Time to overhaul the camping equipment for the tourney season. I never quite managed various bits of planned overhaul last year, so some of this is overdue. And it helps that Friday is a company holiday, so the fact that I have to figure out how to pack all manner of different equipment isn't too scary. So what's to do?
* All the finishing work on the bench for the PPF is done and I figure I'll give it a test-run at Crown.
( See picture ) It's as heavy (uh ... sturdy) as a sonuvabitch and I've figured that the only way to haul it around without going crazy is to make a carrying bag. And I had this length of canvas left over from the tent that I'd never decided what to do with ....
* Re-strung the rope-suspension bed (after having finally gotten around to Varathaning the legs). I've always previously strung it with sisal (closer to authentic, doncha know) but since I always end up storing it in places that get damp during the winter, this has meant restringing it every year. So I capitulated and strung it with polyester rope this time. We'll see how that works. I'm also planning to make a canvas carrying bag for it too.
* Sort out the kitchen equipment into the new
modular shelving units. The new system involves two of these units with a work surface set across the top. (Currently I have a mock-up to see how it works out, but I plan to put together a more esthetic and sturdy one.)
I had an amusing experience while stringing the bedframe out on my deck this evening. Two of the over-the-back-fence neighbors were chatting with each other on their respective second story decks and at one point I heard one of them loudly praising my house's paint job (in a manner that made it clear he intended me to hear) so I joined in the neighborly chit-chat about contractors and favorite plantings and whatnot. I don't think I've ever talked to those particular neighbors before -- when we're at ground level, we can't see each other.
