I solar because I like to camp and one of my camping events is Elk Camp. I just spent 10 days up on the mountain in northern Colorado, chasing elk, but not getting a clear enough shot to bring one home.
That's not a thunderstorm. It's the smoke cloud from the forest fire south of where my Elk Camp is.
I took this picture so I knew how far to move the panels back so they weren't in the shade from the trailer. Between the two panels on the roof of the trailer and these two panels, I generated so much power in the morning that I never moved the panels.
Facing north towards Wyoming, the valley below is socked in with clouds. Ted Nugent's elk ranch is somewhere down there.
One of my "hides" during an afternoon hunt. 19 deer walked past me and never saw me until I started talking to them.
The good weather didn't last long. It got down to -10° F. Frost built up on the screws on the inside of the trailer.
This is a couple days after the big snowstorm. About 15". The skirt on the trailer really made a difference in keeping the trailer warm and the pipes unfrozen.
The rigid foam insulation on the window helped a lot, but the frost on the frame let you know it was really cold outside.
After tracking an elk herd, I stopped on the side of a hill to catch my breath. I'm not trying to stay warm here, I'm trying to stay out of the sun.
The elk herd is the line in front of the line of willows. I tried to sneak up on them but they saw me coming.
These Bull Moose liked to hang out on a blind corner. I almost hit one of them one day.
The sunrises were spectacular.
So there I was, just minding my own business in my blind (in a drainage ditch) when three Bull Moose wandered by me. I had one hand on my phone for the picture, and the other hand on my rifle. The moose in the center of the picture was keeping an eye on me.
Moonrise in northern Colorado. I had quite a few moonlight walks back to the truck. No flashlight necessary.
That's not a thunderstorm. It's the smoke cloud from the forest fire south of where my Elk Camp is.
I took this picture so I knew how far to move the panels back so they weren't in the shade from the trailer. Between the two panels on the roof of the trailer and these two panels, I generated so much power in the morning that I never moved the panels.
Facing north towards Wyoming, the valley below is socked in with clouds. Ted Nugent's elk ranch is somewhere down there.
One of my "hides" during an afternoon hunt. 19 deer walked past me and never saw me until I started talking to them.
The good weather didn't last long. It got down to -10° F. Frost built up on the screws on the inside of the trailer.
This is a couple days after the big snowstorm. About 15". The skirt on the trailer really made a difference in keeping the trailer warm and the pipes unfrozen.
The rigid foam insulation on the window helped a lot, but the frost on the frame let you know it was really cold outside.
After tracking an elk herd, I stopped on the side of a hill to catch my breath. I'm not trying to stay warm here, I'm trying to stay out of the sun.
The elk herd is the line in front of the line of willows. I tried to sneak up on them but they saw me coming.
These Bull Moose liked to hang out on a blind corner. I almost hit one of them one day.
The sunrises were spectacular.
So there I was, just minding my own business in my blind (in a drainage ditch) when three Bull Moose wandered by me. I had one hand on my phone for the picture, and the other hand on my rifle. The moose in the center of the picture was keeping an eye on me.
Moonrise in northern Colorado. I had quite a few moonlight walks back to the truck. No flashlight necessary.
