I woke up early in the morning. Navajoland is one hour ahead of my area. It was 5 a.m. in our time and 6 a.m. in Navajo land. I got ready and woke my family up. This morning we were planning to leave early to go to the local tool store in town. We wanted to ask the store if they can weld our cracked lift frame of the treadmill.
Our treadmill had two issues. One was the drive motor. This issue was fixed with the replacement drive motor. The other issue was a crack in the lift frame. This lift frame deals with the incline. Without the lift frame, we cannot use the incline function of the treadmill.
At the store we talked with one Navajo man. He said the store does not offer welding but he could do at his house as his private business. We agreed that he would weld after his work at his house and we would pick it up around 7 p.m.
After that, we went to a restaurant and had a brunch. Then we did some grocery shopping the store. When we came back home, it was already close to 3 p.m. After dinner, we measured the water pipe line from my in-laws’ house to our homesite. The temperature dropped down and it got windy. It was like a very cold winter weather so it was tough to work outside.
My in-laws showed us their brand new sweat lodge on their homesite. They just had the sweat lodge ceremony just one week ago. It was a very nice one made by cinder blocks on the base, cray on the side, and logs on the roof.
Around 7 p.m. we went to the worker’s house that we met at the tool store in the morning. Our lift frame was nicely welded and ready it pick it up. He welded on both corners and added reinforcing materials. He even repainted it. We were satisfied with his job.
It was another busy day. In Navajoland our days go quickly. Our visit was almost over. We will leave tomorrow.
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