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Monday, March 7, 2011 - Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM

Get a Grip, White-crowned Sparrow, Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM, March 5, 2011
Get a Grip, White-crowned Sparrow, Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM, March 5, 2011

Yup, refrigerator is dead

These RV refrigerators are prone to developing an irreversible blockage in the evaporator and condenser coils. A simple test to check if the coil is blocked is to hot wire the electric heating element bypassing the controls and see if the unit cools.

It doesn't.

Night camp

Site 10 - Bosque Bird Watcher's RV Park, San Antonio NM

Troops Endure Blowing Sands and Mud Rain

... The single, solitary departure from this pattern came when it suddenly rained in the early evening. What fell from the sky was not water but mud, the rain pulling suspended sand into wet globs and pelting those foolish mortals who thought they could endure a 30- or 40-hour sandstorm. The temperature was just below 100 degrees, and everyone traveling with the military wore protective chemical and biological suits that enclosed the body from head to toe, plus body armor and a helmet. ...

New York Times

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