11:34 AM Monday April 4, 2005

We're back in beautiful Yuma, Arizona. We're waiting for a call from the solar people to keep us in the loop regarding our problem which we know now, is not just "our" problem. They have had another customer who reported a failure with the same piece of equipment. If a solution has been found, we may be traveling to Vista, CA (to the manufacturing plant) for a replacement or reprogramming "fix" ... if not, we'll continue to stay on hold, traveling north to WA and wait for the company to come up with a solution. Once that happens, they will call us and either send us a new part or walk Phil through the motions of reprogramming the solar software via telephone. Fortunately, our solar panels continues to work perfectly; we just can't see what they're doing! This particular panel, that tells us the status of the system, battery-wise (charged, discharged percentages, etc.) has ceased to function. We learned from our installers here in Yuma (and Phil had already figured this out) that it will work without this piece of equipment ... and it has.
Beautiful, warm and sunny weather in Yuma. A little gusty wind today but temperature still in the 80s. Last night we had dinner at my Aunt Elaine's home (we're in an RV park right across the street from her place). Her aunt, Lillian, who is 92 years young, joined us and a great time was had by all. Lillian is a former RVer and snowbird who lives in our home town, Shelton, WA during the summer and she'll be flying back to WA in just a few days with her adorable little white poodle, Ellie.