good morning everyone Eric here from nomatic fanatic hope you all are doing well we got
sunshine and lots of blue skies out here in court site we're getting to that point where
I can almost say this is probably the longest I've stayed anywhere as a nomad although if you
think about it I've been back and forth I've been to Texas and I've been up to sholo my property
three different times but uh basically I've been here in in court site for the whole season here
I'm looking forward to a break soon we'll see uh how far we get done I on this solar project
by my calculations we're only about 8% complete right now and I'm not feeling too good about that
but but we are moving forward just we got more rain last night so uh the roads and everything
is drying out the roof is drying out once again and a lot of rain here in the desert thanks for
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anywhere going to go to town and need to get a few supplies for the solar work as well as
stop by my mailbox and pick up some packages first then we'll get back to the RV let's see
line for the dump station I only see a couple RVs a lot of people hauling their blue boys
probably there's a Harley-Davidson yeah not too bad a lot of people are leaving this time
of year lines are getting shorter I'll have to dump my tanks here pretty soon I'm not going
to make it more than two or three more days all right we'll get up here to Moon Mountain
Mail looks like oh no there's no cars in their parking lot just one RV pulling out yeah go check
my mail I know I got some stuff to pick up I got my email notifications it is this is that schoolie
that that lot that had that schoolie 2 years ago I cannot believe it they actually have one a big
foot guys oh my gosh that's so cool let's see here it's uh they didn't put what year 25,000
it is a 30 ft with a rear Queen there's a number on there I'm going to zoom in in case yall want
to get some more information they didn't put a year on this one but um it looks to be very very
similar to mine yep it's not the garage model it does have the big Bays down there huh can sell as
package with cargo trailer pared next to it how weird they even they're like that's literally a
6x12 trailer which is exactly what I'm going to be doing is hauling a trailer behind my Bigfoot and
they have 5,000 or best offer yeah but there's no solar on it yeah let's see now this looks
like a pretty good Bigfoot guys they've got some aftermarket mirrors here okay 2001 it's a year
older than mine but 25,500 it's the same price I paid up in Oregon and had I waited a little bit
longer here's one right here in court site with an Arizona dang it h floor plan looks similar it's a
lot like Kevin's I can see the rear queen bed back there so it does have glass up here which
I'm not excited about cuz those will leak anyway yeah always to see what kind of tires everybody
puts puts on them these are Nexen Nexen brand I'm not familiar with those but uh yeah in pretty good
condition a little bit of cracking see maybe one of these sides was up against the sun I
see an Onin generator we won't talk about that but hey look at that a big foot right here in
court site okay actually the trailer has uh New Hampshire plates uh yeah New Hampshire plates I
don't know I don't know you never know what you're going to see on the nomatic fanatic Channel that's
what camper van Kevin used to do when you would see weird stuff parked here out of all things
though an actual Bigfoot RV look if you're in the market for and you're set on on a Class C RV get
a Bigfoot guys get that one well check that one out first obviously but uh yeah all right let's
get back to camp and uh see how things are going with solar project all right up here on the roof
stopped at Dollar General stocked up on some some Necessities water beer we got five panels
mounted to the roof that is uh about 1,000 Watts right there and uh Wayne and I were talking the
other day about placement and stuff like that cuz I still got a Dish Network Dome antenna to
to to mount up here a satellite and um the air conditioner shroud you put it close to it like
I did on Miranda uh there'll be some days where the Shroud will be in the way so we're going to
use the front spot right there knowing that yes there's still a possibility that uh one of these
panels could get shaded a little bit by that but I'm going to I'm going to be able to deal with
that that that's not going to that's not going to affect things too bad and then Wayne's going
to start planning out the other five back here one little change is that that uh black tank
vent right there is kind of in the way so what are we going to do about that we'll see if they
got a low profile okay yeah maybe cut it off and see if we can can put a new topper on it
or something cuz there going to be a panel over it anyway so it'll be waterproof or we could use
different brackets and raise up one panel but yeah no no no we'll see y we'll see it's coming
along though well good evening everyone the sun has just set there behind Wayne's RV and uh
and uh n nine nine nine panels are mounted and uh a few changes cuz one was going to go this way and
then I was standing up here with Wayne thinking about NASCAR races and being up here and the way
I had it there was nowhere for me to go after I got up the ladder so now this is all going to be
open there'll be a step out the ladder I walk over this vent right here and then all of this right
here will be open one more panel is going to go right there and we did have to change one little
thing Wayne nicely cut part of my rail so this I don't know what you call it the the luggage rack
that came all the way to here and then stopped here we need this space here because this vent
is not in the center of the RV it's moved out for the bathroom so you can see it would push this
panel out a little bit farther and to maximize that space the Wayne cut it right there there's
