Just two things....

 7:51 am - Friday - November 13th - TWW - 45° F, humidity 59%, cloud cover 71%, wind 19 mph out of the south.....cloudy today with a forecast high of 56° F.  On this date in 2015 TLE and I were just north of Ventura, CA.....

.....at Rincon Parkway.  We've been there many times since around 2004 dry camping right next to the Pacific Ocean.  Being able to lookout your back window and see the surf, or walk down the beach 50' away is the coolest thing ever.  A million dollar view for $38/night!  The view this morning.....

.....heavy cloud cover this morning.  Will we get rain?  Hope not.

I'm trying to limit myself to accomplishing two things each day I work.  Two things that can be begun, and completed in the same day; within a few hours.  Thursday I decided to fix the glider which sits next to Phyllis' Newell.  When we had the bad windstorm two months ago it was flipped over, and from a short distance it appeared the wood slats which form the seat had shattered, however, upon closer inspection some of the carriage bolts affixing the slats to the seat area had come out due to a lack of nuts holding them tight.  Phyllis left the glider lying face down in case we had another windstorm, but now that we are here fulltime it was time to turn it right side up, and refasten the seat slats.....

.....when it tipped over some of the original brass carriage bolts fell into the dirt, and could not be found, so I had to find suitable replacements in the CONEX along with proper nuts to tighten everything down.  Beginning to end it took a little over an hour to get her fixed.

Next up I've been meaning to shorten the photo voltaic cables which transfer the 12 volt power generated by our EcoWorthy dual axis solar tracker to our Bluetti battery bank for two years.  Originally I bought 100' long cables (black and red) to make the run, but only needed about 50', so there has been an extra 50' coiled up on the ground behind the shed since I installed everything back in our first winter here.  The same is true for the new EcoWorthy 790 watt solar array we recently installed.  I wasn't sure where exactly we would be placing the new array, so I bought another 100' of black and red cable.  As it turned out we only needed 50' to make the run to the Newell.....

No more unsightly coils of extra photo voltaic cable

Now we've got over 100' of cable to use for another project, should one arise.

.....it really didn't take long to cut out the unneeded cable, install the MC4 connectors, and reconnect everything.  I cannot explain why it took me two years to shorten the solar voltaic cables.  I'm hoping the shorter lengths of cable to each solar array will result in an increase in the wattage reaching each battery bank.  Theoretically, that should be the result.

A couple of weeks ago Charles decided he wanted to get the hydraulic cylinder which raises and lowers the 'rake' on the Ford diesel gannon.  We both thought we had removed it a couple of years ago intending to get it repaired some day, but we could not find it anywhere.  Not in the CONEX, not in the barn, and not in the garage.  We both knew we had seen it, but could not find it.  While I was locating the replacement carriage bolts for the glider I walked over to the tractor, which is parked next to the barn, to see where the cylinder would be attached whenever we found it, and had it repaired, and discovered, much to our chagrin, that it was still attached to the gannon....

.....laughing out loud!  We both thought we had removed it two years ago.  Getting old is not for the faint of heart....lol!  Well, now that we've found it we can actually remove it and get it fixed.

In order to shorten the photo voltaic cables I needed to find my supply of MC4 connectors, which I was pretty sure  were in the garage, but where I did not know.  Before I could shorten those cables I needed those MC4 connectors, so I spent about 45 minutes in the garage removing containers from the shelving, and finally found them, but created a big mess in the interim, so later in the afternoon just before dinner I returned to the garage to put everything away.  As I put things away I gave myself a 'pat on the back' for beginning and finishing two tasks in the same day, including putting everything away.

We had dinner with Charles and Phyllis, as is our custom when they are here, around 4 pm.  For our dining pleasure Phyllis made Cowboy Chicken Chili.  I've never had this before, but I want it again, and soon!  It was so good!  I wish I had taken a picture of the presentation.

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