Where Are We Today
Quartzsite, Projects, & A Walk
We arrived in the desert at
Quartzsite on Sunday January 7th /18 and will be here until the end of the
month. Pat keeps you up to date on our daily activities at Patsy, so you know
what we have been up to, she lets me write about my little projects, so here I
am.
Back in 2016 when we purchased our
satellite dish and programming, we got a PVR, two standard receiver boxes,
satellite dish, portable tripod stand and coax cable. The installer said we
could have 50 feet of cable free, two for the PVR and one for the first box, the second box we weren't going to use right away so I didn't get any for it.
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| The three original grey cables |
The second standard receiver was
going to be used between the TV in the bunky and one in the basement storage of
the 5th wheel. I didn't get the TV for the trailer until last summer. When I
installed it, I thought I had a 50 ft. piece of coax to use, turns out it
wasn't 50 feet.
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| The shorter black one is the one I had and the other black one is the new 50 ft one |
The other day I went into Satellite
Advantage and picked up a 50 foot piece of coax and proceeded to install it
along with the 3 original cables. To my surprise it wasn't the same length as
the originals. After getting out my 100 foot tape measure, I discovered the
originals were more like 65 feet long.
Today I went back to Satellite
Advantage and got another 15 feet of coax cable and a connector to make
everything the same length. Back home I had it all installed and looking neat.
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| The white one is the 15 ft that I added to the 50 ft. black one to make them all even |
The other day, George, from Our Awesome Travels, was in buying a handle for his new heater. I asked him to pick
me one up to, has we have the same heater. It only took a few minutes to
install it and Pat is happy as she can pick it up and move it easily when
sweeping the floor or wanting to get into the cupboard that it sits in front of
when it is in use.
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| Drilling some pilot holes to attach the handle. |
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| Handle attached and now easy to move around. |
As you know, Pat likes to walk and is
often up and out before I get up. This morning we were up together and I said if she
would wait until after I made a quick trip to town, I would walk with her. She
agreed and we went for about an hour after I got back from town.
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| Extreme solar power here in the desert. |
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| 4860 watts of solar panels, he can run that window air conditioner. |
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| Walking towards the front of the LTVA area. |
Hope you had a great day too, until
the next time, take care and be safe.
Comments are read faithfully each
day, so thanks for making them.
see Bill, just a simple little handle on a heater to keep Patsy happy., I get it, Roland put one on our heater and i love it. It is often just the little things. Have fun in the sun and safe travels.
ReplyDeleteSo true, and it only took a year to get it done. Ditto on the safe travels and fun in the sun.
DeleteLor you are so right! little things and we grin from ear to ear. :)
DeleteAnd oh my! I just realized you are now reading TWO blogs!!!
DeleteThat handle on the heater does make a big difference so much easier to move around now.
ReplyDeleteRight you are George, thanks again for picking one up for me.
DeleteNice handle, I didn't realize it took a whole year to get one. Amazing how 50ft to one person isn't to another, although the longer cable in your favour was a good thing. Glad you got your projects completed.
ReplyDeleteI do tend to procrastinate about some things and yes the longer cable is in our favor, maybe I should have measured in the first place instead of taking it for granted.
DeleteYou did a great job on your projects. Nice that you walked with Patsy, I know she enjoyed it too! Glad to hear that your friend is doing well after surgery (I signed off Patsy's blog before I commented on that). What beautiful weather you are having there..we'll see you in a bit!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I know Patsy enjoys it when I walk with her and I really need to walk more. When i worked, I was always on my feet and on the go. When I retired, Pat said maybe you will slow down now, I guess I slowed down to much. LOL
DeleteOnly a year for the handle...LOL...my dad would always side with Tom on these sort of things. He would say it is not about getting it done it is about making sure you have planned it correctly and that takes time...:)
ReplyDeleteNice pictures I love how the sun touches the mountains in the east as it sets.