Sunny Sunday Salutations

Wow!  Sunshine for an entire weekend in October, and it is supposed to last through Monday.  We'll take it.  Another nice day to do some work around the house.  Neil decided to bring the canoe back over to the house and get the small outboard motors winterized.  He exaggerated when he said he was boat-less, as we still have the green Coleman Scanoe.

Our Scanoe Will Be Moving with Us to Oregon

In past years, Neil has caught some good sized king salmon out of the canoe on spinning gear--lots of fun to be sure.  He also is getting the two air-cooled outboard motors ready for the winter.  These motors work great on the Scanoe, and have also been used as backup for other boats over the years.  Neil has been able to keep them running, mostly because they are very simple machines.

We Have Used These Motors a Lot Over the Years

Neil also posted a for sale notice in the Southeast Alaska Craig's List for his custom made fish smoker.  He already has two people who want to buy it, so he spent time today cleaning it up and getting the racks into it and repainting the outside of it gloss black.  We doubt that the black color helps any since there is two inches of insulation between the inside and outside, but it does look pretty.

Smoker Ready to Sell -  a Bittersweet Occasion 

One of the things that we built into the back of the house was a fish cleaning and fillet station, and we set that up for the Open House and have left it up for now.  If you haven't seen it, this is what you get when you have a botched countertop installation and someone who hates to see such things go to waste.  We can even use warm water to clean the fish if it is cold.  Only thing we did not do is get a cover over it to keep the rain off and an insect repellent machine.

Many, Many Salmon Have Been Filleted on this Table (sigh)

Since tomorrow is going to be nice, we will probably clean off the top of the fifth wheel slideouts and treat the slide seals before winter.  We never know if we will see sunny days the rest of the month, so we will take advantage of the good days while we can.

We also had a great evening dinner of barbecued pork chops with friends Sam and Cindy and Dave.  Lots of good conversation, good eats, and a bit of wine.

Thanks for visiting,

Neil and Pamela