Our Location today is La Posa South
LTVA, Quartzsite, Arizona, U.S.A.
After sleeping like logs
all night Kathy just couldn’t seem to get comfortable sitting at the breakfast
table. Maybe it was the fact that I hadn’t turned the heat on and it was only 49 F (9.5 C) inside the trailer at 8:00 MST. Hot Tea and Coffee along with Hot Cereal for Kathy along with the heater helped to warm us up. With
the first meal of the day out of the way we spent the remainder of the hour checking
our E-mail, Facebook News, Weather
and the Blogs with almost instantaneous
connections. (Happy Days are here Again)
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| Love these Sunrises. |
Once our usual morning
chores were finished Kathy settled in to finish her Bookkeeping while I used the protective covering on the Dining Room Table where I started working
on making the SMA Coaxial Extension
for our WE-Boost. Hopefully once I have
that installed if we run into areas that the Wireless Towers are overworked we might stand a better chance of a
slightly stronger signal. It took a few minutes for me to remember how to
operate the Coaxial Striper I have with
the first attempt taking off more than it should but that’s why I got a longer
cable then we need. After getting a clean cut the second time the project still
came to a stop. The SMA Fittings were
made for a RG-58 cable and the
Coaxial Cable I had been sold was a RG-59
and try as I did the two would not fit. Another job “ON HOLD”.
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| Only Minutes later. |
Kathy was still busy so I went
outside to work on the New Mounting
Brackets for our HD Antenna Mast.
As mentioned before I’d used scrap ends of Aluminium
Angle Material left from the Solar
Panel Brackets. If it had not been for the high winds we’d been
experiencing they would have worked. I first had to remove those brackets
before measuring the Trailer Ladder
and Laying Out the New Brackets that will be much Sturdier. I once again used our Firepit as the place to drill the
necessary holes as a way of keeping the Aluminium
Shavings out of anyone’s tires in the future.
Around 9:30 MST this morning the temperature was
comfortable enough for Kathy to open the Outside
Door so I knew when it was getting close to lunch because I could smell the
aroma of Kathy’s cooking inside the trailer. She has become very efficient at
using her Stove Top Toaster since we
aren’t plugged into a post. She used it to make Toasted Ham and Cheese Sandwiches to go with the leftover Salmon and Macaroni Salad.
With a full tummy, it was
time to get back to working on my projects. I had no sooner gotten back outside
when our old neighbour from our previous stay stopped off to talk. Something
that happened yesterday that really had me feeling down almost betrayed and
even though Wayne and I were talking mostly about Technical and Mechanical
things I was feeling slightly better by the time he left.
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| Wayne stopping by for a chat, |
Using my Hacksaw, I proceeded to Cut and Miter the Aluminium Angle Material purchased exactly for this job. Once I filed
the edges smooth I shifted my attention to the Antenna Mast. To transport the Mast
Sections I created a typical container using Black ABS Plastic Sewer Pipe. In order that the Caps on the Rear
Bumper would still open for the Sewer
Hoses I had to make it shorter than the
Bumper which meant I also had to shorten the lengths of Mast. The problem was I didn’t quite
shorten them enough so this afternoon I had to shorten them again by an
additional two inches.
Even with all the windows
cranked open the inside of the trailer reached 82 F (28 C) so Kathy
came outside and sat under the awning for a while. With the High UV Rating of the sun today we set
up our New Sunshade so she would be
comfortable. That was when we found out that what Size on the Package was Not
the Size of the Sunshade itself and the colour doesn’t stop as much of the
sun as we’d hoped.
For our supper tonight I
grilled a couple of Boneless Pork-Chops
on our Weber Q while Kathy made some
Macaroni and Cheese for the side.
With everything closed up outside we still managed to keep our door open until
nearly 7:00 this evening. The Weather
Forecast is calling for many more days like this in the near future. That’s
what we came here for! Thanks for following along and feel free to leave a comment. Be Safe
and Enjoy!
It’s about time.
Krackers
You Might Be a Redneck If
A vehicle, a relative, and a family secret are all
buried in your backyard.
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