I heard a distant rumble this morning. Sounded like someone rolling 55 gal drums around on the street outside. It was getting closer as the fog of sleep was swept away and then I realized it was thunder. I got up...would have peered out the windows but it was pitch dark so I just went to the bathroom and then headed back to bed. On the way back I noticed it was just 3:30 am. I had finally fell asleep about 12:30 so the fog returned to my eyes and I laid back down.
About 5:30 I heard Sherri up getting ready to go to work. She had to be in Forney Texas at 7:00 to reset a display. She left out shortly after I was awake....the fog did not return to my eyes this time so I laid there for about 30 minutes thinking about what I need to get done today.
Another load of laundry was in the plan this morning. Sherri's clothes from her last trek out were in need of cleaning so I pulled my large self out of bed and got all the things together to go and wash clothes. I ended up with two loads and then went to the laundry room to crank up the machines. $2.50 later I was on go for the wash and back at the RV having my coffee.
I decided at this time to set down and post on my journal. Yes to let you know what all I have been up to in the short time that I have been absent from the key board. Well between now and the last post and the time I was on chat....well you pretty much know what I have been doing. Not near the excitement of traveling and seeing new sites would hold.
I was talking to Mac http://macandnette.blogspot.com/ about inverters last night. We are both thinking about getting an inverter to run the TV and the Computer off of when we are off the grid. We neither one know what we need but we have a feeling that we need one so we're looking into it. Mac is headed to the SKP's rally this month and I was hoping he might get some info there on what we might have to get to satisfy this need.
As I have mentioned many times before...Sherri and I are planning on staying at some casino parking areas...roadside parks...Wally World parking lots...and anywhere where we don't have to pay a rent. If we can do this enough then we should be able to stretch our budget out to be comfortable. We have the generator and that will help but you don't want to have to run it all the time to get TV or Computer. If we can fill those non generator times with inverter time then we can stretch out being off the grid a good ways.
Sherri and I will have to purchase two 6 volt batteries and the inverter which will run about $400.00 I am guessing .
Well I guess I better cut it off here. I have to go and get my laundry out and put it in the dryer. Mac should be calling her before long and I will have to be free to speak with him. I hope I have an exciting day today so I can entertain you more tomorrow. Until that all happens I want to wish you a fun filled day....
Somewhere in Time
2 comments:
Please post what you find about the inverter o.k. I've been wondering about that for a while. I use a small 300w inverter in my truck while travelling - it's great for the laptop and charging cellphones etc.
That's what I use for the truck for cell phone and computer while on trips. I'd like to know how big they'd be for the TV. Speedy, you're getting to be a short timer.
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