Unlike last February, I have a spare 30/ 15amp mini tandem breaker on board here in the motorhome. The Coleman roof top unit is a heater/ air conditioner. Right now, at 48°F outdoors, I have the heater set at minimum in my 31 year old Itasca Sundancer. The indoor temperature is reading 66°F. There is no wind to speak of here.
Last year, I used 14 bales of hay to insulate the outside bottom of my motorhome. This year, I have some kind of padded material and it's outside is kind of foil like. I'd even call it "space age?" But I just now had a thought. What if inside the shielding, I could stuff the bottom to make it more solid?
What I have coming up is I have to replace the hot water tank. Then I'll have to search for gas leaks. I'm certain that there's one at the stove. In case things go wrong, I need to be able to bypass bad systems, or directly plug them in one at a time. That could at least entail the installation of a liquid propane coupler from the outside to the in so that something like a 20# tank can remain out. Of course, a line from the inside port would connect to the hot water heater, stove/ oven or heating systems.
Or could I install shut off valves at each appliance and just use the main input line? If I did both strategies, I could accommodate a LP heater. A cylindrical shaped object that costs about $150 present day.
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2019/10/29
2017/04/17
Things Are Different
Years ago before I was the Section Supervisor for the Whipple Section - Buckeye/ North Country Trail on The Wilderness Loop, I was a hiker. And as I was heading clockwise/ westbound approaching the Little Muskingum River Flats, I crossed three streams where I had to descend 3, 4 and 7 feet. On the 7 footer, I had to slide down on something gravel like.
Where I'm from, it's a bit dangerous, but you can do a controlled slide down the 80ft river embankment using the outside bottoms of your feet against the dirt. But this 7 footer took me for a wild ride and there was no going back. I found the trail. I was unblazed and I followed it for about 100 yards along a hill before it disappeared. It wasn't a pine forest and that which should have been the trail was indistinguishable from the forest floor.
I was running out of water, so I slid down the rest of the embankment and found my way to the Little Muskingum River. I was plotting an emergency azimuth to the nearby Armstrong Road. The river was chest high and swift. I was carrying my 60 liter ruck over my head and I made it to the road. That was the day when I had to bypass the Little Muskingum River Flats on the basis that the trail was threat to me.
That was more than 4 years ago. Q: Is Whipple different now??? A: The whole Buckeye Trail is different now. In that span of time, it's Facebook group membership has grown by about 420%. The associations membership base has probably increased by 280%. It's gone from 1 to 4 chapters in that time. Maturity wise, the trail and association has evolved at least twice then. And these days, if you ask it's Facebook group if there are any spots that are notorious for bad maintenance, it will take them a bit to answer that. They can't just quickly come up with an answer like they use to. I got an answer back the last time I asked. It was on one area, but there wasn't any consensus on it. Again, things are different.
Where I'm from, it's a bit dangerous, but you can do a controlled slide down the 80ft river embankment using the outside bottoms of your feet against the dirt. But this 7 footer took me for a wild ride and there was no going back. I found the trail. I was unblazed and I followed it for about 100 yards along a hill before it disappeared. It wasn't a pine forest and that which should have been the trail was indistinguishable from the forest floor.
I was running out of water, so I slid down the rest of the embankment and found my way to the Little Muskingum River. I was plotting an emergency azimuth to the nearby Armstrong Road. The river was chest high and swift. I was carrying my 60 liter ruck over my head and I made it to the road. That was the day when I had to bypass the Little Muskingum River Flats on the basis that the trail was threat to me.
That was more than 4 years ago. Q: Is Whipple different now??? A: The whole Buckeye Trail is different now. In that span of time, it's Facebook group membership has grown by about 420%. The associations membership base has probably increased by 280%. It's gone from 1 to 4 chapters in that time. Maturity wise, the trail and association has evolved at least twice then. And these days, if you ask it's Facebook group if there are any spots that are notorious for bad maintenance, it will take them a bit to answer that. They can't just quickly come up with an answer like they use to. I got an answer back the last time I asked. It was on one area, but there wasn't any consensus on it. Again, things are different.
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