You may remember that about 4 years ago, we built a remote observatory – we lovingly call the AstroShed. In the 3 years, through a combination of poor timing and poor weather ( for astronomy ), the AstroShed had sat mostly dormant, with only 7 completed photo projects: Now, these Read more…
While relocating my astronomy observatory, I routinely had extra bits in pockets. I tried to be diligent and ensure the pockets were always empty when I put clothes in the laundry area, but… alas, I missed something. The first expression of this lapse came from a phone call. I was Read more…
Another little issue that popped up during our drive back from Byron, NY to Las Vegas, NV — our dash AC stopped working! Which, was unfortunate, since it died as we were dropping down through Utah and into Nevada – in August. I’d been noticing an oddity for a while, Read more…
This is more of an informational post in case it could help someone else who experiences this issue. Back in August, we had a failure of the fan drive gear box in our 2016 Tiffin Allegro Bus, which unsurprisingly, caused the engine to overheat ( post 1, post 2, post Read more…
A bit of a heads up, this is a verbose post. After being stuck in Gary Indiana for 4 days, and getting the rebuilt fan drive gear box installed, we were understandably eager to get on the road. It was late in the day ( 5:30pm ), but we wanted Read more…
And yes, we’re still terrible bloggers. But, for the record.. we do this for fun, from time to time to keep our friends and family up to date. It’s easy to let the blog slip when we’re busy… and, BOY have we been busy! Here’s a quick run-down of events, Read more…