Day 25, Year 5: Quiet Day with Dinosaur Squeals
Date: Friday, November 20, 2009
Weather: Heavy Rain During the Night; Cloudy Day with Rain
Location: Rebak Marina, Pulau Rebak, Langkawi, Malaysia
We had a quieter day than usual, but mid-day we connected on a Skype video call with Justin, Jo, and Ziggy and got to hear Ziggy’s pterodactyl squeals. Ziggy has two teeth now and is starting to crawl and stand up while holding on to things. And his smiles and squeals are just delightful. He provided the only sunshine on this dreary, cloudy day. Justin and Jo are going to spend the weekend and most of next week moving from Santa Fe back out into the desert to Madrid (pronounced Mad-rid, not like Madrid in Spain). With Ziggy’s new found mobility, we suggested they do a bit of child proofing as they move into the new house. We wish them luck with the move.
Today we organized more STUFF, I spent more time organizing website information, Mark put another coat of paint on the anchor, and then he turned his attention to the Air-X wind generator. When we reinstalled the wind generator after the boat was painted, we reversed some of the wiring and burned out the circuit board for the regulator. So now Mark is VERY carefully following the instructions for the installing the new regulator that is part of an upgrade kit we purchased while home in the US. Supposedly the upgrade allows us to get more amps at lower wind speeds and it should be quieter. It has a new name, theAir-Breeze instead of the Air-X. We’ll install it tomorrow and do some double testing before turning it on this time. We cannot afford to blow another regulator!
It rained so hard last night that it was sometimes hard to sleep because of the noise. It was cloudy again all day, and then started raining in the early evening. I don’t remember it being this rainy here last year at this time, but when I went back and check the logs, there are lots of references to cloudy days and sprinkles. I think the difference that we are getting torrential rain instead of sprinkles. But hopefully we’ll have a few sunny days in the next week.
