Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

It's the first day of Fall.  If you told me that, I wouldn't believe you.  It was 70 degrees overnight, with a high of 92 today.  That doesn't sound like FALL weather to me!!  Pretty soon we'll be cooking that Thanksgiving turkey while we lay in the sun by the pool!!  I don't even want to TALK about Christmas!!

There was a lot more talk yesterday about fuel.  Here's what we discovered.  Even though my friend and I have the same engine in our camper vans, hers says she can use MAX B20 fuel .... mine says MAX B5 fuel.  After talking to everyone and doing a little more research, just plain old #2 diesel is the best.  

It's not much of a problem anywhere except California, or so I'm told.  I mean surely you wouldn't expect California to be like all the other states!  It's also interesting to note that Flying J and Pilot have switched to B20.  No problem there, their prices have become so outlandish that I would not stop there anyway. 

And so to further my research, I left sleeping dogs lie while I headed out to the (shhhhhhh) Fabric Store.

I stopped by a Sinclair station and a Union 76 station to find that both sold diesel #2, before heading to my usual Quik Stop who also sells diesel #2.  It's funny, I never bothered to look before.  While there, I fueled up my truck.  This is my go-to station, about 15 miles down the road.  It was $4.39 a gallon.  The Sinclair station was $5.69.  The Arco station around the corner is $5.49, so obviously it pays to shop around when you are filling up a 50 gallon tank.

Sleeping dogs were still laying around as I hit the (shhhhhh) fabric store!

I was looking for the light green border this panel needed to make it pop!  Sadly, it looked terrible with that color.  I found out that all Yellowstone Elk panels are not alike.  I ended up with a pea soup green.  It really does look a little better in person.  I'm hoping the flying geese around the edges will fly in on their own and not cause me troubles.  There's a lot more math involved in those.

When I got home, sleeping dogs were still sleeping.  Mr. Cooper always greets me at the door, but apparently his hearing is not what it once was.  This time I caught him snoozing.

I know, too many doggie pictures, but I can't help it.  Back to the diesel question ... though I used to look for truck stops for fuel, it appears I will be heading to gas stations instead.  It is interesting however that ALL fuel in Bakersfield is a dollar cheaper PER GALLON than where I am.  Why is that???

Dinner was terrible.  I admit, that happens quite often around here, which is why I like Panda Express and Marie Callendars.  I tried the parmesan on the crust grilled cheese and tomato sandwich.  I used WAY too much parmesan.  Though it didn't taste all that bad, it made me sick as a dog who was NOT sleeping.  It could have been the expired by 6 months parmesan.  

My tip of the day is do NOT try this.

Oh LOOK who's awake just in time to go to BED!!  This is his you-just-try-to-take-my-toy-away stance.

Now that I have the diesel figured out, it's on to why my propane tank is almost empty after NO use.  I guess we know what THAT means!!!

Last question ... I want to put tire monitoring sensors on the wheels of this rig, but the inside dual is unreachable.  Can I put an extension on that?  And where might I have THAT done?