Simple hot water system

After significant testing I have come to the conclusion that the solar hot water panel I built is not going to work for our purposes. So, to get hot water from the sun while I test and build something better we've opted to go ahead and use the simple garden hose technique. We bought some inexpensive hose fittings for the outside of the trailer and looped a 100 foot black hose back into the hot water heater bypass. That gives us 2-2.5 gallons of hot water every hour or so without using any propane or electricity... Not elegant or pretty, but it works to give us hot water at the sinks and shower. We're going to add another 100 feet to give us almost 5 gallons of hot water so we can both shower.

I did another chainsaw carving today. AJ walked me step by step through the process of making my first bear. It was tricky, but I think I really made some headway today. I am feeling more confident and my cuts are getting more accurate as I carve more. I never realized how much you can do with a chainsaw. There's just nothing that compares to it in terms of speed and versatility. I am looking at the possibility of working with an electric saw that I can run off our solar charged battery bank. That would give me another possible income as we're traveling.