Grease!

No, not the musical. Ken got the grease gun out again today and greased the zerk fittings on the MorRyde axles. That involves doing some fancy skooching around under the rig, so afterward we went over to the hot tub and soaked a bit. The hot tub here is great--a real therapeutic spa, with a variety of jet placements. Almost like a real massage....

We rode our bikes around this morning, just to make sure our leg muscles don't forget how to do it. The roads are all hard packed gravel, but there is some loose gravel also, which means I have to watch out not to lose traction.

Unfortunately, when we were preparing for accessing the zerk fittings on the axles, we pulled the living room slide in without checking for obstructions outside. My bike was parked partially under the slide, so the hydraulic mechanism closing the slide clamped my bike seat. The bike is fine, but the bottom rear end of the slide is somewhat bent out. Everything still functions, but we'll have to get it fixed at some point. This just reinforces our determination to be extra careful when we're doing something out of the ordinary. Usually the bikes would be up on their rack when we move the slide room. We would have checked for items outside and put them away. Another lesson learned.


The earring hasn't turned up, but I'm not giving up hope. We're scanning the ground as we walk, and we've told the office.