1927 Chevrolet Truck and Miss Maple

Went to a New Campground this weekend - Lewey  Lake Linda took Miss Maple kayaking and we found an island for Miss Maple to be Free Since she doesn't like to get into the water Figured it was safe for her to run free. She did excellent in the kayak.

Here we are at the start (pictures by Jeffrey) I was looking for Jeffrey - guess I was the only one who did not see him and Di. Sorry! And we are off to the parade..............Looking forward to next year already. The grandchildren had fun - $30.00 worth of candy gone before we even went 1/2 mile of the 1.5 mile route.  Some lucky little boy and girl got 8 Twizzlers right off the bat.....

We finally made it to the Parade.  I will let the pictures speak.  Going Past the Judges Table HERE WE COME! I will add more as I get them from various people.

My Helper Slept over last night and we were out bright and early putting on the finishing touches.

Almost there - Stand By In the middle of June I put a sign up sheet at church for parade walkers / helpers with the old truck / maybe a float / maybe some interest - got one family that signed up. Well the end of June did not look good for us to be in the 4th of July Parade. I took the truck out for a ride after church on the 23rd of June and shut it off when I got home.  Didn't want to start up again.  Jeffery came over, (Thanks again Jeffery), and WE (Jeffery) did a quick check of the engine and WE (Jeffery) noticed a weak spark, clogged fuel vacuum pump and low gas level in the tank - worked on all that and it still did not want to start, so we (I did help here) pushed it into the garage.  The rest of the week was busy and I never really got a chance to get w/Jeffery on looking at the truck anymore that week.  But I did get a change to push it out of the garage to wash and wax it.         Bob Stein came over on F...

Self - Care I went to St. Bonaventure University from the 12th to the 15th of June.  Working on and hoping to obtain a Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.   Figured I am 54 years old, the 2nd youngest of 7 kids (5 sisters and 1 brother), was in the Navy for 23 years, - or as I call those things - a lot of experience or case studies to talk about.     The Dr. that taught us the class on Self-Care did stress that we need to do something to keep us healthy.  She has a yoga mat in her office that she uses from time to time - not me.  I will pass on that for now.   I got some home work done earlier in the day and when I got home from work - I fixed the small gas leak and then took the truck for an 8.87 mile ride - with no training wheels (meaning no one was following me just in case).   It ran well, but after shutting it down it overheats - not sure if this is normal or not, but that is what it does....

Well, I got a surprise for Father's Day from my Boo.   It might not of been a surprise if I had a Facebook page, as it looks like everyone knew before me what I was getting - but I like NOT having a Facebook page. When I first bought the truck the previous owners' son told me that if I just Googled 1927 Chevy Truck there would be a picture of the truck and his Dad.  Well that did not work for me at all.  I even wrote a small blog about my research and the fact that I could not find anything.   But my baby did. Seems there is a difference when you Google something and you Google IMAGE something. Thanks baby. I love you and thanks for the picture.