Thursday, February 20, 2020

Phoenix

Arrived in Phoenix this afternoon.  Sure is strange driving through all that traffic after spending 8 days at Empire Ranch!

Got settled in and enjoyed a comfortable afternoon of 78 degrees.

I had a bit of work to do.  When I was taking the solar panels apart I must have done something very wrong.  I didn't just blow the fuse, the whole fuse holder melted.  I had to get a replacement when I got here.  I put it all back together again and it works fine, just like it worked fine for 8 days at Empire.  No idea what went wrong.  We'll see how I do when I take it apart again in 11 days.


Sunrise at the ranch 
Frost on the truck windshield


Sunrise glow on the mountains

Now at Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix

There are often balloons over the area

Looking towards the Winter Range set up

Winter Range camp is still  sparse, but this will all fill up by next week.
A Phoenix sunset

After yesterday's post someone wondered what I meant by a "normal" desktop.  This is it.  It came back by itself; much like it went away by itself. 
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3 comments:

  1. Yup, that was it. "Tablet mode." The computer folds up and you can touch the screen to mouse, right?
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17210/windows-10-use-your-pc-like-a-tablet

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  2. PS Arizona is wonderful. The only place I've ever been where I ever became dehydrated (some cactus garden near where you were), but also the only place the sun didn't make me feel sick. I loved our visit there. No place I'd live, though.

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  3. Yup, it must have been the tablet mode. I didn’t fold it all the way to tablet but may have been just far enough.

    AZ is a great winter place. If one gets lonesome for snow it’s only a day drive to find some.

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