Work, Work, Work, Hospital

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:03:41 -0600

For the past week I've been sweating my butt off installing our two watermakers. First I had to remove the old Katadyn 40E watermaker because the best place for the new Katadyn 160E unit was in the old 40E location. It's been in the mid 90's here and I've been installing the two units in cabinets in the front head. The new 160E is now over the sink, the old 40E below. The front head is not very big, maybe the size of an airplane lavatory. Have you ever seen the movie Tommy Boy with Chris Farley? There's one scene where he is changing clothes in the airplane lavatory and it's pretty comical. This is exactly what it's like for me working in the forward head. I've never sweat so much in my life! One day I walked out from working in the head and Cindy had thought I had gone swimming. My shorts, shirt, everything was soaked! After 7 days of trying to make mounting brackets, contorting myself, trying to find the right size wire and hoses I was finally ready to flip the power switches. Both units work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a difference in the output of the two units. It's such a great feeling when a big project works! Here's a word of advice for people thinking about adding a watermaker. Cindy and I can be very frugal with fresh water but the 40E just does not provide enough water. Yes we catch rainwater but there have been times when it does not rain for a month plus. "Spend the extra money", get the 160E! Ahhh, time to sit back and enjoy a cold Carta Blanca... (Continued...)

Welcome to year “4” of our traveling adventures

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:31:42 -0500

Happy Birthday "Tori"!!! (Continued...)

What We Did On Our Summer Vacation 2009

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:39:43 -0500

From Sturgis (Continued...)

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Work, Work, Work, Hospital

Welcome to year “4” of our traveling adventures

What We Did On Our Summer Vacation 2009