit back and relax..

Another trip completed to Atlantic City!

Surprisingly, traffic was mostly very light on the trip home. There was one log jam at the I-295 and I-95 junction (coming from the Delaware Memorial Bridge). A disabled vehicle was blocking the left lane. Then, after we crossed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, there was either a very bad accident, or maybe a shooting, after the entrance ramp to I-64 (looked to be at the exit ramp on the other side of I-64E). There were 6 or 7 police vehicles and ALL traffic going south on US13 was being diverted to to the I-64 east and west ramps. The I-64W ramp has a traffic light on the other side of I-64 where it crosses US13.

Except there being an abundance of visible police on the road and sitting on the side with radar, it was a fairly easy drive.

Have a great day!

Had a nice relaxing Sunday.

Have a great 4th.of July.

a great 4th of July.

With a forecast high of 112 we probably won't spend much time outside today...phew

Baltimore, DC to Akron, OH.

Probably going for the lunch on the 4th.

might be ok, got acknowledgement from the 5.9 per kWh electric supplier that we're enrolled. Have been paying PECO 10.1 cents per kWh. I'm not usually asleep at the wheel like that paying 71% more than I should. I find the older I get, the more I'm not able to juggle everything anymore...

Sorta like doing an ultrasound in Dec 2022 and getting a $1200+ bill. When I could have waited for Jan. 1 and it would be $40. I never was one to cover up mistakes. Maybe someone reads this and they avert wasting their hard-earned money....

Bailing hay, mowing, working like an oxen in the field. But a new road trip is on the horizon. Sure would be grand to have freshened up maps for my trip.

Is great to be able to post here. Drive safe.

Canada Day celebration.

Went w/friends this weekend. Won for a change!

Actual notes work better!

whirl spin

Yuck!

Blues festival

Just having the one son over for a small barbeque this afternoon

A quick hello !

Hunkered down for the Independence Day weekend.

Physical today.

Filled up with gas at 3.30/gal

nothing

Very Hot and humid. Record world temperatures this week.

Happy Friday to all members.

Sawdoctors.

No trip planned, again.

Here it is, Saturday evening and it just dawned on me that I haven't made my weekly contribution to the Factory. Consider this that.

Phil

Just been cleaning and checking the motorhome for a short trip soon.

Gas her is $2.93. It went down just after the holiday!

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Today is supposed to be heavy showers. The rest of the week is hot.

it hasnt rained for quite a while and some of the 2x6's are warping its been hot and very dry the Deak has never warped like this ever and the fire danger is very high !

where the week went

Oh well, on to the next adventure!

Going to be over 100 degrees in Jackson later this week. Yippee

for another week

finally got switched. Yikes was paying 10.3 cents per kWh and switched to 5.9 cents per kWh. Made the request on 6/24 and it went through 7/5. Funny it took that long and the central AC was running the entire period.

A quick run to Costco.

Just working around the house.

getting antsy for my next road trip, few more weeks. Sure be nice to have a map update.

Here I am

What a haul from NYC. Traffic on Merritt and I-95 in the summer is just crazy!

It's gonna get warm

Baltimore, MD to Hartford, CT.

special

Not warm - HOT.
I always loved the summer. I wore two blouses every summer for years.
Now that I am almost 80 and my harmones have changed I sweat with the least bit of heat.
I always said I love the summer. Now I say I love the Winter.
What a change.

Mary

What did you do in Hartford?

Any recommendations?