2021 Trip To South Dakota

[Sir Henry]

I’ll be shooting some trap this fall in Texas.

[brm4450]

Traveled over your way today, picked up some grandkids in Watertown and toted them back here today. I am sure one these days a trip to Sioux Falls is in order and we’ll make a connection.

[JEBar]

Watertown is 20 some minutes north of where we are in Estelline .... if you were on I29 you passed 7 miles from us

[JEBar]

well, not exactly the morning we anticipated .... with recent days of highs in the 90's and overnight lows in the 70's our camper's AC's have been working .... this morning we awoke to water dripping from the front AC onto the foot of our bed .... after pulling the inside cover I found much more water than anticipated .... checked the 4 bolts that hold the AC in place .... two were snug, snugged up the other two .... after eliminating them as the problem, it pretty well has to be the drain holes in the drip tray under the coil have to be clogged .... with the predicted high today being 100, I'm highly motivated to get it taken care of ASAP .... got into a bit of trouble when I told my wife that I needed to get on the roof to work on it .... lets just say, doing so was quickly and forcefully vetoed .... put in a call to Maureen's nephew and he'll be here as soon as he can get his daughters up and on the road .... hopefully we can get it taken care of before the heat really builds in

[JEBar]

well, front AC issue resolved .... anticipated diagnosis of the drain holes in the drip tray under the coil had to be clogged proved to be correct .... the door side drain had a blockage that was 3 or more inches long .... granted its been accumulating for 9 years but I don't recall ever seeing one with so much gunk .... the AC seems to be doing fine

[JEBar]

why aren't they calling for thunderstorms .. .. 94 right now where we are camped in East Central South Dakota .... they are calling for a low tonight of 61 .... that's a 31 degree drop in the temp and back home such a drop is usually accompanied by pretty strong thunderstorms ..

[brm4450]

Welcome to SD, one of the state slogans was “land of infinite variety” we say “land of inclímate variety”

[JEBar]

the wind has apparently changed ... for the first time smoke and smell from the fires out west is in the air

[JEBar]

smoke from western / Canadian forest fires

[brm4450]

Wow, we have had some smoke but not that bad