Saturday
Peaches for breakfast – from a can.
The wooden planter by the path leading from the driveway has two citrus plants growing in it – from seeds – both alive and well. I also have a hanging pot in a tree on the opposite side of the path that has a dozen small citrus plants growing in it they are about two or three inches tall – all from seeds out of a tangerine.
First chore was to put the solar panels on the roof of the shed and hook them up. Then I turned on the refrigerator and transferred the perishable food (bacon, sausage, ham, vegetables) into the refigerator. The water bottles in the collapsible cooler that I had frozen in Arizona had all melted, but everything was still cool. Within 45 minutes, the refrigerator had cooled from 70 degrees to 35. It was hot, cloudy, and overcast all day, but it still maintained over 12 volts in the system all day and dropped to 11.6 overnight.
After setting up the solar panels, I headed into Naalehu. I went to the post office, the bakery, and to the water fill station to fill up any empty water bottles I had.
The rest of the day was spent cutting the grass by the road in front of the property with my clippers – there has gotta be a better way to do this! I got about 1/2 the area chopped down. I took a shower at 4 PM. The water was cool.
TTFN
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