Master Cylinder. Trying to make pictures stay where I put them !

Started out really chilly, but warmed up to lovely sunshine.

When I drove the Little Van to Conroe, I didn't like the way the brakes felt, so I had Jim, the mechanic check it out. He ordered a new master cylinder, and I just got back from picking it up.

Then I thought that I would try some of the pointers on Blogger
to try to put captions on picures, with these pictures of different
parts of TX. Gee, these pictures a slippery buggers,
they just won't stay put !

The first one is Pedernales Falls State Park.





The second is Fern Cave, Caprock Canyons State Park.

The third is near The Lighthouse, Palo Duro State Park.

The fourth El Capitan, Gualaloupe Mtns.







The fifth is The Lighthouse, Palo Duro State Park
















This one you have seen before, the famous Chisos Window
looking to Mexico, in Big Bend National Park.


It has taken me ages to get these pictures to all line up right,
and if they mess up when I hit the "publish" button, they
are going to stay messed up.

My computer needs a nap, it has had it for today.

Water heater. Shampooed Van Seats and Carpet.

Lovely day, and got some work done. A neighbor's electric water heater was so clogged up with calcium that it hardly held any hot water. They just hadn't drained it every now and then to let all the limey stuff out. So her neighbor hired a "plumber" to install a new one. They did a terrible job, and there was a little hissing leak that flooded her bathroom. On top of that, they had turned the power on before letting any water into the water heater, and shorted out the new element ! They had got their money, and still no hot water. So it was Jay and I to the rescue.

We fixed the little water leak. Lowe's wasn't going to be open until 10.00 am, as it is a holiday, so Jay and I installed the rest of the oak in the Little Van. Once we got back from Conroe with the element, I took my water heater wrench down there, and we installed it. Now she has lots of hot water, but they had installed it with clear plastic pipe, so that will have to changed. "Plumbers" , my eye !!

This is Bobcat's carriage that zips open on each end, see mesh flaps down, and here is a picture of her looking out of her window, which also zips down.

Then Jay and I vacuumed and shampooed all the seats and carpet in the Little Van, and all the floor mats. I am official spot remover, and crawling around on my hands and knees with a spray bottle of diluted Super Clean and a scrub brush, doesn't do my old back much good.

So that was my Easter Sunday.

Bobcat's Carriage. Line of Red Rocks.

Started out cold, and then got really lovely today. First thing, I looked at a station wagon that is for sale, but it just wasn't right for me.
After lunch, I went to get a "baby carriage" for Bobcat. I had been in touch with the owner about it for some time, and finally had the time to drive out there. Bobcat broke her arm about 10 years ago, and when the vet x-rayed her, it was found that she also has a BB shot in her shoulder. That might be why she found me in the first place, someone was mean to her. She always walks with a limp, especially in cold weather. If, and when, I ever get back to RVing I like to walk around places, and Bobcat is getting slow on her harness and leash. Now she can ride in her carriage, that can be used as a backpack without the handle and wheels.

Geology, and how the terrains are made has always fascinated me. I had taped that whole series "Making of a Continent" when it was on Discovery Channel, but lost them in the flood. When I was looking through some of the National and State Parks, I saw that the red rocks are very widespread all in a line down the USA. That must have been some upheaval many, many years ago. There are all the beautiful ones in UT that Howard of RV-Dreams.com shows us while they are camphosting at Moab. Then there are the ones in CO, (Balanced Rock, Colorado Springs) NV, (Mead Rd) AZ, (Grand Canyon), NM (Chaco) and all the way to the Rio Grande in Big Bend Park in TX. (Chisos Window) Then I found out that there are more in Serbia and Costa Rica. I have seen some of these while traveling, but I would like to see more. Do they have red rocks on the other, east, side of the Mississippi ? I have only been as far east as Natchez.

Have a Safe and Happy Holiday.