One out of two....

 7:46 am - Monday - December 1st - TWW - 30° F, humidity 41%, wind 7 mph out of the east by southeast.....crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today (a rarity lately) with a forecast high of 51° F.  On this date in 2021 TLE were boondocking 8 miles out of Borrego Springs, CA.....

.....we lit up our boondock site with solar lights.  When driving home at night from Borrego Springs it was so DARK we needed these lights to show us where to leave the highway to return to the Newell.  The view this morning....

We had very low ambitions Sunday, and just two goals: 1) Get the painting tables out of the CONEX, and place the new supply of firring strips on them to be painted when it got warm enough...

....and 2) Cut and split some more firewood for the wood stove in the house.  Well, we got the tables out, and the firring strips laid out to paint, but it never got warm enough to paint them.  It began as a sunny day, but by noon time clouds began to roll through the area, and the wind speed increased, meaning the temp never got much over 50° F, which is not ideal for painting.

We did, however, manage to cut and split enough wood to fill the Yamaha Rhino dump bed one more time....

.....so that's two loads of wood in the last couple of days.  As expected, the Stihl chainsaws worked flawlessly.

By 2 pm it was getting quite cold outside, so we called it quits for work Sunday, heading into the warm interior of the Newell for the balance of the day.  Of course, Sunday means NFL games.  The highlight of the day football wise was the miraculous victory by the Denver Broncos who won a thriller in overtime 27-26 when the Washington Commanders (used to be Redskins) failed to make a 2 point conversion, which would have given the Commanders the victory by a point.  That makes 9 consecutive games won by 3 points, or less....the most in NFL history.  The Broncos are tied with the Patriots for the best record in the NFL at 10-2.

We're in for a 5-6 day stretch of lows in the 20's overnight, and an even longer stretch of highs in the 50's.  There may be one day in the 60's, but that's it.  The connecting road to the property is finally drying out so we can go out and fill in the low spot with dirt, and smooth out the large tire ruts.  TLE and I remain in good health with just the aches and pains of advanced age being our only complaints.  We are loving our second winter here at The Wilson Wilderness, and are excited to be able to begin to use the greenhouse for its intended purpose.

Thanks for stopping by!