Eye of the Beholder

— Posted inInspiration, Travel — 1 min read

Our nightly campfire. We all see life from our own perspective. The people seated in the image see the fire one way, the people on the opposite side see the fire through a different lens. People who don’t travel see only what they always have. People who travel see a whole new world.

Instead of pointing the camera towards the people on the opposite side of the fire, if the camera is pointed at the fire an entirely different view can be seen. Looking at the large log in the center one can visualize a face. The forehead, then an eye glowing red and next a nose. When we open our eyes to what is around us we never know what we will encounter. May something new and wonderous appear in your life today.

New is Better

— Posted inEclectic, Travel — 1 min read

Today we replaced our old AGM batteries with lithium batteries. This will make a huge difference in how much battery power we can use. The new batteries have nearly the same dimensions as the old ones, so they fit into the battery compartment with very few modifications. There is a front panel which has been removed in the photos which holds them in place so they don’t move when we are driving. It will need to be slightly modified , but that is a job for either Thursday or Friday. We were very happy it was so easy to switch them out. LifeBlueTM is very a good battery which makes our life very good indeed!

A Return to Normal

— Posted inEclectic, Travel — 1 min read

This morning the mobile mechanic arrived to return the neighbor’s leveling jack to its normal verticle position. He quickly acquired a number of interested spectators. Nothing had been bent or broken, the jack had just rotated around a large bolt that held the jack to the chassis. The biggest problem was the tight quarters to work in. You can see the mechanic partially under RV just behind the front tire. In the end “All’s well that ends well”.

That’s Not Normal

— Posted inTravel — 1 min read

The image shows the two front stabilizer jacks on a RV parked near us. They are both supposed to be oriented perpendicular to the ground like the far one. Driving in the desert involves crossing dry washes, which are the channels water courses through during rain storms. They are called dry washes because that’s what they normally are, dry creek beds. Cross one at the wrong place and a leveling jack might dig into the bank, which is what happened here. A mobile mechanic has been contacted and will fix it for the owner tomorrow. Not always are the joys of RVing, joys.

When RVers Gather

— Posted inTravel — 1 min read

People who own RVs must be genetically predisposed to gather around a fire each evening. Could it be they have a higher percentage of Neanderthal genetic material than most humans? I know my wife must certainly have inherited the fire building trait from her distant ancestors. Why else would our kids have nicknamed her “Pyro-Mom” during the many camping trips we took as they were growing up.