Can’t catch a break,,,,

I’m not going to try and load the vid I took: not very much bandwidth available on this here hill, BUT, I am home and thats a huge bonus,,,,

Long story short, the ‘new’ diff is giving me issues: slop in the pinion bearing and it started making noise on Decel while I was on my way home from the lake-kay,,,

Seeing how my Unk had just put new seals and stuff in the culprit before he parked it (and before it became my donor-hicle) I’m thinking he may have forgotten to stake the nut. I know he was telling me a story about when he was doing it and the parts place told him the wrong torque setting (32ft/lb vs the 32 IN/lb its supposed to get, AND I am going to reverify that little tidbit before I go cranking on things.) I can easily see him forgetting that one step.

Lake-Kay went well, but like any ‘va-kay’ its never enough.

Oh, And I found ANOTHER leaker in Lyssa,,, Day hatch ring had broken loose from the deck on one side (where paddlers rest their bum when getting in and out,,, hmmm,,, wonder how that could have happened,,,LOL) And, thanks to a suggestion from B, the coaming is no longer an issue. Just lower where the skirt rides on me and it gives the skirt enough play to ‘flex’ on the coaming without popping. So, Still no rolls, but I did mess around with some laybacks and hip snaps,,, she’ll roll, she’ll roll easy, and I may learn that ‘paddle nap’ move. I was playing with it, and I can feel her ‘resting’ on my knee bracing without wanting to capsize: just need to keep the skull-ranium IN the water to keep the balance right.

Other than those two things,,, GREAT weekend, much needed break, and while I was the quiet one at camp, I did relax. Just didn’t have much to say and just wanted the ‘wind-down’ and company while doing it. Hell, I never even really tied one on,,, Just a little buzz that I maintained by pacing the drinks: both nights,,, and last night, crap, I was out by 10pm, like a grumpy ol’man,,, (hey!!! I resemble that remark,,,,)

Really cool thing though,,, The deer at the park are COMPLETELY unshy of humans. Not petting close, but reach out and pop with pocket pistol close,,, and they would stand there facing off with Sasha and Riggz (great Danes) and only twitch tha tail,,, Wish I had been alive enough to snap a pic of it, but,,,, More interested in the ZEN moment and chilling out.

SO, y’all, I AM still alive, and still mobile of a nature, and Buffalo and Lyssa are back in ‘hospital’ again,,, I just hope that Buff doesn’t turn into a Hospice case,,, (F! that,,, WE has engines and drivetrain,,, we CAN rebuild her,,,,!!! )