Boring

Finally today got around to changing the little diesel's oil. Instead of a drain plug, there's some hose attached to the drain hole. I think this 500cc engine takes about two quarts tho really it probably takes liters. It's Japanese. Ran myself out of shop towels doing that so didn't get around to replacing the little in-line fuel filter with a water separating one. The fuel fill is in the cockpit, and I often come back to find the cockpit full of water because the scupper (still just one, still need to re-add the other) clogged. Anyway, engine fired right up. Still should put that separating filter on tho. Arriving this trip and finding water again, I had decided I should just hire the neighbors to check on things since the shower drain filter has failed me twice now only to find out they're being evicted. Took down the old, well worn, patch riddled mains'l.



The cherry trees are popping. I took pics but vintage point-and-shoot pics don't do them justice. Amtrak has a great view of the Rio Vista wind farm, with the windmills being barely identifiable in this blurry photo. In real life, they aren't blurry but they are still tiny. At this distance, I mean.



Suisun Fairfield station has an interesting to me vibe:



It reminds me of pictures of underground villages people have made, with little fake jolly old England facdes on small buildings, fake trees, and never remotely reasonable lighting.