5 July 2010

Awoke “promptly” at 8:11 a.m., swore loudly, and beat a hasty retreat to G. Stone Auto (a 20 minute drive away) where I had an 8:30 appointment to have the Ford Ranger 4WD repaired. Took the mechanics awhile to diagnose the problem (bad vacuum seals in the front hubs), but the truck should be repaired (and my bank account considerably lightened) by Wednesday afternoon. While I was away, an ENORMOUS black bear strolled by the RV, causing Chree to roust Tasi from peaceful slumber to be a witness to the event. Back to Fern Lake at noon for a belated breakfast / lunch, then Chree and I went to work installing the threaded J-bolts that will secure the shed beams to the concrete columns. Must have been a 100 degrees in the sun, and only marginally cooler in the shade. Got 11 of the 12 bolts installed before the siren call of the lake got too loud. Ran the RV air conditioner all day. We need to rethink whether or not we’ll need A/C in the house we build up here. Both dogs under the weather: Shlomo with what appears to be a broken tail suffered yesterday when the queen bed storage compartment lid (that he had raised) slammed down on it and Geisha with either an adverse reaction to deer fly bites or to drinking many gallons of lake water while swimming. Attended the Lake Dunmore / Fern Lake Association annual meeting in the evening; several interesting speakers, but must have been well north of 90 degrees in the meeting hall.