The dogs and I spent a four-day weekend in Wisconsin. I relaxed much more this time.
First, the golf cart is working wonderfully. The single lithium battery (which replaced four very heavy lead acid ones) holds a charge really well.
Second, we'd had a problem with the air conditioner from last fall, after someone (not Sheila or me) installed a new wi-fi digital thermostat. An ambulance co-worker of Sheila's also owns an HVAC company, and he has an RV parked a few miles from us every summer.
It took him a couple of hours to figure out the wiring, but he got it fixed. The first night there, I sweated, the dogs panted, and fans pushed air around. The rest of the time we chilled in comfort. Oh, and he absolutely would not let me pay him for his time, no matter how much I insisted. Sheila and I will find a way to make it up to him. He expressed interest in inner tubing with us on the nearby river. There are also plenty of bars and restaurants we can try too.
A neighbor up there wanted the lumber from our old deck, from when Sheila and I had a travel trailer parked somewhere else. We had to remove the deck when we sold that trailer. He and another neighbor assembled a deck at his trailer over the weekend using that lumber. I was late and didn't help, but they still invited the dogs and me to come over for dinner.
I was equally excited by all the nice, cordless tool and the tantalizing assortment of grilled meats.
After dinner, we sat around and enjoyed some gin and tonics. A few of us have the Merlin Bird ID app on our phones. It's pretty fun. We heard owls in the distance, and the app identified them as Barred Owls.
One of the guys played the app's owl call over a Bluetooth speaker. It sounded like owls were hooting on the deck right next to us.
Within a few minutes, the real owls we'd heard in the distance flew in and hung out in the pine trees above, check us out. Beautiful birds, especially when they spread their wings and flew around.
I'm excited about the key rack and keychain labels I put together. We have keys for so many different doors, cabinets, bike locks, padlocks and the golf cart that I had to do something to keep them organized.
The funny thing is, up there hardly anyone locks anything unless they're going to be gone for a long time.