Whom Of Us Boondocks 14-days Or More At A Stretch?
I mean on a regular basis? Vacations like... Trying to get an idea of whom is whom...it helps. SOLAR or GENERATOR?
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In Tecate my NIST mercury thermometer measured 22F for four mornings with afternoon highs to a scorching max of 45F. That agreed nicely with the snow on the ground and drifts closing La Rumarosa Pass on Mex 2.
"Feeling Cold" is a relative thing. Your eyebrows are arching? Attend a San Francisco 49'ers game in December. You'll see arctic grade clothing, comforters, goggles, gloves and those hand-warmer thingees stuffed in pockets.
It was -27F on Mammoth Mountain ski area with winds reported to be in excess of 35 mph when I was begged to drive CA 203 ascend to 9,000 ft altitude and get a tour bus started. I was dressed in Eddie Bauer North Slope bib overalls and coat with Coyote fur hood, wool thermals over silk underwear, wool socks and expensive snowmobile boots and thinsulate mittens. I told the driver "Three hundred dollars or I walk" Tour bus drivers were flaky. I had to have the cash in hand or I'd never see it.
#1 kerosese heaters. Four of them. My Yamaha 5500 generator which was running since I left home. Two 60 amp battery chargers and an hour later, after squirting pure oxygen from a rosebud welding torch down the 8V-71 intake, the engine gave a backfire and started.
What's the point of this?
When I helped a friend start a tugboat moored at the 5th street quay in San Francisco, I had dressed similarly, except for googles, boots, and silk. I froze my butt off in the foggy wind. The temp was in the low forties. He did the labor. I supervised and shivered. The Transamerica De Laval camshaft had shifted halfway between forward and reverse due to lack of pneumatic air pressure. I used air from a diver's tank to whack the cam into reverse. The engine caught, the air tank filled and I drained my friend's wallet at Fisherman's Wharf.
I can guarantee that when the temperature is in the low forties here, the wind whistling at 40 mph, and the humidity is at 80% you'll wish to God you were back at 0F and bone dry humidity.
"Feeling Cold" is a relative thing. Your eyebrows are arching? Attend a San Francisco 49'ers game in December. You'll see arctic grade clothing, comforters, goggles, gloves and those hand-warmer thingees stuffed in pockets.
It was -27F on Mammoth Mountain ski area with winds reported to be in excess of 35 mph when I was begged to drive CA 203 ascend to 9,000 ft altitude and get a tour bus started. I was dressed in Eddie Bauer North Slope bib overalls and coat with Coyote fur hood, wool thermals over silk underwear, wool socks and expensive snowmobile boots and thinsulate mittens. I told the driver "Three hundred dollars or I walk" Tour bus drivers were flaky. I had to have the cash in hand or I'd never see it.
#1 kerosese heaters. Four of them. My Yamaha 5500 generator which was running since I left home. Two 60 amp battery chargers and an hour later, after squirting pure oxygen from a rosebud welding torch down the 8V-71 intake, the engine gave a backfire and started.
What's the point of this?
When I helped a friend start a tugboat moored at the 5th street quay in San Francisco, I had dressed similarly, except for googles, boots, and silk. I froze my butt off in the foggy wind. The temp was in the low forties. He did the labor. I supervised and shivered. The Transamerica De Laval camshaft had shifted halfway between forward and reverse due to lack of pneumatic air pressure. I used air from a diver's tank to whack the cam into reverse. The engine caught, the air tank filled and I drained my friend's wallet at Fisherman's Wharf.
I can guarantee that when the temperature is in the low forties here, the wind whistling at 40 mph, and the humidity is at 80% you'll wish to God you were back at 0F and bone dry humidity.
