2026-08-09 Time in Boise - more e-foil work

Sunday we took Derek's e-foil to Lucky Peak Reservoir.  We did not install the battery, but put a water sensor inside the battery compartment.  Dean and Derek carried it down to the boat ramp, and we put it in.  It floated great.  Then Derek got on it and bounced up and down, submerging one end and then the other, and darn it - water sensor went off.

Carrying the e-foil- without foil attached to the water

Getting ready to test

Back to the house to figure out the issue.   We found a small amount of water inside, but good news the seal was working, and the water was coming in from somewhere else, and travelling through the closed cell foam, and seeping out in the battery compartment.   Unfortunately, the design of the board and battery compartment had a couple of 90 degree turns, and fiberglass just doesn't like 90 degrees, so the glass lifted off the epoxy creating gaps.   We fixed all that with some epoxy filler, sanding, more epoxy, and thought we had it.    Did a hose test, and still leaks.   Realized that the hinges for the battery compartment door needed to be sealed, so did that and did another hose test - all was good.   Then submerged in the hot tub, and one small leak.   

Decided the leak was small enough it was worth heading to the reservoir.   So headed out, and once again put the e-foil in - and all was great, except Derek could not get it to foil.   Found out that a setting was limiting the e-foil to half power.   So back home.    Back home, found the final leak, Derek found the setting that was off, and got it fixed, but by then our time in Boise was up, so he will test it without us, and hope all goes great.

Carrying to reservoir for testing, foil is attached now

High hopes

It works - just cant get enough speed

Other than working on the e-foil we did some other things.    We both got haircuts, had a nice lunch with Dean's Mom, Kris went shopping for clothes at the thrift store and found some nice items.  We also took some small items into a coin and jewelry place and got another $100 for Norm from stuff we sold.

Kris brought a couple boxes of items of Norms with and spent time listing them on eBay after looking up values.    Derek's cat Smokey helped.

Kris working on the computer with help

Thursday morning we headed out after Dean went to his first Medicare required doctor's appointment.   

The drive back to Bend was very hazy, but the road previously closed by fire was back open.   Lots of burns along the way.  Hard to see in the photo, but about 15 miles along the road, everything had been in the wildfire.

Hillsides are burned

We also drove by lots of crops, and there is a spot alongside the road where a guy has been living for about 8 years.  Old article here.   Think he was actually in a different spot, but had to move due to the fires.

This guy has been living alongside the road for about 6 years.

Lots and lots of onions

Potatoes?

Back in Bend, we settled back into a routing.  Norm working on puzzle, we work on computers, and relax, and do we all do at least a project a day.

Saturdays project was to take the boat out and go for a drive to make sure all was good with the trailer.

Heading out with the boat in tow

All went well.  Great to have a shop you can drive through, makes parking the boat easy.

All went well with the trailer and boat.  Had to fix some wiring for all the headlights to work, but easy fix and all works so we are ready for Tuesday when the new owners come to pay for it and pick it up.  Hope it all goes well.