Torrey, UT – Friday, October 28, 2011
It’s 33 degrees this morning and we’re holed up in Big Guy. The RV really doesn’t warm up much until the sun hits it. The skies are clear, but the campground is nestled between cliffs to the east and cliffs to the west. So we don’t get any direct sunshine until about 10:30AM. As a result we’re not getting out before then.
Today BG needed some attention. The house batteries were pretty dirty and the water levels were low. So Frank took care of that. The batteries are apparently giving off liquid and gas as they charge and it creates quite a mess. We need to come up with a fix to route that stuff out of the battery and directly to the outside to avoid the mess and corrosion.
Frank also thinks we need to increase our battery capacity and maybe even look into solar panel for charging the batteries. That would help cut down on the generator hours. That way we could generate power all day long instead of 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the evening, which is all that is allowed in most national parks.
Today we caught up on the blog and we’ll use that as an excuse for a 22 mile round trip to go back to Café Diablo for the only free Wifi around.
Late in the afternoon we went back to the orchard and picked 4 pounds of apples. The orchards are only harvested by visitors like us. It’s one of the benefits of visiting Capitol Reef. We picked some reds and some yellows. We got lucky and only had to cut wormholes out of 3 apples. And boy do they taste good. It must be the cold weather that sets the sweetness.
By this time, it’s 5PM and we can start the generator and charge the batteries for evening use. We have a two hour window, so we drive into Torrey to go Café Diablo for dinner and for the internet so we can post the blog updates. We had wanted to get a Cuban sandwich, but alas, it was not on the dinner menu. Instead we had the Crown Rack of Ribs and then a slice of lemon tart covered with strawberries and kiwis with a scoop of espresso ice cream. (I bet Nick could whip up something like this)
After this gastronomic delight we need to hurry back to Big Guy to shut off the generator. We arrive back about 5 minutes after the deadline, but fortunately the generator police didn’t catch us.
| BG Miles Today | 0 | BG Total Miles | 11086 |
| Eat Out total $ | 1694.33 | BG Total Fuel $ | 6365.37 |
| Entertainment total $ | 1401.63 | Total Camping $ | 1234.53 |
| E Miles Today | 26 | E Total Miles | 3239.81 |
| E Total Fuel $ | 659.45 | Day # of Trip | 150 |
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