Not in Kansas anymore…

Had another reminder that things are different here. One of the delightful things about the Northwest is Mo’s Restaurants, which are at several locations on the coast of Oregon. They serve a wonderful clam chowder in a bread bowl. If you click the above link you can see what I mean.

I discovered that have something similar here a Johnny J’s Diner. It is an old-fashioned diner that has terrific food at a reasonable price. On alternate Monday’s they serve beef stew in a bread bowl.

Pictured is the salad and beef stew bowl that is offered for $7.66 for lunch. Also pictured is a caramel apple shake (along with a plastic straw because we don’t have sea turtles that get them stuck in their noses). Tasty.

I got a replacement security camera from the Amazon vendor. I had received a defective one and they sent out another. Got it set up and I have a much better view now. Here is the installation:

Here is what the view is like:

Among other projects, while we were waiting on screws, I spent about $1,400 on misc electrical supplies to wire the conex boxes permanently off the meter. Below is a picture of framing on the back wall where we are mounting the electrical panels. Actually $610.00 of the total was for a 1,000 foot spool of 12-2 NM w/Green wiring for the downstream wiring of the boxes as well as the house next year.

I also have installed one of the two man doors in the containers. This is the one in the storage conex.

If you squint (or use two fingers to blow up the picture) you can see a combination deadbolt. If you would like to have your very own access code you can send me one and I will put it in. I would recommend the last 4 digits of your SSN (or the last 4 of your cell phone number). My SSN was used as my service number for 19 years so I’m no longer worried about it being compromised – I had it printed on checks to make it easier to write checks at the Navy Exchange for heaven’s sake.

Here’s the view from inside.

The plans are to install the roofing metal mid-next week followed by the metal siding. In the meantime I will be installing the man door in the other container, work on installing the framing in both containers and following up with the well drilling folks and after that the septic tank/field people. And of course starting to move household stuff over.