02-22-2017, 08:35 AM
Greetings, gang.
The last of the nice weather is under way here in the remote reaches of northern Iowa. 45 and sunny headed for 65 and sunny. Rain moves in tomorrow and then snow tomorrow night and Friday. Looks like it's back to winter for a while.
Got the branches cut up and stored. I won't be able to use them until at least fall since they were still somewhat green. Also went for a bike ride and took a different route. It had more hills and that's when I discovered I had a problem with my bike. The front derailleur would not shift. When I got home I sprayed it with some cleaner/lube. Got it to shift to middle range but still wouldn't go to low range. Will work on it more today. Hopefully leaving the mechanism soaking in the cleaner overnight will loosen it up enough to work.
I did get one section of track repaired yesterday and got the Afternoon Special passenger train out to test the repairs. Train did fine for a half a loop and then the engine fell over. Found another problem which will take more extensive repairs. The ground is still too cold to sit on for the half hour or more that it will take to fix it.
On tap for today is more bike riding and hopefully a fire in the pit today. It was too windy yesterday.
All stay safe.
Tom
The last of the nice weather is under way here in the remote reaches of northern Iowa. 45 and sunny headed for 65 and sunny. Rain moves in tomorrow and then snow tomorrow night and Friday. Looks like it's back to winter for a while.
Got the branches cut up and stored. I won't be able to use them until at least fall since they were still somewhat green. Also went for a bike ride and took a different route. It had more hills and that's when I discovered I had a problem with my bike. The front derailleur would not shift. When I got home I sprayed it with some cleaner/lube. Got it to shift to middle range but still wouldn't go to low range. Will work on it more today. Hopefully leaving the mechanism soaking in the cleaner overnight will loosen it up enough to work.
I did get one section of track repaired yesterday and got the Afternoon Special passenger train out to test the repairs. Train did fine for a half a loop and then the engine fell over. Found another problem which will take more extensive repairs. The ground is still too cold to sit on for the half hour or more that it will take to fix it.
On tap for today is more bike riding and hopefully a fire in the pit today. It was too windy yesterday.
All stay safe.
Tom
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Occupation: Professional Old Guy (The government pays me to be old.)
Dinosaur Rider