Astoria, OR
Some pics of my trip to the Astoria,OR area for the holidays. These are mainly from Fort Stevens State Park in Hammond, OR. Going to gradually spend more and more time there until it officially becomes my home.
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Van Update 12/16/23
Basically done with everything I can think of. Just need to swap out the SLA battery for the second LiFePo4 battery if it gets here tomorrow, then I will be off to Oregon for a couple weeks.
Electrical Done…
Think I’m finally happy with the electrical system, aka my favorite part…. All the chargers are now Victron. I also now have two 100ah LiFePo4 batteries in parallel for 200ah total, have the big fuses all in one place, and…
Update 12/2/2023
I’ve given up on the Renogy solar controllers as both the ones I tried have problems. It’s also proven to be a pretty crappy product ecosystem in general and unreliable monitoring. I’ll stick with the DC-DC charger and inverter for…
No more cast…
Yay! Have to take it easy for a while though. Need to enlist help getting the batteries swapped in my van I guess.
Update 11/20/2023
I was able to get some electrical stuff done despite my cast.
Update 11/15/2023
Kinda in a holding pattern as I wait to get my cast off on 11 After that I will work on my van-to-do list then plan to take a trip to Oregon over Christmas.
Van To-Do List
Kinda a note to self of things I still need to do. I’ve been able to do a couple of them despite the cast.
Halloween
I spent Halloween alone as my brain sabotaged an invite to an event I would have loved to go (and worked myself into full anxiety so could not go later), but I dressed up for myself anyway. Did my best…
Nederland, CO – 10/21/23
