They were just starting a new tourist feature – horseback riding to the museum tour. One of the tourist attractions nearby is the Agua Blanca Cultural and Natural Area. We did have dinner at Geos Grill-Bar and the food was great. We caught a flight to Manta then took a bus south to Puerto Lopez because Effy, our guide at LaSelva, told us a friend of his owned a great restaurant there and it was an up and coming tourist area. (I think.) You have to remember that he doesn’t really speak much Spanish (taco, tequila and Hola don’t count) and he thinks my command of the language is much better than it really is! Armed with 2 years of high school Spanish, one semester of college Spanish, and my pocket dictionary we set out!

Okay, this is the part of the trip that Tobey liked the best. They thought they were ready to roll out the panel only to discover the adhesive was not only on the bottom side of the panel, but was on the top, so it will have to be returned for one that isn’t defective. Yesterday, Tobey & Tyler started the installation process. Unfortunately, for Tobey, when the UPS driver rang the doorbell we were in the middle of a meeting with our financial guy and Tobey couldn’t dive in to see what goodies had arrived! As soon as Todd was out the door, the box was opened and packing paper was flying! He ordered a Uni-Solar PVL-68 flexible solar panel and the parts necessary for installation. He even discussed the installation with our son, Tyler. We looked at all kinds of options at the Quartzsite RV show in January. Now that our upcoming trip to Mexico is imminent, he put the solar panel project on the front burner.

He found that they only use a fraction of the power normal bulbs use and has been happy with the results.ĪNYWAY, he has been talking about adding a solar panel to the RV as another way to conserve energy and replenish our batteries for the last two years. (I’m glad he understands all of this because I sure don’t.)Īnother thing he did to conserve power in the RV was to install some LED lights. He can now tell how full our battery is and can isolate what devices take the most power. Last year he was concerned about our energy consumption, so after MUCH research, he installed a monitoring device a TriMetric TM-2025-RV.

Tobey is also really good about finding ways to save money and when it comes to operating the RV, he is no different.

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