Photo from the RV Nixon Collection at the Museum of the Rockies
Here is a flat dressed up for an excursion in the 1890’s
Devon Sinsley said:
Photo from the RV Nixon Collection at the Museum of the Rockies
Here is a flat dressed up for an excursion in the 1890’s
Probably would have been palm leaves in California. 
Not a lot got done today. I had errands to run and had to have an Asian woman walk on my back for a couple hours (every Monday like clockwork).
But the crew did manage to finish the sand box with a couple trees planted and trimmed the clear tube to size.
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Todd,
I never thought about it but I actually wonder what the roof is thatched with. Maybe cattails or there is some kind of big grass like stuff down by the mission landing.
No progress today. 
I took Linda to the doctor’s office this morning who put her in the Emergency Room (heart fluttering with a pulse of 160) where we were all day until they admitted her into the hospital this evening for the next few days.
Guess I’ll have to work even harder tomorrow.
Todd, so sorry to read about Linda. I hope she will recover from this episode with no lingering effects. My prayer for her just weht up to Him with power to heal.
Bill
Thanks,
The doctor came in this morning and wants to do electroshock therepy on her heart today which will hopefully get the proper beat back. Half the heart works at normal speed and half works at double speed.
Boy Todd, that’s scary. Here’s hoping for the best of luck with the therapy today. They can do some amazing things these days, so I’m sure you are in good hands. Keep up posted.
They “re-booted” her heart today by putting a tube down her throat and passing low voltage and current through it. Went well and restored normal pulse. Hoping she will come home later today and should be good to go.
Todd,
Very sorry to hear about, your wife?, Linda’s troubles. Glad to hear that the treatment went well for her.
Shouldn’t be any residual effects and she’s good to go. Got to get back to the build .
Glad to hear Todd. Thank Goodness. I think you’ll need some time in the hot tub come Sunday.
The crew was actually able to get quite a bit accomplished today!
An overview of The California Experience almost finished.
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The painters came in and painted the horse’s wheel in bright California colors. The horse got a new blanket because few places are as warm as California and we are very “thin skinned.”
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The “Endless Wave” is up and running, but still needs its graphic. Luckily I found out now, from the other stuff, that my ink is not waterproof, so I’ll clear coat the clear lable before applying it. Here you can see “Peter” being told the proper technique to stay on the board.
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“When the water car comes along, they’ll fire this baby up and the party will really start.”
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The trailing car provides 24 vac from the rails to run the hot tub…, when the horse gets tired.
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Even The California Experience has to have “reporting marks” to run on the rails
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“The water starts as cold, but when the horse breaks into a gallop, it heats right up.”
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“Now we’re starting to cook.”
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“Hot enough for you?”
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Not much got done today…, but it had to be done.
The wave and crest were created and printed and the sheets were painted with clear to dry. New reporting marks were also clear coated and will be reapplied.
The hot tub splashes a lot of water out so is very limited in its run time, and makes a big mess. So the engineering crew tried various configurations of screens to let the mist pass, but retain the splash to drip back into the tub. This was only partially effective. Various, “blockers” were also tried.
Finally, the crew decided to use a railroad wheel suspended upside down above the “jet.” This blocks the stream, while letting the mist pass around. And the shape of the wheel funnels the water back into the tub. This is >90% effective relative to nothing in the way of the splash.
The back of the wheel serves as a central table in the hot tub to put drinks on and provides a place to hold the umbrella.
Cleaver solution to fix the issues. A bar in the tub, will look right at home.
That looks like one happening club car.
You will have to build another car to tow behind complete with velvet ropes that will hold the people standing in line waiting to get on.
Great build can’t wait to see the paparazzi video on TMZ
As if we didn’t have enough to do…,
The cyan on the HP printer went out. (Had to print the wave on the old Epson.) Computer and printer both report the cartridge as good/full and even a new cartridge doesn’t fix the problem.
And, the water heater went out last Thursday night and Fed Ex just delivered a replacement thermo-couple for me to install and see if it fixes the problem.
Fingers!
Just checking in on other’s progress.
The Endless Wave had no on switch and was switched off simply by removing a battery. While this is OK in testing, when the hot tub is in place, with water, it becomes a PITA. So the electrical crew added a three position toggle for off, slow, and very slow speeds.
The crew spent lots of time going through resistor values and resistor/diode combinations to get the motor just above a stall, so long as the batteries are good. When the the horse gets tired (the batteries run down), the operator can just switch to the higher speed.
Need to get the wave and reportng marks put on and figure the coupling.
The crew got lots done with several decisions made. The trucks installed, “Endless Wave” was completed, couplers were added, etc. I tried to post photos, but the site said I was over the limit. Here’s one that did go through.
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