March 13

Frustrating day today. My plan was to remove the front bumpers. Started on the left one. First thing to do is remove the parking light. It didn't want to come out. So I decided to leave it in. I disconnected all the wires so it would just go with the bumper. Next, tried to remove the nuts securing the bumper to the frame. First one came off fine, but it was all downhill from there. The next nut was already a little rounded and nothing I have on hand will get a grip on it. Tried the nut above that one. It was hard to reach and I couldn't get good leverage to budge it. Went to the next one and first thing I did was round it a little bit too. Decided to take a break. I might just let the WD soak in for the next 24 and give it another shot tomorrow. So, not much progress made today. On top of that my every day ride is acting up. And we might have a rabid skunk in the vicinty. We came home from grocery shopping and in the street was a skunk walking around. This was at about 1:30 pm. We didn't think they were supposed to be out in the day time. Anyway, that's it for now. Nice time at Mike's yesterday!