OMGoodness! It’s going to be a hot one today. Already 72o at 8 a.m....up to 82o
at 10:30. Supposed to be in the 90s for
the next week. But it’s a dry heat,
right? Maybe but 95o is still
hot no matter what the humidity level is.
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Stopped by the trail cam...one bone and a
couple of the banana pieces left. So I
grabbed the card; first time testing the video capability after the firmware
update. In total sixteen videos were
recorded; the first four were of us setting up the area at about 7:15 p.m. The next video was at 10:12 p.m. and the last
video was at 3:48 a.m. No video of me
coming in this morning; my movements should have tripped the motion sensor and
activated the camera. So it makes me wonder if the camera reached a point where
it stopped recording again or was I just so sneaky that I got in without the
camera noticing me.
Anyway, last night’s visitors consisted of a
coyote, a skunk and then another coyote. We know it wasn’t the same coyote in
there twice because the fur was different.
I didn’t pick up on it but Kim noticed it as soon as the second coyote
came into view. We watched the videos
again and then I could see the differences. And the skunk would probably be our
banana eater although the video shows it just strolled around sniffing things.
**Must
be noted that the time is correct on these videos but the date is wrong. Instead of April 1st and 2nd
it should be March 31st and April 1st. We’ll eventually get this right.**
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Kim is feeling normal today...no tiredness,
no aches or pains, no chills or fever.
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Tuesday is delivery day for piggy cookies to
the store in Eloy. Wednesday morning is
the time to get ‘em fresh. Later in the
week they’re still good just a bit crunchier.
The piggy cookies we bought from the bakery the other day had that later
in the week crunch to them, not a fresh baked softness that would have
indicated being baked that morning as the young man said. Like I said still edible. But I got to
thinking that if a cut up apple works to soften up brown sugar why wouldn’t it
work for the piggys. Wednesday morning I
put the cookies in a plastic bag along with a cut up apple; bit into one today
and it was as moist as fresh baked. 😋 Point to remember.
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Checked the weather app for a current temperature
and see that there’s a Red Flag Warning from 9 a.m. through 6 p.m. today. The
app describes it like this: A Red
Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring
now...or are expected to develop. A
combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and dry vegetation will
create the potential for rapid and erratic fire growth.
Seems like this
area should be in a perpetual Red Flag Warning.
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Decided to keep going on our intended route but also were keeping our
options open. Turned left on 87 heading to Casa Grande from Coolidge; saw a big
open plowed up field in the distance with dirt hovering over it and suddenly the
dirt wall was upon us. It was maybe ½ mile
long and then we were in the clear. It was still windy but no dirt.
Stopped
in Casa Grande where we still had the wind to contend with...decided to keep on
our route. Took AZ 84 from Casa Grande to Stanfield which is where we headed south
to the Tohono O’odham reservation. Along the way we found the missing herd of
sheep...yes, it could have been a different herd but I’m sticking with saying it’s the
same one. Anyway, the herd was grazing on a field of
harvested cotton plants. No grass, just
plants and left behind cotton bolls or at least that’s all I saw out there. And the sheep seemed just as diligent at
cleaning that field as they did the field of grass.
Once
on the reservation we rode over to IR 15 and then cruised on back to camp.
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By
the time we got back to camp the temperature was holding at 97, there was sweat
dripping into my eyes and my hair was a matted down gunky mess. Changed out of my riding clothes but that did
nothing to cool me down. Definitely time for a dip in the pool, which actually
felt a bit chilly at first but quickly became oh, so refreshing. If the temperature does as predicted we’ll be
in the pool a few more times before we leave.
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A
camper/trailer/RV have a couple of holding tanks...one for fresh water, one for
grey water and one for black water. Grey
water is from the sinks and shower; black water is from the toilet. We hold the
water in those two tanks until the tank monitor indicates they should be
emptied. We are diligent about
monitoring and emptying.
Had a
strange thing happening the last few nights.
We both noticed a slight sewer smell in the evenings. Kim has been checking under the camper; there are no leaks in the tank. It was perplexing
for sure. This morning there was no
smell but decided it was time to deodorize the black water tank. Read the directions which indicated that one
might want to throw two deodorizing tablets in if the temperature gets above 85o. Hmmm, maybe the sewer smell is a result of
the hot weather we’ve been experiencing.
Time for a Google search. From the
website uniquecampingmarine.com:
There are a few reasons why odors become worse in high
heat, but it mostly boils down to 2 things: Heat causes water to evaporate in
your tank. Heat causes beneficial
aerobic bacteria to work less effectively while odor-causing anaerobic bacteria
thrive in heat. So that’s the problem and now for the solution:
Believe
it or not, the solutions to controlling odors in high heat are really very
simple! Let’s explore how you can easily obliterate those odors caused by high
heat issues.
o Use
ample amounts of water. We recommend holding down your
toilet flush pedal for 10 seconds each time you flush. We understand this can
be more difficult when dry camping. Please see this article for
more tips and tricks when dry camping.
o Use
enough water to cover the waste inside your tank. Also
be sure to keep several inches of water in your toilet bowl at all times.
o Treat
your tanks with a high-quality holding tank treatment.
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Kim is
imaging tonight. Sky is clear and the air is warm. Took the card back to the trail cam
along with some bones and fixed the
date problem so tomorrow date and time should be correct.
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Bike miles today: 129
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