{"id":12075,"date":"2019-05-12T23:38:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T03:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tusentakk2.com\/wordpress\/?p=12075"},"modified":"2019-05-12T23:38:01","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T03:38:01","slug":"catch-up-late-february-late-april-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tusentakk2.com\/wordpress\/2019\/05\/catch-up-late-february-late-april-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Catch Up: Late February – Late April, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

While I was in Bismarck visiting Mom and Zona in late February, Barb stayed aboard Tusen Takk II to hold down the fort.  Not that “holding down the fort” is a chore.  The new Magnum inverter\/charger is so efficient that we seldom need to use the generator; the thousand-watt array of solar panels coupled with the 1680 AH battery bank keep the domestic-style GE refrigerator cooling just fine.  Our sailing friends have learned that we always have ice cream in the freezer.<\/p>\n

Good friends Bill and Colleen and Buck arrived in Bonaire for a month-long visit.  They stayed at the home of Paulein, where they kept themselves busy with a number of major projects on her home.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the activities Barb and our friends indulged in during my absence:<\/p>\n\n\t\t