here is what I did with this nice weather. 12 hours days of solid work..

• put the side walls back on my truck (the blue 2x4's)
• took 4 loads to the dump consisting of yard debris total 2,120lbs cost $74
• moved the camper to a flat out of the way spot in the yard
• broke a camper jack
• fixed a camper jack
• ran out of hydraulic fluid on another jack
• Katie got more
• finally moved camper
• mowed and weed-wacked
• cleaned up neighbor hood trash
• finished painting and hole filling in truck interior
• fixed a oil issue in truck
• washed car
• fixed my old dipole rebuilt it with 2.0 plans
• put new "antenna hole" in wall of basement as I now have more antennas
• cleaned deck
• put seed in lawn
• put out bug killer dust
• cleaned shed out
• chatted with multiple neighbors, I will give one a gas tank and one might get me a 50ft tower!
• consulted Tracy about tree removal
• removed ~1 cord of wood with Tracy from back yard
• waxed car
• cut down a dead bush for neighbor
• watched Tracy sharpen my chain saws
• Cleaned BBQ
• made sausages with cream cheese
• complained to Katie
• looked around shopping area for people with signatures for legalize marijuana (didnt find any)

all in all a productive weekend. I am pooped! I cant wait for the next sunny weekend. Chores are all over, still have to clean gutters fix faucets build Katie a garden remove a stump down some trees build a few retaining walls fix tie rods, replace some Ujoints and ball joints get a 80m dipole working kill blackberries. burn something.

I signed up for a Pandora account about 3 years ago, today was the first day I ever logged in and listened to music. I typed in Weezer, and went from there - every song after that for the next 2 hours was music I love. Now if they could only figure out how to put this in my car. Or make XM radio have technology like this. Oh well back to XM, but I will have a guilty pleasure of 40 hours of free Kelly Radio every now and then!

what happens when pirates use this page? Live Ship Map I personally think this is the coolest thing I have seen the use of google maps for. I find my self watching ship movement way too much.

This last weekend went out camping with the in-laws. It was the first trip with the new truck and camper. I am happy to report that the only issue was 1.5 leaks in the camper. Since it was raining 80% of the time we were out in the woods and this was my very first experience with all of it. I say that is very good!

The camping was good and I cant wait for more, I did get some contacts in on 20 and 40 meters on my portable ham radio setup that was fun. I do have some work that is needed there however.. antenna and such need some planning to better make it work with the camper. All in all it appears if it was a good trip I still haven't gone over the truck to look for any wear or leaking etc issues. But haven't noticed it yet.

making some PSK31 QSO's with coco and a camper!

I did pick up 4 hydraulic camper jacks off of Craig's list two of them are bad but I only paid $20 bucks for the set, I replaced my two screw jacks today as well. this will significantly improve the load/unload time of the camper, also helps with on site camping stability. I am excited. - I also updated my flikr with some other pictures.

So I haven't officially posted but I got a new truck.. (guess its official now!)

This is the truck the day I got it, and yes you might ask your self did you also get a camper? yes I did. came with the truck!

The truck is in good shape mechanically and ok shape on the body. I feel ok with it so far but after my trials with the last truck I am still cautious. Some Specs on the new truck if you wonder.

• 1978 F250 Custom Super Cab
• 4speed manual 4x4 and 33" tires with 4" highboy lift on the rear
• 400ci 6.6l FE with edelbrock 4 barrel, and hotcam upgrade
• power assist steering, single tank but has dual tank hardware
• 1970's 10ft camper sleeps 5, has icebox and stove. I think its dry :)
• 8-12mph

There are photos of my work and fix-ups here on my flikr feed.

All good luck to this truck and happy camping trips.