Tuesday, April 19, 2016

I updated the communication hub firmware on the solar system (Outback Mate3) a couple weeks ago. Now I get valid data for the solar system displayed on the web site. Here is an example for the last three days. In the chart, the green bars show the solar panels providing power. The yellow line is the battery voltage.
It looks like about of foot of new snow over the last couple days. This will probably prevent access for several weeks.

Saturday, April 16, 2016

The snow had been totally gone for a couple weeks, but it is snowing hard today and more is expected.


Thursday, April 7, 2016

I was up at the cabin for a couple days. It was difficult to get there due to snow drifts on the road. I got stuck in the Grand Cherokee a couple miles from the cabin and had to use the ATV with tracks to shuttle in supplies. It took four or five trips. The first night I saw a couple young bull elk out in front of the cabin.  I was very surprised since I had a fire in the fireplace, the wood stove on, lights on, and a television on. Anyway I took pictures and videos through the cabin window. Here are a couple snapshots from a video. Notice the elk in front has a deformed left antler.


Monday, April 4, 2016

There was a bull elk in front of the cabin this morning. It is the first bull I have noticed.


Saturday, April 2, 2016

Here is a photo of my snow machine. I put Camso T4S tracks on a 2016 Yamaha Grizzly LE ATV.

Friday, April 1, 2016