Silver Lake PP - May 2011
Long weekend...gotta love em! Heading back to Silver Lake PP, same time as last year, but on a different site. Nice day today, the rainy week seems over, at least for when we would like it to be. Traffic was suprisingly light, kinda unusual, perhaps a side effect of the risng gas price...
How cold is it outside?
We needed to find a good spot to mount the remote temperature sensor for our digital clock/thermometer. Ordered this gizmo from REI, it displays the time as well as in/out temperatures. Pretty handy. I needed to figure out where to mount the sensor, under the Alto, so...
2011 Trip 1 - Opening the cottage...
Cedar Cove, White Lake - May 2011
Certainly much easier than the old days...although opening the cottage was an exciting event that started the summer season, it did involve a large degree of work to get it all going. From raking leaves to starting the water system to putting in the dock, a lot of wor...
Powering the Tivoli
We added a 12v power jack next where the Tivoli sits. The Tivoli is our awesome radio, which fills the Alto with amazing sound given its size. Check it out here... http://www.tivoliaudio.com/products/portables/the-pal-black.html Ours is a funky green colour, not readily available...