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I did set the bladder in to see hot it fits. And I ran some water. The hose from the bladder to the shower head is rather... kinked. It will be a perpetual difficulty getting that shower to work. No troubles with shooting water everywhere though. You'll be lucky to get wet. On the other hand, at least the thing isn't a 30 second wonder. The problem with trying it wasn't any of that. The bladder cooled off quickly. It's probably room temperature now, but that seemed a bit cool to me. In the high heat that may be fine though. It will certainly be easy to soak the vests well with it.
I'm simply off my game. Why is for a time when questions will have answers. Oh, well, I continue to tinker. Little things fall in place, lists are made and being slowly checked. It's not like I am completely stopping, it's just that the bigger jobs aren't being done. No focus, though right now there is something physical going wrong as well. Perhaps some part of my mind is overwhelmed with all the projects, lists, packing, and testing. While I consciously am doing fine with it, some part of my brain may simply be overloading. Or I am merely having a minor fall. As I said, I can't know at this time.
To bed early, out there, this time with a pillow. The bee seems to be gone. There are a few things I still hope to do as I get ready for bed. The first is to find my camp stove, the last will be to spray the other wasp nest I found. That I will do last, in the hopes most of the little monsters are too comfortably perched, and cool, to do more than what I have intended... die. Still, after a few quick sprays, I will probably retreat to my abode for a good half hour to allow them to die in peace, on all of our parts.
I am considering trying to cook eggs on the skillet in the cooker tomorrow. Even with my tinkering I have not yet gone through a bag of coals. I have a bag left. I am pretty sure I will need at least another bag though, for a week, and I am thinking two would be better for insurance. From what I remember of the camp stove, it is fine for squat. It is top quality, high-end, multi-fuel, with bells and whistles. I was not impressed. It can, if you use a match on it, light another match. It might even be able to light the match used to light it back to flame. For cooking? Well, it's... something. Better than nothing, not much more. And yet, it will have to do for some things, like coffee, and heating MREs. Oh, that makes me think... I wonder if I can get a box of regular MREs in before the trip...
Later.
I got and installed a maintenance kit on my MSR Whisperlite Stove. It works fine now. Twenty five + years old and you can still buy the more critical replacement parts. Newer models do some things differently, but the o-ring seals, etc. are still the same.
ReplyDeleteI have one canister of white gas. If we were to share the use of the stove it might last, or a gallon of white gas picked up at some camp store would surely stretch much longer than a week.
The Whisperlite has a fairly impressive BTU output for something as light and compact as it is.
You arrive here in ten days. So you leave in eight? Running very close for deliveries from many places...
ReplyDeleteWhat arrives, arrives. I have someone checking on the house and feeding the cats twice a day. No problems if I miss a delivery.
ReplyDeleteThe nice thing about each having one is having two. But, yeah, sharing out a gallon would be plenty. I can't imagine either, let alone both of us together even, using a gallon in a week.
Well, I do ask a lot. And the stoves do wonderful work for what and where they can be used. But if they were great tools I wouldn't use my stove when I got home. I use the grill, true, but the stove and oven more often if that will probably be changing with this particular grill. I am not always fair about what I ask.
Oh, and, after a check, it looks like everything will be arriving by the 15th. Actually, the soak vest I ordered with my first load is taking longer than the MREs I ordered yesterday! Gah!
ReplyDeleteI have Amazon prime. So, generally, if in a hurry, I order through that. While it almost never is the cheapest, with two day free delivery included it ends up costing more per item but a little more to a lot less when shipping costs are considered, but gets here much faster in any case.
While that isn't exactly the case, handling can take longer and it might not actually be on hand (in spite of the site suggesting it is in stock), and it might be four or five days in truth. It is quite fast considering... even my ac unit came that way. Delicious.
Blasted soak vest took nearly a month to arrive for me. They lied about the ship date to keep Amazon off their back, I am convinced.
ReplyDeleteI sprung for Prime a while back and have been very much enjoying my use of it. At the price for a year, and for as often as I order from Amazon, I will get more than my money's worth from it.
Same here with the vest. I've been prime for a year or two now. The other thing I like about it is prime usually means I get exactly what I order.
ReplyDeleteMy vest was supposed to be here a long time ago. The last I heard it is on the way and is supposed to arrive no later than the 15th, the same day the MREs I ordered will be in. Bah! Hmm, yeah, I am going to neg them on that. I usually don't but they pulled my leg and really pushed the time compared to what they originally suggested.