I started the month of July off with making applesauce from some of the apples off of the apple tree in the yard. It had so many apples on it the limbs were breaking! Then I made an applesauce cake, twice.
We cleaned out the small storage trailer so Larry could have more room for his equipment. We gave Todd the electric lift lounger since it is way too big for our MH along with two lamps. He came to get it and we made him promise not to lift it out of his car instead enlisting the help for his son and neighbor as he doesn’t need to injure his back any more!
On the 12th Larry had two VA appts. one at 11:30 AM and the other at 1PM fasting so I basically fasted also and afterwards we went to Valle Luna for lunch. We ended up sharing a meal and had no leftovers since we planned on staying out, walking around Costco and then going to the movies to see “Sound of Freedom”. We were surprised how full the theater was! We recommend everyone see it.
We had an issue with our EV charger and returned it and received it back within a week. It is working fine again.
July has been an unprecedented month as we have had 31 straight days of 110º or over (118º two different days!) Absolutely brutal and has caused problems with both our refrigerator and the A/C’s. We had to have an RV repairman come out and he told us the front A/C has an unfixable leak so we have ordered another one that will be delivered on Aug 7 and he will come back out to install it on Aug 10.
One of the projects Larry has been working on is putting cargo doors in the big bay doors to help the inverters which are in the big bay, stay cooler with air blowing across them as inverters don’t like heat. We had to work late at night several nights to get it done as it was just too hot during the day. The inverters are 20 years old and cost $5000 each so it is important to keep them happy. He also finished putting in the 6th solar panel and has it hooked up so we should be able to go ‘off grid’ during the winter months. The A/C’s take too much juice to go off grid now.
The quail eggs are not viable. Larry forgot they were under the big fan and moved it, smashing five eggs. The remaining 8 eggs had ‘something’ eat two of them and just yesterday, two more eggs are cracked and show yolk so no baby quail. I have only seen mama quail once and nearly scared her to death as she had a hard time trying to escape. I’m sorry these eggs didn’t produce baby quail but they were in a very strange place, just on the ground (rocks) and next to the house and under the big fan. I’m not sure just how mama managed to get into the back yard anyway as they don’t usually fly.
We ended the month going to Gilbert for our great grandson Dominick’s 4th birthday party. It was bitter sweet as they are moving in Sept. to MO for a good job offer. It was good seeing family again.
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