Got a Drone

Got a Sky Viper Drone for Christmas.   Thought the learning curve would be quick! Nope!  At least not for this sixty year old.  My son in his mid twenties is getting it much quicker.  Must be do to his computer game experience.  Either way I will keep at it, here are my first two photos.  I am good at skimming the ground and am learning to go sort of up and down:)  I will get there:)

                                Above is a rug view and below is proof I got up off the floor:)

 We did go to the FAA web site and reviewed the new registration requirements for drones.  Mine is in their PDF of examples and weighs 4.7 ounces.  My son's drone (4 oz) is not in the examples but weighs under the 5 ounce limit so it does not need to be registered. 

Solar and Battery Bank for medical back up

Here is my best guess on how my solar currently recharges our medical reserve batteries.  We can run my CPAP and never have down time, but add in my O2 concentrator we can only count on the battery bank every 3 to 4 days.  Please note I could run my generator and run my recharger to recharge the Batteries and of course we can and usually plug in.  If I add one more battery I could get an extra day or two.  But to be honest I was only looking for one day emergency power to start with.

I am no expert here so I sort of reversed engineered the data below.  Also I could shorten up my wires by 10 to 12 feet which may add quite a few amps.  Some day I may.

3 Batts 305 amps

Cable/inverter amp drop 30%	-90
	215
50% Battery AMP Reserve	108
CPAP 3 amps x 8 hr	-24
Concentrater 7 amps x 8 hr	-56
	-80
Leaves usable amps	42
	Plus
Solar 200 watt recharge 5amp x 7hr	35
Day 1 recharge is short	3amps
Can not use solar batteries for day 2
Solar 200 watt recharge 5x7	35
Day 2 recharge	110
Night three should work OK
Clouds or overcast could delay a day or two. Updated 4/10/2016
Solar recharges every 3-4 days should be planned.

Bear Canisters

These are a give away that bears are in the area around Lander Wyoming north.  Now that it is winter there will be few campers and even fewer bears trying to get to ones food supply.  Later this spring I will test one of my Bear Spray canisters to learn how to use them properly.  I figure it is cheaper to do some live training with one of these before I have a real need and have never used one.

Longing already for spring

Looking back over the summer and fall I am ready for it to continue.  We had nice boondocking spots and sites with power and all with a view.

On the gorge we had electricity and a nice spot along the lake for less then twenty dollars a day with our discount.

Other areas of the lake offered no services but nice free views along with good fishing.