Work Coming Along

With the warming weather, some of the projects are moving along. At the top of the list is getting the solar power system up.

Starting up the second row of panels; these will be at a much flatter angle to face the summer sun. The ones against the wall are about 20-30 degrees from the vertical, while the second row is 60-70 deg from the vertical,

The other two panels will be facing SE and SW to face the rising and setting sun. Rather than being in fixed mounting like the first two they will be in portable racks fixed at 45-degree angles. The reason for this is that I plan to move them down to the homesite later this summer to be used down there.

Another project underway is replacing the steep stairs into the trailer with a ramp. This will make it much more accessible to my sisters and others with bad knees; as well for me in the future. Fortunately, AT had a ramp 3’x10′ that he no longer needed.

Ramp would run forward and just clear the storage hatch above. That leaves a single step into the trailer but also clears the light that illuminates the patform.

The finished ramp below. Still needs a coat of paint and non-skid down the ramp.

Finally, Spring has definitely sprung in central Wyoming. Below is the iPhone Weather App.

The Sunday and Monday forecasts are great but look for snow Friday night. AT says we should get one or two more snowstorms before spring is truly here.

Finally, even though it’s April 1st, the below picture was taken last night in Wyoming. The Aurora Borealis was visible last night (I slept through it).

More pictures are available HERE.