Snow life.....

7:49 am - Wednesday - January 29th - TWW - 24° F, humidity 92%, wind 4 mph out of the southeast......partly cloudy today with a forecast high of 43° F.  The view this morning.....

.....we're actually getting sun pretty early this morning (Wednesday), and the solar array has already tilted toward the rising sun at 8:08 am....a new record.  On this date in 2012 TLE and I were having a last dinner with my brother Phil, and his wife Jeannie in Riverside, CA before beginning our full time travel adventure.....

We awoke Tuesday to a winter wonderland at TWW.  The snow ranged in depth from 5-6" around the property.....

5"

.....we weren't expecting any sun Tuesday morning, and expected to run the Predator 5000 for much of the day, but much to our surprise we were getting sun showers by 9:30 am, so I headed out to sweep snow off the 12 ground based solar panels, and the six elevated panels on our Eco-Worthy Dual Axis solar tracker.  By noon time all our battery banks were back to 100%....something we did not expect.

I shoveled a pathway to the house front door, and that was pretty much the extent of my outdoor activity.  By late afternoon a lot of snow had melted, however, it began to snow around 5 pm, and continued snowing until around 8:30 pm.  Think we got about an inch during during that time.

Living in the snow is fun for about 48 hours, but then it begins to get a little inconvenient after that.  By the third day you just want to be able to get outdoors and do something productive, but everything we want to do is more easily done without snow blanketing the entire area.  On the other hand, a snow day is the perfect time to catch up on the many YouTube channels to which I subscribe, and that is what I did for the rest of the day.

As you must surmise, we decided to spend the winter here at TWW (5,500 feet elevation) knowing there was a possibility of snow, and cold temperatures.  We made that decision with our eyes wide open, and have no regrets about that choice.  In fact, our experience here has far exceeded our expectations in many respects.  We would have liked to get our permanent site done more quickly, but it is what it is.  By this time next week we should, barring any unforeseen circumstances, be in our new site.

As I close today's missive the sun is shinning brightly, our batteries are being recharged, and life is good.....

.....thanks for stopping by!