Taking advice from other bloggers…

Turned into a cooler, wet kind of dreary type day… lots of rain this afternoon.

Rick from Rick & Paulette's RV Travels posted a good blog yesterday I believe, with follow up today, on RV and 5th Wheels tire problems… blow outs in particular.  This has always been a bit of a bug-a-boo with RVer’s in general.  Since Judy and I have started to travel in our RV, on travel days, I always test tire pressure on each tire before we roll, including the Jeep or Motorcycle Trailer, depending on what we are towing.  RV tires run at 95lbs. of cold tire pressure.  If you have a low tire pressure in one of these, you run the risk of overheating the tires badly.  During the day, while travelling, I always check the tires to ensure they still look inflated, and feel them to get a feeling if they have overheated or not.

On Rick’s blog, he received a comment from Chuck of goldenshoe RV trip , who noted that he had bought from Radio Shack a Temperature Sensing Device.  I though hmmmmmm.  Anyways, Rick decided to go down to Canadian Tire in B.C. and see what they had.  He bought one for $39.95 and tried it out and found it worked great.  So, it was off to Canadian Tire today for me here in Woodstock to see what they had.  Turns out, the same Temperature Sensing Device at the same price as in B.C.   Perfect.

Although it is branded a “Mastercraft” Product, don’t be fooled, it is made in China…

So check out below on how this gun works.  It uses a laser light so you can see what surface you are pointing at.   Simply point and pull the trigger.  You see in the picture below, the laser light is set on the side of the cabinet, and the temperature reading is 71 Deg. F.

Now you point the laser light on the gun at the fresh cup of Tim Horton’s finest, and as you can see, the outside temperature of the cup is 138 Deg. F.  I went around and tested all kinds of things this morning, and all readings appeared very accurate!  With this devise, I will be able to check each tire, including the hard to get at, back inside two tires on our RV, and determine if anyone is overheating.  Also, it will be an easy check to see if we have an overheating wheel bearing or not!  Great little device. So, thanks to Rick and Chuck, maybe our travels will be safer this winter!  Thanks Guys!

So you might wonder, where did he get that real nice cup of Tim Horton’s coffee???  Easy, I borrowed Gwenny’s Tim Horton card!

Well, actually it was a nice birthday gift from Gwenny’s Mom and Dad… sure enjoyed the coffee.

You might also note, the blog is back after a two day absence… I was up in Bracebridge to have a colonoscopy completed.  Good news was my test was perfect, with no problems and don’t have to go back for 5 years!   Yes, it is important to have the test done!

A big RVlifeonwheels welcome to Jeff Simmons, our most recent blog follower!

Till tomorrow…

Travel day…

We were smoking down the 401 towards Toronto by 10:00 this morning, which turned into a great day… lots of sun, and warm temperatures.

We stopped once we hit Orillia, and checked in to see Judy’s Brother Gary, and his Wife Shelly.  They had a new member of the Family who we got to meet for the first time… Maggie.

Little Maggie is less than a year old, and is full of energy, that is for sure!

Below, Maggie got a little tired of all the adult talk going on, so went off to never never land… zzzzzz

Stopped in to talk to my Mom as well for a hour or so, and then headed up to Bracebridge where we hooked up with David and Angela and a great big file full of all our mail!

Till tomorrow…

Fall is in the air…

Got down to about 7 or 8 degrees C. last night, and was certainly starting to feel like winter… although up in Gravenhurst area it got below 0!  So we should not feel too bad down here in our banana belt!

It finally started to warm up around 10:30 this morning and got right up there around 24 deg. C.  Not bad!

Check out Gwenny’s outfit for today… she got those nice blue boots from Mommy’s Friend/Boss who lives in Los Angeles area of California.

This morning Kristina invited us to join her and Gwenny over at their Church, as they were having a neighbour hood BBQ.  Why not!  Free food!

They had a great set up, with lots of tables that soon filled up with hungry people!

Who ever was in charge of the BBQ did an amazing job, as the hamburger I had was second to none!  That is the Pastor of the Church below, “Bob” who is wearing the Ottawa Senator Jersey…(hisss…)

…and this is where that Ottawa Senator’s Jersey ended up after a few hundred $$$$ was raised for overseas mission work!   Yup, Pastor Bob got wet!

A good part of the afternoon was spent shopping in downtown Woodstock… yes, Christmas is coming I am told…

We dropped Kristina and Gwenny off, and decided a bit of fresh air was needed so we hiked a nice little 1.5 Klick trial I found off the west end of Dundas Street in Woodstock.  We were so energetic, we did it twice!

It had a nice little bridge to get over the creek.

Lots of greenery, that is for sure!

Nice gravel trail to follow along the creek…

The low lying areas had nice cement walkways to follow…

On the upper part of the trail, we found this huge foundation???  Not sure what it was… but it is very old…

Just turned out to be a great day for a hike, and it was soon time to head for the hills…  when we got home this is what we were looking at… Patra was getting her afternoon sun at the RV… hence her name… “the dash cat”!

Tomorrow is supposed to be another great day… we have to head up to Bracebridge, as I have  medical test scheduled for Monday and Tuesday of next week… you know the one… where this Dr. Guy has this real nice looking scope thingy… and he puts it where the “sun don’t shine”! 

Till tomorrow…