Another upgrade.....

7:51 am - Tuesday - January 16th - GNHS - 47° F, humidity 74%, wind 5 mph out of the south......partially cloudy skies today with a forecast high of 67° F.  On this date in 2020 TLE and I were finishing our last project at Ramona Oaks RV Resort.....recovering the 9th hole with new artificial turf.....↴

....Ramona Oaks RV Resort still remains one of our all time favorite camp host jobs in almost 12 years of workamping.

Mondays are sleep in days, and both of us did just that, not getting out of bed until after 8 am....what a couple of slugs...lol!  It's not that we're sleeping all that time.  Sometimes we just lie there talking, and laughing about silly things we see out her window.  TLE always opens the curtains on her side of the bed to see what the day looks like.  Most of the time it is crystal clear, blue, sunny skies that greet us.  It is just a nice, sweet interlude before we officially 'wake up' and get out of bed.  It is one of the things I love about being retired, and that I love about our nomadic life.  That view out TLE's window changes periodically, especially when we are moving.

About a week ago I ordered some new reading lights for the Newell.  We have 7 of them scattered throughout the coach.  When we first bought the Newell back in 2008 I replaced all the existing automotive bulb reading lights with those of the LED variety, and they have served us well over the past 13 years of living full time in the Newell, but they are not as bright as we would like them to be, so we decided it was time to upgrade....

One of the old LED reading lights over TLE's recliner

.....I ordered just two (they come in pairs) of the new ones we decided upon to see if we liked them before ordering the final 5.  The new ones put out twice the light as the old ones, and are dimmable.  The base of the new ones is smaller than the old ones so I had to cut out a piece of 1/8" plywood (2.5" x 4") to cover the hole through which the 12 volt wiring passes, sand it, stain it, and then install the new light.  It came out rather well.....

.....I replaced the one over TLE's passenger seat (above), as the old one was broken, and the one that I use over my recliner (below).......

....these new reading lights allow for much more adjustment, and that fact that they can be dimmed is just an added bonus, along with the fact each light has a USB port for plugging in USB related things....perfect!

I installed the one over my recliner first as the hole for the wiring was much smaller, and the base of the new light perfectly covers that hole requiring no modification.  After that was done TLE and I decided to take a bike ride (our first of this winter season) over to FOY for a late lunch, and a quick stop at their market.  The round trip ride is about 7 miles, and considering we have not ridden in months it was rather enjoyable.  As it turned out, the restaurant is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, so we made a quick stop at the market for some Cottage Cheese (Knudsen brand), and headed back to GNHS.  I think we averaged somewhere between 11 and 12 mph for the ride.

Upon my return I installed TLE's reading light, and my work was done for the day.  Around 4:30 pm we headed out to the 'fire pit deck' for our first fire in a while.  There were two NFL wild card games on Monday, but I only watched the 5:15 pm one....I forgot the 1:30 pm game between Buffalo and Pittsburgh (in Buffalo), but saw the last 10 minutes of the game as I got the fire going.  It was a close game until Buffalo upped their lead from 7 points to 14 points with 4, or 5 minutes to go, and that pretty much decided the game as Pittsburgh did not score again.  The second game between Tampa Bay and Philadelphia was not a close game, and was won rather easily by Tampa Bay 34-9, and it wasn't really that close.  So far, out of 6 wild card games, just two have been what I would call competitive. Here's hoping the next round will be more entertaining!

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