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Major RV Roof Leak During Hail Storm

Posted on May 7, 2024 by ellen

It was actually the vent not the roof. We were camping overnight with the grandkids to break up the weekend when their parents were taking a birthday trip to New York City. The campground was also a shorter drive to … Continue reading →

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New Tesla Y Long Range EV

Posted on March 22, 2024 by ellen

Unfortunately I backed into my son’s brand new EV in our driveway. My rear fender was dislocated and my son’s aluminum trunk was bent. I called to get an estimate then I called to find out what a trade in … Continue reading →

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RV Pressure Tank

Posted on March 22, 2024 by ellen

I installed a pressure tank during the camping season last year. In the fall I didn’t winterize for the first cold snap but ran electric heaters and the furnace as backup. When I got around to winterizing I used the … Continue reading →

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Pool Shelter Kite

Posted on March 10, 2024 by ellen

Unfortunately we found that once the ground thawed the stakes no longer held tight in the ground and we woke up the other morning to see the pool shelter completely blown over. Depending how you look at this accident the … Continue reading →

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Spa Pipe Weakness

Posted on March 9, 2024 by ellen

I repaired a leak in the hot tub pipes just last month. Because I used several Fernco connectors when I initially replaced the cracked jet body last fall, a weakness in this repair keeps happening. Since the repair we were … Continue reading →

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Not Again! Spa Leak!

Posted on March 9, 2024 by ellen

We have used the spa a lot this winter. The kids love going out with me to swim and jump in. My granddaughter and I were enjoying the high jets in the spa. The jets on high create a strong … Continue reading →

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New TV in the RV

Posted on February 11, 2024 by ellen

The TV in the front of our RV was damaged when we bought the RV. It had a DC transformer that no longer worked and a streak of damaged pixels. We just didn’t use it and instead I installed a … Continue reading →

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Meters, Meters, Everywhere

Posted on January 24, 2024 by ellen

Perhaps you noticed the graphs in my last post. One side effect of creating an energy saving house is being watchful regarding our use of energy and any other measure that affects the home environment. I particularly like WiFi connected … Continue reading →

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Below Zero

Posted on January 18, 2024 by ellen

Our house is built and insulated for cold weather here in Colorado. That’s why these below zero temperature spells are so rewarding. I have a pair of MCCREO WiFi temperature meters on the Trombe wall. One is outside under the … Continue reading →

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A Birthday Thank You

Posted on January 4, 2024 by ellen

My son-in-law Robert Felty works for Automattic, the company that produces WordPress, the sophisticated website software I use for this blog. This was a challenging summer for Rob and his family. While on a business trip to Montenegro he fainted … Continue reading →

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Shelter Over The Spa

Posted on November 27, 2023 by ellen

Our exposed skin was too cold in the water since the spa was fixed this fall. We have used it in the winter before but noticed the little ones got cold fast and could not stay in long. I was … Continue reading →

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Another Spa Fix

Posted on October 24, 2023 by ellen

The spa has not been working for over a year. In April of 2020 I wrote about installing a new spa pack and controller. In June of 2022 while starting up the spa we burned through the spa heater! So … Continue reading →

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Home 30 Amp RV Outlet

Posted on October 20, 2023 by ellen

We had friends arriving in September who would “Moochdock” in our driveway. They needed 30 amp power because they had to run the air conditioner and other power at the same time. I had always wanted to install a 30 … Continue reading →

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Mr Cool Mini-Split Troubles

Posted on September 18, 2023 by ellen

It sure seemed like there were several repairs that had to be made this summer. I had issues with the RV water supply, with the pool, with the spa, and also with the air conditioner. I installed the Mr. Cool … Continue reading →

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Summer Spa Repairs

Posted on September 13, 2023 by ellen

Last summer we had big problems with the spa equipment and it was replaced. We had discovered a leak at one of the jets in our exercise spa. I tried all kinds of patches for the leak, caulk, pool goop, … Continue reading →

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A Little More Camping

Posted on September 3, 2023 by ellen

Making our way back home we drove another couple of hours and stopped by the Yampa River State Park. This one is right on highway 40 and was a pleasant camping area. The first evening walked down to the river … Continue reading →

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Dinosaur National Monument

Posted on September 3, 2023 by ellen

Dave had proposed visiting this out of the way Colorado/Utah park with the grandkids some time ago. We didn’t think we could handle all three but at seven, Wolfgang is old enough to appreciate ancient history or so we thought. … Continue reading →

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End of Summer Camping Trip

Posted on September 2, 2023 by ellen

Our half Korean grandkids spent most of the summer visiting their aunt with their mom on Jeju Island in Korea. The children are very bilingual and knowledgeable about their mom’s culture. My son went to join them for the last … Continue reading →

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Pool Disaster

Posted on August 28, 2023 by ellen

Last time we set up the pool the various leaks in the aging liner were getting more and more difficult to repair. I had a choice between buying a new pool altogether or ordering a new liner from Intex. The … Continue reading →

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German Grandkids Visit

Posted on August 28, 2023 by ellen

We had our 12 year old granddaughter and 15 year old grandson visit us this July. That kept us busy with fun kid stuff. We took them camping in the mountains to reacquaint them with their home state. We stayed … Continue reading →

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