Prep and past activities
Nov. 22nd, 2023 09:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nosrednaydujLate Lake news: last weekend we had a houseguest, and we took him sailing, and we ended the sail at the launch ramp, where we hauled and derigged the sailboat, and put it to bed for the winter. Still have a portion of the dock left to disassemble and also one kayak and one canoe tied up to it. Might get around that this weekend.
Another thing I hope to get around to this weekend is taking the gas that used to be in the power boat and sticking it in the Prius, which is our one remaining gas guzzling vehicle, other than the power boat. I think there's actually like 3 gallons left, because there really wasn't much waterskiing this fall due to cyanobacteria. Unfortunately, when I went to do this a couple of weeks ago, I discovered that the siphon had junk in it, sticking to the walls of the siphon. What eats or grows on gasoline? Anyway, I tried to use a coffee filter to filter out the junk, but the siphon was difficult to get going (later I noticed a large piece of particulate matter that seemed like it came from the siphon starter mechanism, so maybe that's why it was so hard), and when it did start, it rapidly overwhelmed the coffee filter and some splashed onto the driveway instead of going nicely into the jerry can. So, I decided I needed a new siphon. Which has now arrived, and so maybe I should try this job, directly into the gas tank. Which I'm pretty sure has enough space to accept the gas.
And of course we will have the usual cooking and eating activities tomorrow. We will have a few friends. Jocelyn is going to her boyfriend's in Houston, but Perry is here. We will have 10 people total. I made pies tonight, and Ken pressed apples into fresh cider.
Another thing I hope to get around to this weekend is taking the gas that used to be in the power boat and sticking it in the Prius, which is our one remaining gas guzzling vehicle, other than the power boat. I think there's actually like 3 gallons left, because there really wasn't much waterskiing this fall due to cyanobacteria. Unfortunately, when I went to do this a couple of weeks ago, I discovered that the siphon had junk in it, sticking to the walls of the siphon. What eats or grows on gasoline? Anyway, I tried to use a coffee filter to filter out the junk, but the siphon was difficult to get going (later I noticed a large piece of particulate matter that seemed like it came from the siphon starter mechanism, so maybe that's why it was so hard), and when it did start, it rapidly overwhelmed the coffee filter and some splashed onto the driveway instead of going nicely into the jerry can. So, I decided I needed a new siphon. Which has now arrived, and so maybe I should try this job, directly into the gas tank. Which I'm pretty sure has enough space to accept the gas.
And of course we will have the usual cooking and eating activities tomorrow. We will have a few friends. Jocelyn is going to her boyfriend's in Houston, but Perry is here. We will have 10 people total. I made pies tonight, and Ken pressed apples into fresh cider.
