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I finally went riding around nine thirty. It was still cool with the cycling wind. It was getting windy as well and it was from the North and cool. Riding into the wind was chilly my first loop. I only logged 34 miles because of the wind.

It was fun riding this morning. I saw at least a half dozen cyclists on the Sidewalk and a lot of people riding around in town. I'm guessing I saw more trikes today than any other day I was riding. They weren't all e-trikes but most were. I had three cross my path while riding my cool down loop in town. They were too far in front of me to guess an age but they were traveling together and on e-trikes.

I rode again after dinner. The wind was still out of the North but wasn't gale force. It had cooled back down after the afternoon low nineties and was a really nice evening to be riding. I didn't see any riders tonight. There were some couples walking and a couple of young ladies pushing baby carriages and that's it.

I was able to squeak out 43 miles on my next to best battery tonight. I rode a bit slower and the wind wasn't brutal. The military lead tube removal makes a huge difference. Today I picked up an almost full roll of black duct tape and a bungee cord. I see a lot of bungee cords but they rarely have both ends.
The duct tape was a new item. I have some but another roll is okay by me.

Any Time is Grillin Time

It proved to be windier than I wanted to ride this afternoon so I put the deep clean on both the Weber and my Green Mountain smoker. Both were in need of attention and I had zero excuses why I could ignore them. The smoker wasn't desperate but it had a layer of ash and some grease build up in the hood and smoke stack. The worst thing I discovered was some critter (likely racoon) had knocked over the grease bucket and the melted grease had pooled under the cooker. It hadn't been emptied since the last cleaning and the spillage made one hell of a mess on my patio. I went down this same ugly path three or four years ago. You think I would have learned that when it's hot... empty the bucket often. I next attacked the Weber. The cooking grates needed some serious brushing on the bottom side. I pulled the flavor bars from the grill and found they are getting pretty ratty. It's great that Weber grill parts are readily available. I turned the two that were in the middle to the outside and the other three looked like they had plenty of life remaining. I'll order some new ones before I do another deep clean. I was amazed at the debris in the bottom of the grill. I have both cookers ready for action now. I'm cooking a pork shoulder tomorrow and feel good about my clean cookers.

Possible coolant leak

Also like a AC system, the cold side will form condensation. Normally there is a drying pan that collects that moisture and a dryer that returns that moisture back into your living space. The dryer might not be functioning or being overwhelmed with high humidity condensing into water. If your fridge has a front removable grill at the bottom of the unit. Pull it off and see if there is a drying tray not doing its thing underneath.

Doing a quick search, I see that most all new refrigerators count on the heat from the compressor to evaporate the condensation. The tray are typical made of cheap plastic and if cracked with age might let the water pool under the appliance.

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