So, we hit home base about the first of April. We planned to leave in about a month. Mike has had hip problems, so we started in with the treatment and Dr visits we couldn’t get in before we left. They not only didn’t help, but an entirely different form of arthritis hit.
The reason (besides not wanting to be in pain all the time) that this was so bad was we ordered 800 watts of solar, a controller, a new inverter/charger and all the bits and pieces to go with it. So, Mike was sitting around accepting packages but not really able to go climb around the class A and do the installations. Over time, the symptoms became a little more manageable and we warmed up for the big job by doing a small solar installation on our daughter’s trailer. Just 200 watts, but it makes a big difference to their lifestyle – way less generator use.
Eventually, we got around to performing the installation on our rig, with a number of relatives pitching in and Deb making sure Mike doesn’t do too much of the strenuous work. She learned a lot about solar in the process.
We didn’t film much because of the tight time frame, but there will be a couple of videos on the subject. We were squeezing construction time in between everything else, as well as the Midwest thunderstorms.
We will be heading out soon for a shorter trip out to the