Whoever
said that “Time goes faster as you get older” certainly was
right. I can’t believe how fast the summer has gone and how long it
has been since I last posted.
We
finally got the RV back on Monday. As we were leaving the coast we
saw people pulling off to watch the Eclipse, however, there were no
good places to pull off so we kept on going.
I
have spent the last three days putting all the solar panels back on
the roof, putting the TV antenna back and also the Maxxair cover over
the rear kitchen vent. I even checked out the TV to make sure I had
that all done correctly.
I
think my garden is at an end. I thought that several weeks ago but
the beans got a second wind and we have frozen 9 vacuum packed meals
with another few still in the refer that I picked in the last few
days. The zucchini and yellow squash are done while the tomatoes are
still producing. I have been making salsa with all the tomatoes but
the other day I over did it. I had picked up some chilies at the
grocery store and didn’t look at the heat content. Anyway, that
batch of salsa was wayyyyyyyyyy tooooo hot for me. I should have
tasted the chilies before I used them. My bad, that batch went down
the garbage disposal. Maybe it will clean out the sewer line.
Now
that we have a good RV we are going on a short trip for a few weeks
to the Eastern Sierras. Unfortunately, we picked the hottest time to
go. We are heading into a heat wave next week so we plan to get an
early start on Monday.
But,
not so fast. I had been suspecting that my 10 year old Trojan T105-RE 6
volt batteries were failing. A check of the specific gravity this
morning showed that one of the batteries was not taking a charge, in
fact the battery was very hot as it was being over charged as the
charger tried to bring it up to the proper voltage. I disconnected
that battery from the other one and tried charging separately with a
line charger. No luck. It just won’t hold charge. Definately bad.
So,
neighbor Paul suggested I call a local car parts house as they also
stock a small amount of RV parts. Low and behold, they have Trojan
batteries, so tomorrow morning I will go down and get 2 new ones.
These buggers are heavy at 67 pounds a piece so getting them out of
the RV will be a chore.
How about a 6 1/2 foot tall rose bush.
