Mother’s Day Shop Hop

Below are pictures from the drawing after the Mothers Day Shop Hop. The $500 cash winner is Lani of Boulder Creek.

Ann Marie Conrad of Boulder Creek Hardware drew the winning tickets. There were twenty 2nd place winners, winning massages, camping reservations, wine, gift certificates, and lots more.

Note the cute fairy costume won by one mom, for her daughter!

Thanks to Chris Flynn  for sending these pictures and commentary.

Doug’s Hardware How-To: 2-Stroke Maintenance and Safety

The modern two stroke engine can be made into a worthless hunk of aluminum and plastic really easily without proper maintenance and care. This is a waste of your money. Let’s cover some very basic maintenance tips that will keep your equipment in top shape and out of the small engine repair shop.

It’s not your Dad’s fuel anymore! Fuels are a key component in this maintenance. The fuel that we are able to get here in the valley, and over the hill, will be a blend of many of products usually including an ethanol additive. This ethanol additive can reek havoc in our two stroke engines. Debris forms in fuel quickly due to ethanol gumming up rapidly, and then in turn acting as a solvent, releasing that gummy debris, leading to clogged fuel delivery systems. Ethanol fuels break down quickly, this can cause hard starting, and poor performance. One of the biggest issues we have here in the moist redwoods is with the new ethanol fuel blends . . . . .

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NEWS: Boulder Creek Pizza and Pub

The old RoundTable has been reborn – no longer part of the the Round Table Franchise, the new place called “Boulder Creek Pizza & Pub” offers fresh local produce and cheeses, 9 beers on tap and a great outlook on making great pizza.

From the website:  “Our lights are on in the morning, hours before we open.  Why?  Dedicated dough artists rise early to handcraft fresh dough for all of our pizzas.  Daily, they prepare fresh sauce, using just vine-ripened tomatoes, spices, and a little salt.  No preservatives.  No fillers.  100% good.”

Here is the link to the new reatuarants website:  Boulder Creek Pizza & Pub

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