At The SKP Ranch
(Escapees)
Sunday, September 2, thru Tuesday, September 11, 2018
We are settling into a routine here and doing our work. We got the car cleaned out, everything. That also involved cleaning out the shed not only the junk stuff we just thru in these departing on our last stay here was accumulation of dust dirt. I have been nursing the (car) battery along in the but it needs changing. Changing the battery requires the rear passenger seat floor area to be accessible as the battery location is under the floor there.
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| looking north on our lot |
In order to put stuff in the shed we need to build some shelves to put things on. Our choices are Lowes in Carlsbad (twenty-five miles) or Home Depot in Roswell (sixty miles) in the opposite direction. We try to do additional shopping when we do go into either Carlsbad or Roswell but seeing as Roswell also has a larger Walmart we went there first. I purchased enough wood to frame out the shelves on one side of the shed.
After assembling the shelves and moving some stuff the decision was made to also build shelves on the other side also. Going to Lowes in Carlsbad I was disappointed with the selection of wood there. We had already done some shopping in Walmart and Albertsons so we went on home to Buster, cold things to put away. I have been keeping the battery maintainer on over night but it does not seam to be enough, new battery is needed.
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| Roadrunner top center |
Cleaning out the car we had moved the electric seat up and it would not return to a comfortable driving position. Nothing I did would correct the back of the seat to recline.
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| Cat on top of Water Bottle |
It was Tuesday, Men's coffee at the Ranch House and woman's breakfast. My wife went with another woman to breakfast in Artesia. When my wife returned after also going to Walmart she realized she left her purse in the shopping cart. So we had a quick return there and retrieved the purse from customer service. While there in Artesia we went to Guy Chevrolet about the seat. A few minutes they had it working as normal a connector was partially pulled out. With that done we are part way to Roswell we went to Home Depot for the additional wood needed to complete the shelves on the other side of the shed. Of course we went for a few things in Walmart and purchased another water dispenser we tried it for a few days and returned it. Turns out it is a little unstable, with the cat wanting to get on top of the water bottle. We also did not like the height of the water discharge port.
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| Cat in a box |
Our cat is enjoying it here with the people and dogs walking down the street rabbits running around and seeing the birds in the tree on the front corner of Buster.
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| We have foil in the windshield, but the cat wants to see the birds and rabbits |
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| Cat needs his rest |
