Nice to try and sleep in this morning especially after having to actually get up early and be somewhere yesterday. A long day of classroom work followed by 8 people shooting 50 rounds kinda wore me out. Looked for an easy morning chore and found it by shoveling cow fertilizer for an hour. That was good enough to satisfy my Sunday work ethic so I headed south for some leisurely laundry. After I got 2 loads started, I headed over to the Big Bend Motor Inn for some gas where I spotted a familiar vehicle. Popped inside for lunch and found my buddy Dan Stricklin (in the Field Lab tshirt) and emmy award winning producer Jason Anderson. Dan was out to TFL over 2 years ago when they shot my segment for Texas Country Reporter. They were in town shooting a couple of stories this weekend. They stopped by after lunch to meet Benita and check out the progress.
Mexican night at the GrubShack Sunday Supper. Home in time to check the pond depth while there was still plenty of light. That's Mr. Floppy waiting for me to leave so he can walk down the face of the dam to get a drink. Pond level is down to just under 7' deep. 90,101,66,0,B
Following on that theme, Just Me needed frames put together for some fresnel lenses she has. We are going to try to do a solar weenie roast on Saturday at tffnguy's. Whipped the first one together then played with it all afternoon. Used my welding mask because that spot it makes is really bright not to mention HOT ( 1026.8 degrees F). Actually melted some of the dirt it was pointing at. 97,101,69,0,B
No big secret behind the payphone lighting....just 4 strings of 50 white LED Christmas lights. They have internal sensors that shut them off for charging during the day and turn them on from dusk till dawn. Had a couple of bum lights in the strings but it's good enough for me. Will mount the little solar chargers and batteries on top now that I know they work within reason.
Applied to the FCC for a GMRS license ( General Mobil Radio Service). Studying for my ham radio technician exam. Afternoon in the field...extracted 29 waterboxxes from the experiment in Big Bend Valley for my buddy Bill Schneider. Left 2 with planned plant life and one with a healthy weed that is flowering. 97,102,71,0,B
Hot/humid morning but got 4 more sheets of tin up on the north side of the west awning. Too hot to continue on that work so I figured it was time to prep the gas powered water pump-just in case. At 4PM I got dumped on hard for about a half hour...slow drizzled after that for 3 more hours. 
Made an Alpine run to stock up once again just in case the next couple of forecasts are correct. Was hopeful this afternoon once the vortex gave in a bit. Drizzle for about an hour but no downpour. Had the time lapse running just in case of a flash and set up a depth gauge for the dam. Benita got a rinse but looked a little miffed that her cover isn't up yet. 
