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hail and here to stay

The morning after I got back to Timberon, the house batteries read 12.3V. It did not seem right since the day of the drive was sunny so the batteries should have gotten a full charge. I only had two LEDs on in the evening, the batteries should not have dropped so much during the night. Next day sun, next morning 12.3V. Battery fluid is topped up. Next morning 12.2V, which is minimum. I’m thinking the life of these two 6V batteries are up. Towed the 5x8’ cargo trailer back onto my acre to seriously weed down my possesions; 200 pounds would be nice May 5 it hailed. M&M’s ears went up, not liking the loud sound on the roof. All three of us were thinking—busted roof vent. This time it was holes in the floor pan of the window cage and a weather strip on the Ford’s roof and a busted roof edge of a bird feeder that got nailed. Not even going to look at all the new dents in the pickup’s hood and roof. First came to Timberon in September 2017 and set up on a friend’s lot. Spent some...