Pretty decent game, we're leading at the half. Probably the best way to watch a game ever. :)
Walked down to the river where we go tubing in the summer. Luckily the water was below the bridge this time. Still really strong flow. Just a beautiful, quiet day today. Light breeze and headed for 70 degrees. 64 degrees now and 26% humidity...nice!
I also found a really cool piece of driftwood in the river. As it's drying you can see it's pretty heavily mineralized, with thousands of crystals glinting in the sunlight.
The sun sets on another nice day, and I fire up the charcoal starter. Johnsonville brats & potatoes tonight. Yep, the lantern is still kicking ass.
Time for some 'schmellos for dessert!
First is the hydraulic ram pump that's been in operation for years. It's just for show now, because the have a powered well here. Besides, the water absolutely REEKS of hydrogen sulphide (that good ol' rotten egg smell) and you wouldn't want it at your campsite. The old water tower is still there tho.
Next is the namesake palmettos that are everywhere here.
The Refectory is a neat structure. Built in the 1930's by the CCC, it's still solid. The San Marcos river goes right by the place and is a nice overlook. The central area is spacious and has lots of ceiling fans...although I'm not sure how much help those are in the summer. Really nice craftsmanship on fitting the wood decking up to the stonework. Someone spent a fair bit of time getting it perfect.
So, as the sun sets, the grill gets fired up. Today's menu is country-style pork ribs, grilled over charcoal and cedar with some sliced potatoes and onions in the foil packet. Illumination supllied by Petromax, of course! :)
Always, always, always use threadlocker on your alloy diff cups...unless you like doing major surgery in the wilderness.
And messing around with my cars a bit.
Finally, the real final cut. All the archival versions, including the US theatrical release, all on blu-ray.
I've been waiting for this day since 1982. w00t!
He's working some cleanup and restoration. Pretty amazing point-to-point wiring job. Even more amazing to realize that everything used to be built this way.
At least these will still be working after an EMP. :)
I started off with the 20T pinion in there, and man does it haul butt! Then I switched it into second gear and WOW it was really too fast for the street. I also discovered that when you scrape a titanium skid on the street at night, you get nice white sparks. The slipper was slipping a bit much, so I tightened it down (mistake #1!) about 5 - 7 minutes after that, I stripped the idler gear in 1st. I noticed the car was going a bit choppy, checked diffs, they were fine, but tranny = shot. Gotta strip it down.
This is going to be a seriously fun R/C.
