{"id":21558,"date":"2023-07-23T12:58:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T19:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=21558"},"modified":"2023-07-23T17:45:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T00:45:07","slug":"holy-cow-it-is-end-of-july-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2023\/07\/holy-cow-it-is-end-of-july-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Cow it is end of July 2023!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So &#8230; mid Summer July 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far mild-ish heat as in mid 90&#8217;s F being the hottest so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While still hotter than I like, compared to many spots of the world, it is not that bad.  AND I have my cooling tools :)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Worse than heat, though is that rain has been sparse and all vegetation is drying\/dying out &#8230; and&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Heat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Heat.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Heat-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Heat-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Heat-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Heat-62x40.jpg 62w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fire weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per usual, I prep for bugout if there is a fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BugoutPrep-717x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BugoutPrep-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BugoutPrep-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BugoutPrep-105x150.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BugoutPrep-28x40.jpg 28w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BugoutPrep.jpg 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Every time I go outside, I take something to the motorhome.  I spend 15-30 minutes every morning working on motorhome systems:  plumbing, electrical, etc.  It is full of propane and water.  The frig is cold.  If I had to jump in and go, it is livable but not quite all mod cons yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing at a time has been my mantra the last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are times when the volume and variety of &#8220;chores&#8221; seems overwhelming.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I make a list(s):  must do today, things to do when time &#8230; the list(s) adjusted daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the &#8220;short summary list&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prep motorhome to go short notice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make &#8220;to go short notice&#8221; list and organize items (this is lightning hits my woods, starts a fire and I need to GO NOW!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yard work needed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>House work\/cleaning needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh.  Work.  If you follow my Instagram, I have been on a work &#8220;pause\/hiatus&#8221; since July 6.  Good timing actually but circumstances are not all that pleasant especially as my boss\/friend is majorly impacted :( <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, I am taking care of me and mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Video to come:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Desk4756.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Desk4756.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Desk4756-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Desk4756-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Desk4756-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Desk4756-40x40.jpg 40w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Uplift Desk &#8230; Oscar and I LOVE IT!  The switch is just out of the photo to the right, but the desk can be raised and lowered.  I like it at standing height when I am back and forth &#8230;  like in the morning when I might be doing bookkeeping chores in between meal prep chores.  Assembly was not difficult but there was one thing &#8230; (video :) )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s EcoFlow items, i.e. kind of semi-off grid\/transportable power device stuff:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"786\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EFFrig4686-786x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EFFrig4686-786x1024.jpg 786w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EFFrig4686-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EFFrig4686-115x150.jpg 115w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EFFrig4686-768x1000.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EFFrig4686-31x40.jpg 31w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EFFrig4686.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>EcoFlow Glacier Frig\/Freezer with icemaker.  This is to enable me to save expensive meat in case of long term power outage &#8230; battery (lithium) powered:  wheels on one end, handle on the other so easy for me to move around as well as use one of my &#8220;dog ramps&#8221; to load in the Jeep or motorhome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EFWave24677-648x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21565\" width=\"648\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EFWave24677-648x1024.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EFWave24677-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EFWave24677-95x150.jpg 95w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EFWave24677-768x1213.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EFWave24677-25x40.jpg 25w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EFWave24677.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>EcoFlow Wave2.  Last year Wave1.  Wave2 is cool and heat with its own battery.  Super quiet and efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More in a video to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/OscarSquirrel4767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21566\" width=\"800\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/OscarSquirrel4767.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/OscarSquirrel4767-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/OscarSquirrel4767-150x135.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/OscarSquirrel4767-768x693.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/OscarSquirrel4767-44x40.jpg 44w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This squirrel!  It jumps at the window, it has been attacking my front porch plants.  I let Emmett and Oscar out with instructions to kill.  So far, the squirrel has survived &#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Squirrel4764.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Squirrel4764.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Squirrel4764-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Squirrel4764-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Squirrel4764-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Squirrel4764-40x40.jpg 40w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am working on videos &#8230; REALLY &#8230; hopefully soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Woods4727.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Woods4727.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Woods4727-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Woods4727-150x121.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Woods4727-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Woods4727-50x40.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So &#8230; mid Summer July 2023. So far mild-ish heat as in mid 90&#8217;s F being the hottest so far. While still hotter than I like, compared to many spots of the world, it is not that bad. AND I have my cooling tools :) Worse than heat, though is that rain has been sparse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-porch-musings"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21558"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21571,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21558\/revisions\/21571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}