Glad thats over with....

While I was reading all of those prior year blogs last night for December 1st, one thing struck me about those prior years....  Especially last year when we arrived here on December 1st......  It was cold and rainy..!!

For days on end it was in the early 60s for the daily high...  It dipped into the 40s each night... Even though I went back home to get the first surgery repaired the weather here in Arizona didn't improve much...

So this year we have been overwhelmingly blessed with absolutely beautiful daily weather...  Its like summer never ended here...  And the forecast while cooler here tomorrow will be back into the 80s for more time this week.

Since we are now several weeks into this unusual weather, I feel that we are tempting fate here as it is only a matter of time...  Time before the fall cool and rainy period begins...

Now keep in mind that we never get much rain all at once here in the desert but it does rain kind of off and on and the days are sometimes in the 50s for a high... And that is a lot better than back home...

But remember I had that problem with my satellite dome and had to dig out all of the rubber sealant to remount the dish... And while I went over and purchased the new rubber, I never have completed the job....  Which was wearing on me last night, when I realized the weather could turn any time now...

So that became job number one today...  Go back over and get the motorhome...  Take the dome back off of the roof and remove the brackets with their stainless steel screws..  Then reassemble the whole thing using the CA glue as a locktite type product..

After that the area of the roof needed to be cleaned with alcohol in preparation for the rubber sealant...   I didn't remove all of the old sealant, but rather used a craft knife to taper the old into the area where the brackets were reassembled...  When it comes to replacing the sealant, I don't know where to quit..  At $10 a tube, this stuff is a bit higher priced that ordinary caulking...

Doesn't take too long to describe the work, but I spent most of the afternoon at it...  But as it was getting dark, the sealant had over an hour to harden...  Of course it wasn't cured completely but it was skinned over and no longer runny, so I took the coach back over to storage...

Now it can surprise me with those muddy rains that come early in the morning anytime it wants to......  The roof is sealed back up!!!  Yay, or is it yea!!

I found this a few moments ago...


      Yay:  pronounced just like it looks, use this to express your glee over       meeting someone famous or getting your teeth cleaned.

Yea: pronounced like “yay”, but use this when you are voting in affirmation.

Yeah: pronounced like…well…I don’t know how to explain that well, but this is your casual yes. 

Well OK enough of the English lesson, but I need that every once in a while....

Retired Rod