Yesterday was Monday, so that meant pickleball at the Branson Sports Center from 9:30 to 11:30.

Before we headed out, I went over to our neighbor’s Carriage fifth-wheel RV. Donna and I met and talked with them – Thomas and Beverly – the night before. Thomas asked if I had a hammer he could borrow. He had a section of wood trim fall off the bedroom wall and wanted to re-attach it. He invited me in to look at it and I saw what needed to be done. With a few tools and some glue, I was able to straighten the fasteners. Then I added some Gorilla glue before I smacked the strip back into place. It took a few well-placed hits with the side of my fist and it was secure. The Gorilla glue will set and it won’t come off again. Twenty minutes later, Thomas and Beverly were on their way, heading to the national parks in South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming.

We rode the scooter to the north side of town and paid $3 each to play pickleball. Pickleball hours are from 9:30 to 11:30, but we played until noon. There were only about a dozen players so we played pretty much non-stop. I love this game and I got a good workout.

Last evening we walked to the old downtown area of Hollister. They had a sidewalk art show on Historic Downing Street. Local artists had their work on display in front of many of the shops on Downing Street. We looked at paintings, then stopped in at a shop Donna visited on one of her walks – a flea market. They had a set of cloth napkins and matching table runner she wanted to buy. She didn’t have money with her when she was there before and figured if they were still there, she would get them. Sure enough, they were there, so she bought them.

Art walk on Downing Street

We made a brief stop at Ye Olde English Pub. It was crowded and a five-piece horn band was making music. It was too loud in there so we didn’t stay. We walked back up the street to Hook and Ladder Pizza. We had the specialty pizza for dinner and it was quite good – crispy thin crust, tasty sauce and generous toppings. The round trip to town and back was about a mile and half walk. This coupled with my pickleball games in the morning brought my step total to 14,935 for the day. That’s a lot of steps.

Last night, I thought about the air conditioner shrouds I wrote about in my last post. I added 1″ fender washers under the mounting screws to spread the clamping load. It occurred to me that I didn’t do it right. The stamped steel chassis that the shrouds are fastened to don’t have enough surface area.  What I really need to do is put a 1″ fender washer between the plastic shroud and the chassis, then add another fender washer between the flat screw head and shroud. This will sandwich the plastic shroud between the two 1″ fender washers and clamp it place, spreading the load effectively to prevent the plastic shroud from cracking.

I think we’ll go visit the fish hatchery at Table Rock Lake today. While we’re out I’ll buy more fender washers.