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08/21/2026

Found the problem with my solar inverters and why line 2 wasn't generating AC. It was a "simple" switch. I saw that switch and made sure they were both set to the same as line 1. Apparently it doesn't take much to move it (it's a 3-position switch) and even though I managed to get it set right, I "unset" it when I moved my hand away. Ugh....

On another note - I've decided I'm going to get rid of the Battleborn batteries I'm currently using. They've been shown, and proven, to be dangerous in the way they were manufactured and the company will NOT stand by their 10-year warranty. They're even suing at least one person (an electrical engineer) whose been making videos of what he's found when testing the batteries and even what's "behind the scenes" when tearing them down. They're a dangerous shock and fire hazard at the very least. So since I'm currently working with my original solar installer I'm having him replace all of them. Not cheap but much safer especially if I decide to sell the RV for a smaller class c.

08/16/2026

It’s moving day again (finally). You know what that means…

08/14/2026

This is new. I've been waiting for over a week for a mobile tech to come replace my passenger side slide topper. Been pushed back for the last several days because of the rain that's been sweeping through the area the last several days (understandable but frustrating). The most unconscionable thing is he never returns my calls to get updates. Well, today I finally get ahold of him and he wants me to drive to his facility! Me driving to a mobile tech to get service. How quaint...

08/09/2026

Oh the joys of having a cat with you in an RV. I haven't mentioned this before but our cat periodically throws up right after she eats. It seems like it's on about a 3-week time frame. Not really a big deal especially if she throws up on our vinyl floor or throw rug.

Yesterday sometime during the day, she threw up in our bed. And we didn't notice it until we went to bed late last night. Oh what fun; here we are really needing to get some sleep and we have to change the sheets and bedding before we can zzzz out.

So today is laundry day. Yippee.

08/06/2026

RV cleaned and waxed. Hot water heater (propane side) working again. Lesson learned (again)? Troubleshooting - start with the simplest thing first, not the most difficult. Passenger side slide topper needs replacing before we hit the road again.

07/26/2026

A few days ago I mentioned that our cat Furgi get her first mouse. What I didn't mention was that she just played with it and it managed to get away before I could get to it.

Last night (or really early this morning, like around 5am) she got another one; or maybe it was the same one. This time she managed to kill it so I could grab it and throw it outside. So - GOOD GIRL FURGI!!

In other news, I managed to screw up - TWICE yesterday. Actually, the first time was 3-4 days ago when I was trying to make reservations at this state park. I really don't like the way they ask you to choose the dates because it automatically sets the range based on your mouse clicks and if you ever mis-select a date or want to start over, it creates a whole new date range for you. Sometimes it'll do that even when you don't know it. It happened once before earlier this year in south Florida so I usually keep a close eye on things like this. This time it messed me up as I wanted to reserve from Saturday for the next five days. Turns out it reserved starting Sunday for the next five days. So when I got here and saw someone in "my" site, I got curious. Checked the reservation and that's when I noticed the problem. So I scrambled to find another site for the night and there was one left. I grabbed it before someone else did.

Mistake number 2. The site was 408E. I knew where it was so I went ahead to pull into the site. I was driving along and reading the site numbers and I came to 408. It wasn't 408E so I pulled into the next one. After I got set up I noticed it was 409! There was no 408E. Called the campground number and told them what I had erroneously done and asked if there was someone coming into site 409. The answer, of course, was yes so I hooked back up and moved the RV; it only took about 30 minutes so it wasn't that bad. And as you can imagine, no one ever came to occupy site 409. I hope they lost everything they paid for their site.

07/25/2026

It's moving day today! Only 74 miles but close to two hours of driving. Most of the rain passed by last night and the sun just started peeking through the clouds so it should be a good day to travel. There's one stretch of road that is kinda rough (we drove over it a few days ago) so that will slow us down some. Need some time to edit more of the photos I took at the Vince Shupe Wildlife Sanctuary a couple of days ago.

There are a few fires around us now but the smoke isn’t bad. Wind is primarily from the north pushing this smoke away. W...
07/18/2026

There are a few fires around us now but the smoke isn’t bad. Wind is primarily from the north pushing this smoke away. We drove through some smoke that wasn’t bad on the way here.

07/18/2026

It's moving day today! Clear, bright blue skikes with only a hint of smoke in the air (so far). But we're headed about 80 miles further east, into an area with more fires. Hopefully the smoke won't be too bad for our stay there.

Depending on how bad things get, I may have to change our plans to head back through Wisconsin and into the upper section of Michigan during our return back south and head more straight south from here.

It's all about being flexible and enjoying the adventure!

Some images I found along the Itasca State Park wildlife loop drive...
07/16/2026

Some images I found along the Itasca State Park wildlife loop drive...

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