Wax your 'Qube!

While Steve stayed in camp and attempted to track all (aprox.35) college football games on Saturday (he actually watched parts of 6) I went to visit my sister and help her build a fire ring in her backyard. We were both fairly successful (Ducks won  43- 23 over Washington State) and we got the fire ring finished. Best of all, the worst of the rain held off until late afternoon. A good thing too! as it turns out the VuQube, our satellite receiver, doesn't cotton much to rain. Steve had noticed a bit of a problem early in the day and started researching the reception problems he was having - suggestions such as coating the covering with WD-40 and waxing came up, so he tried them. The WD-40 worked until the rain got heavier and then it was a lost cause. Amazing to me, the auto wax route worked - I didn't think the wax would adhere to a wet surface but after two trips up to the roof to wax the " 'qube" the reception was markedly improved. Just another of those little details we learn along the way!

It rained pretty heavily during the night. Sitting on the sofa having morning coffee I heard what sounded like a waterfall outside, so lifted the shade to check out what was making the noise as I knew there was no waterfall there..... there were 20 mallards having the time of their lives muddling in all the little mini lakes in the area. The must have had a dandy earthworm breakfast! It drizzled off and on all day, so we didn't get too adventuresome, just venturing out enough to take Molly for a few short walks. The sun sort of peaked out in the afternoon, but of course today, as we are leaving, the sky is bright blue and sunny!

We really enjoyed our time at Vasa Park, and it's a good thing we didn't plan this trip later as they close October 15. The only two negative points we'd list for the park, from our perspective, is the extremely limited area for dog exercise (it's across the very busy street) and that same busy streed coupled with a sharp curve makes getting in and out of the park with the rig a bit of a challenge. I stood on the median with the radio to assure an all clear before Steve pulled out which seemed to work pretty well. Today we head southeast, to Yakima, where we'll hang out for a few days and explore the surrounding area.