Saturday, February 16, 2019

A new 'generation'.......

8:04 am - Saturday - February 16th - Wittmann, AZ - 44º F, 80% humidity, wind 7 mph out of the west......sunny today with a forecast high of 58º F.

Friday began cloudy, but eventually cleared to partly cloudy with lots of sun....perfect for walking around outside in my winter uniform.....t-shirt, shorts and flip flops.  It was 8 days since we dumped our tanks at the Conoco fuel station in Flagstaff prior to descending to a more respectable, and warmer elevation.  At any rate it was time to deploy our portable macerator pump to transfer our current effluent to our hosts sewer clean out, which is about 40 feet from our coach, and slightly uphill.  I took my time pumping out the waste, then refilling our black tank to the 1/2 mark 4, or 5 times to really get her flushed out.  It's been a while since I had the time to really flush the tank properly.

While I was thus engaged we received two UPS shipments of things we had ordered since we arrived here in Wittmann......a lightly used Honda EU2000i generator, and a box of chrome 20 lug nut caps for our front wheels.....our old ones were getting rusty, and quite sad, so it was time to refresh them.  The new to us Honda will supplant our Predator 2000.  The Predator can only sustain a momentary surge of 1600 watts  (continuously at 1300 watts), and, therefore, will not run either of our A/C units.  Our A/C units only draw 10-12 amps when they are running, but when they start there is a momentary surge to about 1900 watts which overloads the Predator.. The Honda, on the other hand, can take a surge up to 2,000 watts, and run continuously at 1600 watts.  We wanted a small generator that could run at least one of our A/C's, or our block heater, and we really want that option for our trip to Alaska this summer.....  

The 'new' to us Honda EU2000i

  The new sparkly ones.....

 The old, sad, rusty ones....

......I spent some time adding fuel to the Honda, checking the oil, and then starting it to be sure all was well.  It works great, but the acid test will be putting it under load which I will do Saturday.  Next I installed the new chrome lug nut caps, and I was done for the day.

We spent the rest of the afternoon watching the Genisis Open (golf) being held at the Riviera Country Club in L.A.  I remember back in the late 80's taking my oldest son to Riviera Country Club to follow Jack Nicklaus around the course when it was still called the L.A. Open. It is a beautiful golf course.....at the end of the 18 holes Jack gave my son Chris his golf ball, which he still has to this day (I think).

As you will recall, last winter TLE and I worked at the Grand Canyon (Desert View General Store), and made several friends.  Sherrie and Kathy were two of those friends, and Friday evening they were both in town and suggested we get together for dinner.  We agreed to meet them at our favorite local Mexican restaurant, Rio Mirage Cafe in Surprise, at 7 pm......


Left to right: Moi, Sherrie, Kathy, TLE.....I like being surrounded by beautiful women!

....fortunately,  they arrived about 30 minutes early and were able to get a table.  I always forget how busy restaurants can be on a Friday night, and this Friday night was no exception!  It took us a while just to find a parking spot.  We had a wonderful time catching up, and reminiscing.  I remember on the first, or second day we were working at the Desert View General Store I told Kathy that although I did not know her very well yet, I knew I was going to like her a lot.  Sherrie worked down the hill from the General Store at the Trading Post, but would occasionally come through the store, and I remember telling her how much I liked her smile, and that every time I saw her smiling it made me happy.  Nothing has changed over the last year!  The food and company was stellar, but by 8:30 pm it was time to bid our adieus and head for home.  Thank you Sherrie and Kathy for the get together......we had a blast!

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1 comment:

  1. When we were up in Alaska in 2016, we did not hit freezing temps the entire time, and snow only on the way up to Alaska, but temps never dropped below freezing. Also, did not use our AC at all the entire trip from what I remember...but good idea having another generator "just in case". (also, was in short pants the entire trip from what I remember...)

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