I Watched Marty Construct His Crawdad Trap While We Shoot the Bull

Posted on August 20, 2022 by Bob

Saturday August 20, 2022 Guerneville CA.

Crawdad trap construction

Marty came by with his pattern for a crawdad trap he planned to construct. I  had plenty of wire to do the job so that’s why he came by to construct the trap.

He’d made a pattern out of paper to lay out on the wire to mark it so he could cut the wire out to size.

I took this photo when he got started.marty

 

While he was working on it we shot the bull and I forgot to get any more pictures, especially of the mostly finished project. We’ll be testing it out on our upcoming trip in about a  month.

Ride up into the hills

He finished in time so we could go for a bike ride up in the hills so we took off for that and rode up to the spring for a drink of water then did some more riding around and used the chairs I have up in the hills for a bit when ever we went by them. I forgot the camera again.

Anyway he got his trap mostly constructed and we had a good ride up in the hills.

When we made it back to my  house he headed for his house and I was tired out enough for a nap.

Nice day.

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Starting On the Van’s Alternator Replacement and Checking On the Yellow Jacket’s Nest

Posted on August 19, 2022 by Bob

Friday August 19, 2022 Guerneville CA.

Van repairs

Since I got a new alternator the other day for my van, it seemed like a good idea to install it or at least get things ready to install.

I got the battery disconnected and the new alternator out to have a look at it to make sure it was the right one. It was the right one but needs the pulley changed.batteries

 

Needs a double pulley

It came with a single pulley but the van has a double pulley so after I get the old one off, I will remove this pulley and install the double pulley.alternator

 

All prepped and ready for the work

I was moving fairly slow today so I did some chair hopping  before jacking up the van a little to give me more room to get under it and I got the blanket spread out under the van.van

 

But wait

I started to work on getting the old alternator out, but then decided tomorrow would be a good day to do that, so did some more chair hopping around the yard.

Checking out the yellow jackets nest

Late in the day I hopped on the dirt bike to go for a ride and then I headed on over to the trail working area to see how the yellow jacket nest eradication worked out.

I approached the nest area cautiously, just in care, but all was quiet.

I located the nest hole in the leaves to see if there were any left over yellow jackets crawling around. But nope, not even one, so all was good.nest

 

Here’s a closer shot of the nest hole just to the right of that piece of bark. Nobody home, at least no moving ones.hole

 

Trail work

As long as I was up here I did some trail work and also walked out to the end of the trail just for some more exercise and to see what I was into as far as more work was concerned.

Headed for  home

After a little work on the trail I headed for home going the long way, just to get some more bike riding in.

Nice day.

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