Doing the Same

Nothing really interesting is happening for us at the moment,but that is what I put on the blog is what is happening in our life. 
I was watching the NCAA Basketball Tournament this week end most of the day.  I did take some time to go to the store for a few things. The ballgames won't start until thursday of this week so maybe I will find the time to get some things worked on.  Nancy has been doing her reading books thing. 
Yesterday after church we went out to the Inn on the Gulf for dinner with our friends Lee and Hazel. Then we visited a short time with them.  There are some more of our friends that we want to visit with before to long.

Basketball

What else can you do when the NCAA Basketball Tournament is on?  I've been parked in front of the tv watching the games.  I did get to mess with the solar just a little bit.  I know I won't get very much accomplished while the basketball games are on.

Walking in the Woods.

We took time out yesterday to go down to the John Chesnut Park to do some walking.

It sure felt good to get out and walk in the woods again.

 The back waters of the lake looked like pea soup with all the pollen that is on top of it.

 Even this big alligator had a green head.  He is a big one at 8 feet or longer.  I wasn't that close,used the close up option on the camera.

 First time seeing this kind of bird here.

This is the first time in all of our years coming to the park that we have seen rabbits.  We were hoping to see deer again but did not see them. Maybe next time.

As most of the time,the week end was watching the individual college basketball tournaments. then the NCAA selection brackets for the "big dance".
Only thing planned for today is to go over to the motorhome and straighten up a bit where I have doing some work. 

Suppose to Work

Yesterday I thought I would check out the 1500w inverter I bought in December.  I hooked a jumper cable to the inverter and battery,then got the coffee maker to run water through it.  After starting the coffee maker I got the overload signal from the inverter.  This shouldn't happen since the coffee maker is 900w and the inverter is 1500w.  I double checked my battery voltage and yes it had plenty of power so what is wrong. So I took the inverter back to Harbor Freight to exchange in for another one. Hooked it up tried the coffee maker,same thing. So time to think and go internet searching. Ok something else to try which I should have known.  Try using a shorter length of wire to connect the inverter to the battery,bingo it works.  The first couple of times trying it the cable was to long and losing power,amps or whatever.  Now that I see it works the next project is to find a place for the inverter to sit permanently and out of the way as much as possible.  

More Solar Work

Yesterday was a hot day and it was even hotter on top of the motorhome where I was putting the 80w solar panel.

Here are the two solar panels I have on with the 55w in the front and the 80w in the back.  After screwing the feet into the motorhome I used some Dicor rubber caulk to seal everything up. I put both of the panels close to the frig vent so I could run the wire down and into the motorhome. I have both of the panels hooked on one wire right now just to see how much power I would have. Doing it this way gives less power since the 55w will reduce the 80w to 55w making the total 110w instead of 135w.  Before we venture out with the motorhome I will have two different wires and also two charge controlers to get the full power.  As of now my batteries are on trickle charge as I'm not using any 12 volt power.
After I was finished for the day with all that work,I sat down and enjoyed some college basketball games for the evenint and night.     

Thrift Store Day

Sunday it was suppose to be a bad weather day.  It did rain in the morning time,but the afternoon thunderstorm that was forcasted never materialized  which was fine with us. With the weather forcast we made no plans and so we didn't change those plans so we stayed in all day.
Yesterday we got out,first we went to the Salvation Army Store on Ridge Road with nothing being bought.  From there it was to the Sheriffs Ranches Enterprises Thrift Store where Nancy bought several books. Then it was off to the large Salvation Army Store of US 19.  We did not buy anything at this store.  By that time it was getting late so we had dinner at the Barnhill Buffet,we were in time for the "early bird".
After enjoying our dinner it was a stop into Walmart before coming home.     

Solar Work

Yesterday was another good work day.  I got the 55w solar panel mounted on top of the motorhome. I thought I could do it by myself,but after several trips up and down the ladder on the back of the motorhome I found out that I would need a little help. So I came back over to the house to get Nancy.  While I feed the wiring down through the frig vent Nancy was down on the ground to tell me when she could see the end of the wire. Then she was pulling it down while I was feeding it in the top. The solar panel has four mounting brackets with 3 screws each so it shouldn't blow off while I'm driving down the road. I hope I can get the 80w panel up and running in the coming week.

Work Day

Yesterday was a work day for me.  I finally finished putting in the last sections of vinyl in the panes.  Like I said before the hard part of this project was being on my knees doing the installation of the vinyl in the panes.  Even though the floor has carpet on it,this doesn't provide much of a cushion between my knees and the concrete pad. Now I can have full concentration on the solar panel project which will take quite a bit of time.

Another Good Day

Tuesday morning started out with a nice small shower.  In the afternoon we had to go to Walmart to get refills on our medicine.

Yesterday we first went to Ace Hardware for bird seed and some things for the solar installation on the motorhome. I'm having to make things for the panels that I can't find ready made which is taking more time than I'm wanting to get the project finished.  From there it was Sams Club to fill up the gas tank at a cost of $3.32 9/10  a gallon.  Then into the ware house for a few items.  We started back home and noticed the time had slipped away to being passed our usual dinner time so it was decided to eat out.  We had our Dine-A-Mate coupon book with us so we had dinner at the Budapest Hungarian Restaurant,which turned out to be a very good choice.

We got home and settled down just in time for me to watch a couple of college basketball games.  

Here I am in Sams Club trying out an easy chair which was very relaxing.

Walking Around

Nancy had to go to the doctor yesterday to get a check up.  That the Ophthalmologist required before he is to do her eye lid surgery. 

 While she was in the doctor office I was outside walking around to see what I could get into.  Behind the doctor office was this old shuffleboard court that hasn't been used in many a year.  The whole parcel of land is for sale. This land looked as though at one time was a small RV or Trailer Park.

 The day was a beautiful day with white puffy white clouds.

A large drop of water on a leave that looks like a glass bead.