Today was my father’s 75th birthday. I think now I can finally out hike him, so we went for a short hike in the Mount Emily Recreation Area. The dogs have not been getting enough exercise so there were very happy to get out. This evening we went to the Haines Steak House for Dad’s birthday dinner. The Haines Steak House is a classic western restaurant with a legit old west vibe, lots of heads on the wall and great cuts of steak. I don’t think I’ve been there for 25years or so. I suspect that last time I went there was before a formal dance – probably not prom but maybe the Fall Ball! Ahhh, the memories.
Anyway, the rest of my day was spent continuing work on the wiring and organization of the electrical cabinet. My first trip to NAPA took about an hour and a half to build up a bunch of wires I would need. I can’t crimp anything larger than about a 10 gauge wire and I don’t have some of the larger wires I need, but NAPA will put things together for you. When I got back and started arranging things, I needed to make some changes, and I remembered a couple wires I needed that I had forgotten on the first trip, so back to NAPA for some changes. When I got back I finally started committing to the location of a bunch of the pieces. I don’t know why I take so long, but I tend to sit and look and things and think about it quite a bit. It’s not like it prevents all my mistakes because when I thought I was done and screwed everything down I found another component I had forgotten to wire in. I had to rig up an extra little shelf for the additional piece that I can insert tomorrow.
With one more trip to NAPA for a couple more wires I will be ready to fire up the system except for the connection to the van batteries. I’m not sure if I will dive into that tomorrow or wait until after our first trip, which we hope is coming up very soon.
Stay tuned!