Month: August 2017

Solar Eclipse – Monday August 21, 2017

We went to the Solar Eclipse today at latitude 44°26.1009′ just north of Redmond, Oregon.  As many have said before a total solar eclipse can not be explained in words.
I wanted to show the difference between the way things looked before the eclipse and then during, however I was not prepared for the change in light levels.  I took this before picture with ISO 125 and shutter speed 200.  This is the back yard of the truly great people who offered up their beautiful home so we could see 1 minute 38 seconds of the total eclipse.
This is the same picture with the same camera settings during the total eclipse.

Here are the pictures I got of the sun during the total eclipse.

If you’d like the original picture you can click on these thumbnails.

This is what an eclipse can do to a rabbit, this one now has three ears.

Truly a great moment and impossible to explain.

Big House Fishing – Monday August 8, 2017

Went fishing this morning.   This sunny dry summer has been nice of outside activities.  Got five nice trout, in the 12+ inch range.  The five fish weighed in at 4 1/2 lbs.
When I was a kid the fish were in the 6 to 8 inch range.
I also have this posted over at harrylange.wordpress.com at this point I don’t know what I am going to do the blog on this site versus the blog over at wordpress.com.  

Big House Projects – Wednesday August 2, 2017

Here are the big house motorhome projects I have completed:

Wash coach
Wax coach
Empty Dust Buster vacuum cleaner and clean out motor area
Clean BBQ base, grease build up.
Restring two window blinds
Change battery in LevelPro
Add 12 volt expansion plug to pickup, need more 12 volt plugin in the pickup when using cellphone and laptop in pickup
Design and install bracket for 12 volt power gauge in the pickup, use when towing pickup to ensure battery is staying charged.
Clean carpet, in motorhome and house (long day)
Design and install a bracket in front of the WeBoost roof antenna, so tree limbs don’t knock it off.
Look into adding 2 – 6 volt AGM batteries, will need to purchase 4 new AGM batteries, decided to wait.
Add third fan to catalytic heater.
Fix cabinet door support over the sink.
Captains chairs squeak when turned, fix.
Locate better place for the satellite TV antenna switch.
Fix fishing wading pole, does not lock when extended.
Vacuum all the dust out of the pickup engine compartment.
Install new larger water filtering system.
Fix furnace, installed new PC board and electrode, have sail switch to install before we leave, furnace starts on first or second cycle.
Design and install a bracket to support the broken plastic wheel cover on right rear dual tires.
Change oil.
Lube chassis.
Clean ceiling fan blades and inside of both A/C units.
Get new flexible water hose.