a little black end on it that's what was what was on the end of right there so now the next panel
can go up here a little bit closer to the edge and the only reason why that's not on is cuz we
need to Wayne's going to make some some pigtail adapters some extenders for the mc4s to run this
one to make sure after you mount it you can see these aren't very long to start with that's all
we got to work with so right now nine panels and yes we bench tested all 10 panels ahead of time to
make sure that they all produce power and aren't going to give us any problems uh everything has
been sealed we're good to go running my little Honda down there just trustworthy as ever and got
Dish Network mounted my Wine Guard clay maker dish I bought new brackets the same ones I had on Freda
now the coax goes down to the roof Wayne sealed me up a new compartment there which does have three
other access points should I need to add some more I also got another clearance marker so now I have
all five clearance markers up here and that just looks really clean super easy it's really coming
along now we are 24% done now with the entire solar system and that is pretty exciting most
of what's left is just the complicated wiring that I don't understand that that Wayne's going
to be doing but um Wayne and I are going to go bring bring five bucks over and go do Texas hold
them again tonight I'll get back to you tomorrow good morning Tara how are you doing we had a crazy
night last night huh you want to tell everybody yeah you want to tell everybody or should we
let should we let the star tell it exactly how it happened huh Opie he is such a good boy yes he is
I am so proud of you Opie you never gave up you never gave up rough night last night guys rough
rough night this is I'm almost embar to even talk about this but um it shouldn't happen if you have
cats in an RV I don't feel like but out of nowhere last night that packrat that we knew was like down
here in the stove and for reference when I'm not using this thing it's always got a trap set back
there with peanut butter and it's never gotten any hits got a trap under here and the furnace
area the cats have shown a lot of interest down here there is also a trap there that I've been
keeping an eye on that hasn't gone either and one under the hood but last night trying to sleep here
in the bed driving me and the kitties crazy we had a packrat up here literally running behind
this going across there and then coming back around here then making a bunch of noise right
here just driving the cats crazy and I couldn't sleep guys probably the most frustrating night
I've had in this RV since I've had it and it sounds so much louder than it really is in the
back of my mind I I I kind of knew it's just one Eric it's just one packrat and he's going to come
out eventually and that did not take long at about 3:30 in the morning a lot of noise was happening
in the kitchen I turn on the bedroom light let my eyes adjust and Opie well let me just put it this
way if you're squeamish about mice and stuff like that skip the next 30 seconds but out here on my
RV step this is a packrat he's he's sleeping right now he's taking a little nap outside you know it's
a pack rat because they have ginormous ears big big ears if I put my finger next to you can see
how he's kind of just a baby but it is a packrat it's not a mouse and it's not a rat a packrats
are pure pests and they are annoying worthless pests that need to be taken care of the sole
purpose of a packrat is to destroy everything in its environment it literally chews wires destroys
insulation brings everything a packrat brings everything that it chews up and builds nests
inside the dark dank places it certainly has not been a problem for me on the road even the
cat's food is kept in a sealed container inside everything else is sealed uh all of my cupboards
up top they're way different than my other RVs there's no cracks or crevices or anything so I
like I like to think that this is not going to happen again I do wonder why it happened in the
first place and I knew as soon as he came out of the open one of my two cats were going to take
care of him but this is a unique situation out here in the desert because although I do have
Dish Network mounted up there I've got an HDMI cord coming out the window I've got an extension
cord here with a pretty big opening I can fit two fingers in the top of my window right there that's
not normal and that's not going to be the case moving forward but I just literally gave that
packrat a a free Expressway into the RV now what happens after he gets in there that's on his own
that was a bad decision of his to come into my RV uh some people say that the litter box am ammonia
smell it's also a great deterrent for rats mice and packrats um I think this is probably the end
of it uh it's funny that after a week none of my traps hit I got that bait stuff from Home Depot as
well as smearing the the traps with peanut butter and nothing happened until until that packrat made
a wrong turn somewhere under somewhere and Opie was on top of it he's a he's a good boy and yes
I know I need to change my shirt because it is covered in cat hair like every other shirt
I always wear I don't care but some viewers seem to just lose their mind if they see cat hair on
my shirt I have two cats I hold my cats I pet my cats there's going to be fur on my shirts
it's just a way of life I don't freak out about it like everybody else does but I will at least point
it out I am going to change my shirt here probably take shower and uh Wayne and I are going to finish
up the uh solar panels on the roof figure that stuff out I'll get back to you guys in a couple
days here we got NASCAR Daytona kicking off Sunday super excited got my William Byron Flags
going up there 24 and um then I need to start planning my own NASCAR track camping experience
coming up here soon you guys be well Opie and T and I will see you in the next one bye guys
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