Nov 30
Earlier this month we had our last camping trip of the year. We had hoped for cooler weather in November, but the temps were in the 80s. I think we’re finally realizing that California weather, even in the Sierra foothills, is not the same as Wisconsin weather. It’s just warmer here.
Nov 4
Recently completed adding our third Winegard Travler satellite dish onto the roof of our RV.
We’ve had one on each of our two other motorhomes . . .
However, unlike the previous two times, this time we purchased a used Winegard Travler from eBay for $450. The eBay Travler kinda-sorta worked. The motor that turns the Travler around – the azimuth motor – was misbehaving. Sometimes it moved the dish back and forth in a single location over and over. So instead of ordering a replacement motor, we drove up north 300 miles to just south of Redding to pick up a free Winegard Travler:
From the looks of it the free Travler had been sitting around in a barn for a few years. After getting it home, we discovered the insides of the dish were very corroded, and, of course, it didn’t work at all.
So instead of using the azimuth motor from the free dish, a new azimuth motor was ordered and installed in the eBay Travler:
. . . and it finally worked:
Then came some necessary wiring updates to our RV’s entertainment center (we had all the parts from our last Travler install) . . .
Finally, the Winegard Travler was installed on our SeaView’s roof . . .
We’ll see if it’s waterproof after tomorrow’s rain.
Oct 14
We figured October would be cooler than the our last visit in Spring when the temps were in the 90s.
Not quite. Temperatures during our 3-day stay were in the 80s which made hiking problematic.
Once again hardly anyone else was camping in the park. We counted three campers, including us.
We wanted to see if Lucy was a water dog so we took her to a nearby wading pool. She loved it. In fact, the first thing Lucy did was to lay down in the water . . . sorry, missed that in the following video.
Finally, our continuing lake level photos (click on photo to increase its size) . . .
Oct 2
I forget when it broke. Near the end of our last outing I think, but it was “Oh, that again”.
I was able to fashion a kludge fix which could open and close the bedroom slide, but waited until we were home to do something permanent.
Opting for simple, the bedroom slide out controller was replaced with just a 12V fuse which supplied power to a wall switch which in turn was connected directly to the slide out motor. Two wires instead of five. It works, that’s all that matters.
Oct 1
After Flirt died we were dogless for only about 3 weeks. We have lived with one or more dogs since the 80’s, and living without one was unbearable.
So . . . we didn’t want to raise a puppy in our 70’s, so we started searching for a rescue Golden Retriever.
First attempts were disappointing. One shelter only served the greater LA area and another never got back to us.
However, third time was the charm. Jan contacted Homeward Bound (https://homewardboundgoldens.org) near Sacramento and they had two Goldens we could look at.
So on August 7th we adopted four-year-old Lucy. What a sweety. Her previous owner had died suddenly and there was no family to take Lucy.
At first we were afraid she was a “velcro” dog – a dog who would never leave your side and suffer from separation anxiety if you did. However, after two months Lucy has adapted very well. She eats, poops, and walks just fine, gets along with people and is very approachable. She does bark at small dogs and every cat is her nemesis.
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