Wonderful September and Life on the Ranch

September is here!!!!

While our trip to Maui was absolutely magical, it was nice to be back at the ranch. Our first stop was to drop by Costco and pick up our new Champion Generator.

 

 

 Then we ran down to Home Depot and picked up our new Honeywell Evaporative cooler.

 

 

 Both have been great additions for us. We also rented a truck just before Labor Day weekend and picked up paneling, insulation, cabinets and flooring for our barn/workshop.

 

 

Lisa in the loft putting up insulation on the ceiling

 

 

 

Putting down the vinyl flooring

 

 

Adding a window

 

Finished for now (Lisa's office)

 

Bill's Office

 

 

We got everything done but the trim, which we will finish another day. Overall, a pretty good job. This should help us keep comfortable on hot and cold days and keep our stuff secure and safe over the winter.

The temps start dropping from the low 80s and upper 50s at labor day, to the upper 60s and upper 30s by months end. We can mark the passing of summer by how far south the sunset moves and by how early it occurs. In July it is 9:30 pm and the sunset is due west of us, and by end of September it is 6:30- 7:00PM time frame, and it is now setting southwest. I can get full solar on my moveable panels in mid summer until sunset, now, since it has moved so far south, the motor home blocks the panels.

The mornings are nice and crisp. Soon they will be freezing and that will mark the time for us to go. We depart on October 26th this year.

New toys:

For my birthday Lisa got me some fun stuff:

 

A nice survival knife: (For when SHTF, I can cut me up some goat or something, and cook me some dinner.)

 

 

A Weather Station:

 

 

And an Emergency Radio/Solar Charger:

 

Love the emergency radio which has hand cranks and has solar. This is the second one I have, and the flashlights are great and don't need batteries. Just crank it a few times and you got 15-30 mins or so of power.


One thing we didn't know but just figured out, is our little rice cooker runs off of our solar battery bank and uses very little power.

Aroma 6 cup rice cooker.

 



We cook oatmeal and other things in this as well. It's a great little gadget. This time of year electric usage is very important as we tend to have more cloudy days and less sunlight, so anything that can help us reduce is great.

 

 

 

We love this time of year and are completely enjoying life at the ranch!!! I Hate to even think about leaving, but we know it is only a month away.

Until Next time!!! Cheers from the Ranch!!!