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Vacation Prep – Monday April 30, 2012

I’m starting to get ready for vacation.

On Saturday I changed the oil and filter on the motorhome.   It only had 1100 miles on it however vacation will run between 3200 and 4500 miles which would really push the time between changes.

This year’s vacation will have a theme, “Strawberry Daiquiris”.   Sunday I checked out a small drink mixer Jean purchased last year.  The picture is not very good however the mixer worked great.
This picture linked the first time from Google Albums using “embed image” and “image only no link (checked)”.

 

Learn WordPress – Saturday April 29, 2012

I’m working on learning new things about WordPress.  I have a subscription of Lynda.com and I’ve been working through some of the WordPress lessons.

Here is a picture of Hank with the picture actually residing in my Google photo albums.  The goal is to the amount of disk space I use on WordPress down to a minimum.

To link a picture from Google Album use the Embed Image information and web address only from https and  the picture’s original ID/name  information section.  The embed image information has several https’s in it.

Now so good, when I tried another picture I could not get it to link.   Need to check “image only no Link” and then it worked.

This is a picture of Brian taken during our time at Bryce.
By the way I started dating each post because several times my phone has not posted when it was supposed to post.  When we’ve been traveling the posts have gotten out of sequence.

HOME WEEKEND 4/29/2012

Here’s a motivated Hank, motivated for a nap.

Shocks – Saturday April 21, 2012

New shocks for the motor home. May not sound like big deal however these things are expense. We got new tires while on vacation last spring and the original shocks were worn out. Original shocks are good for about 24,000-30,000 miles and we are at 51,000.  These shocks did improve the ride.

Hank – Tuesday April 17, 2012

More signs Hank is becoming a dog.

When we first got him he was impossible to walk on a leash. The trainer we took him too recommend a harness which actually allowed him to be manageable to walk. The challenge being getting it over his head and hooked under his chest. We could get it on Hank by one of us putting food in their hand, while Hank was trying to get the food out between our fingers the other person could get the harness on and hooked. Not the easiest or safest thing to do. He was very interested in trying to take your hand off.

We quit using this harness a couple of years ago since he had gotten better at not pulling all the time. With a lot of time walking on his leash he stayed at a fairly decent level to manage. This winter I purchased one of these harness again to use while on vacation. Sometimes he goes crazy when he smells a deer or other animal.

This spring has been really cold with snow threatening most weekends, we did not get out very much and Hank didn’t get much time on a leash. He likes to walk about 4 inches beyond the length of the leash. This morning’s walk got to be a real pain with him pulling most of the time. After lunch I decided to go out and take some pictures. I got out the new harness for Hank. He let me slide it over his head and hook it under his chest. This was truly amazing. I even went the next step and he let me put a muzzle on him. He is becoming a real dog.

We got the muzzle because a couple of times Hank has gotten thorns in his paw and I have had to pull them out. The first one was fine, he had no idea about what I was doing until the thorn was pulled out. The second one was a little iffy and the third one I just let him get it out. I figured the next thorn would mean a trip to the vet. I think we are set for walks in the desert, I’ll put the muzzle in my day pack.