We were almost done or at least we thought so. One more glitch showed up this morning and it is being attended to as I type this late morning. Not sure of the outcome at this time but we are on hold. Tomorrow we are to be at Mammoth Cave so, we need this done. Also for mental health we need this done.

In the meanwhile, enjoy this photo of two Burrowing Owls taken just north of Las Vegas. There were two pair that emerged on two different sites about 100 feet apart. I took a LOT of photos:)

UPDATE Friday Evening: It has been an adventure. This morning when the inverter did not function as it was intended I called Inverter Services and they told me to come over. Which we did. Randy, the tech, wanted to make sure it had a full charge because it looked like that was where the issue was so he set up a pure filtered power charge and we went off for more coffee. We returned after about 2 hours, near noon and set up the system but no go. So they pulled the batteries and did a more sophisticated test - lithium are a bit different and they have systems built into the battery itself. Well, #2 was nearly dead. So we contacted Battleborn in Nevada and they authorized replacements (16 months into a ten year warrantee - very good service from them) and I. S. had them in stock! It took an hour to wire the new ones up in a better fashion and then charge a bit. We found everything working, but wait, not the end of the story.

Then we noticed our solar readout panel not working. Everything else was on. Turned out one wire needed reattached. FYI there is VERY little room in the battery box on our trailer and it is hard to see what you are doing. They finished and the panel was on - everything else was not! Back they come and found a main connecting wire that put the two batteries into correct configuration had a fault of some sort - it too is replaced and finally it all seems right. It is, however, important to “balance” the battery so it works well between discharge and charge. Or at least that is what I understood of the conversation. To do that we are spending the night in the Inverter Services parking lot, behind their gate and sequencing 110 charge with 12 volt discharge. After three cycles all is well. On the last test now. And holding our breath.

Tomorrow we hope the wind, rain, hail, sleet and snow will abate, the trailer electonics work as intended, that we recall how to open the gate and we can be off to Mammoth Cave National Park. With a debt of thanks to Inverter Services and Randy who patiently and repeatedly took care of us.