Welcome To My Office
After a short and pleasant ride, I arrived at the Americamps campgrounds, the owner of which is an enlightened being who knows that bicycles (and tricycles) are not the same as cars, and therefore charges for tent sites accordingly: eight dollars. Heaps of blessings on that man.
I'm getting better at this. I arrivedand set up my tent and office in about twenty minutes. My office has:
-Natural carpeting
-Excellent ventilation
-65 watts of off-the-grid solar powery goodness
-A 398/117 kpbs download/upload Internet connection
-Snacks
Of course, as I was writing this, the DC-DC converter decided to misbehave, which gave me several "What do I do now?" moments, but it seems to be working again. I'll have to contact the folks at CT Solar and see if it's got some kind of thermister in that shuts it down when it gets too hot - it seemed to perk up after I moved the Black Box into the shade under the picnic table.
That said: the power meter on the laptop battery is still decreasing, which means I'm pulling juice out of it faster than the panels can put it back in, so I've got to sign off and get to work while I still can.
