Ran batts down so I could watch the Solar charge them up

I have to say, you're weird, bizarre, possibly mental etc.... That said, I did the same thing when I installed my panels earlier this year. Worse yet, I wasn't even camping, just parked out front of the house, ran them down to 50 percent according to my trimetric overnight, then went out at the crack of dawn t0 see what sort of output I got prior to sunrise and verify battery state of charge, then periodically checked throughout the day as the sun rose.