New Faucet & a Snail Sighting

Well, we're back in the GPNW, where it is still always something.Tuesday we got up and discovered the kitchen faucet had failed sometime during the night and peed all over the kitchen counter.  Fortunately there was a pillow on the arm of the couch which prevented all of said water from rolling off the counter edge and on to the carpet.  This is how Jim spent much of the day.  My job was to slide the foot stool under his butt when he went under the counter, and pull it out when he departed the cabinet.  Many trips were made out to the accursed tool box looking for tools.

 

After extracting the faucet using vise grips and an inappropriate wrench we went to Lowe's for crescent wrenches.  Low and behold, a good tool box presented itself to Jim.  It goes in on the slide out tray with an inch of height to spare.

 

Marvel at the organization of that drawer.  The drawers are all lined with black non-skid drawer liner.  It's useful stuff in an RV.

 

After the trip to Lowe's and the plumbing supply store, the new faucet was installed.  It took less time than taking the old one out.  We also have better water flow than we did.

 

An ivy geranium threw itself into our cart at Lowe's.  I like the pink.

 

We had intended to ride today, but a couple of phone calls we received knocked us off our plan, so we walked.  It was supposed to be a short flat walk, but turned in to a long hilly walk.  This is a plant up against a huge retaining wall with a snail attached to it.  We see slugs here more than snails.

 

This sign was seen on the trail coming down by Swedish Hospital.  If you can't read the faint writing, it says "indefinitely due to the incompetent and shamefully lazy construction corporation".  From this I infer the trail was closed for quite awhile.

 

Flowers on the way down the hill.

 

Summer has arrived in the GPNW.  Happy we are.