Rain, Choking Kathy, Rain, Cowboy Nachos and More Rain.

Our Location today is at the La Posa South, LTVA, Quartzsite, Arizona.

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With the sound of the Rain lulling Kathy to sleep while at her Computer she headed off to bed before I had posted the Blog last night. I had already turned down the Bed and turned on the Inverter to the CPAPs. With the Blog posted I quickly scanned the few other Blogs that had posted before returning to the Research that I had started earlier in the day. Wanting to be able to monitor the power being supplied by the Wind Generator separate from the Batteries would require Two independent Meters along with a Blocking Diode.

What we woke up to.

Finally when my eyes started getting heavy that’s when I called it a day and started shutting things down. I have often spoke of the Arthritis that Kathy has in her Hands but seldom mention that I have a milder form especially when my Hands are cold. As I shut my Computer, Internet and Blue Flame Heater my hands were already cold. When I reached in the Electrical Control Panel to shut the Living Room Lights my hand spasmed causing me to shut the Switch to the Inverter that powers our CPAPs. Kathy instantly woke with a start because she no longer had any air to breathe. That used to happen when we went in Northern Ontario years ago before we had the Inverter and it is not a pleasant experience when you are gasping for air. All I could do was to keep apologizing for hitting the Switch. It took the Inverter about Thirty Seconds to reset and restart the CPAPs but Kathy about Thirty Minutes before she was able to fall back to sleep.

Two and a Half Hours Later.

It was strange to wake early this morning considering the Rain was still tapping away on our Roof. I hadn’t even finished raising all the Window Shades when Kathy joined me downstairs before 7:30. By 8:00 the Wind started picking up again making the already Chilly Damp Weather feel even colder.

A Stream of water running down the path.

By 11:00 the Rain stopped and it looked like the Clouds were trying to spread out for a bit so we went back to “Plan A”. With this being Thursday we got ready to head into Quartzsite. Even though we were wearing our Raincoats the Wind still cut right through them.

Our destination was the Main Street Eatery where on Thursdays for lunch only they serve Homemade Cowboy Nachos that we have both come to love. It was first advertised as an Appetizer but everyone started ordering it as their meals. It is satisfying but doesn’t leave you feeling stuffed.

Cowboy Nachos

On our way Home we stopped to check out the few Vendors that were still open on Kuhen Road. Most had closed up for the day because of all the Rain but the one we were interested in was open. We make a point of getting a T-Shirt each year while we are away and we each found the perfect ones this year.

Back Home after letting Kathy inside I spoke with Wayne for a few minutes. I explained how I plan to monitor the power produced by our Wind Generator. We had hardly started looking at the Charge Controller in the Basement when we started getting hit with rather Large Raindrops. It didn’t take long to head inside again.

On our way Home.

We had some French Onion Soup for supper along with a Pudding Cup for dessert.

More Rain.

We are getting on and off Showers right now but with a few more cooler days in the forecast we are looking forward to the warmer temperatures showing for next week. Thank you for following along and feel free to leave a comment.

Be Safe and Enjoy!

It’s about time.

Krackers

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