Another cool day, but clear skies.
There is at least one untamed annoyance in the trailer and that is caused by the power converter. All the lighting in the trailer, plus the furnace fan and water pump run on 12v so that they can be used when camping in the middle of nowhere. The power converter takes the 110v from the site plug in (if available) and changes it to 12v for the lights etc, as well as charging the battery. In the process of this conversion heat is generated and there are two cooling fans to help dissipate it. Some bright spark of an engineer decided it would be a good idea to control the speed of the fan relative to the heat produced. Good idea in theory, but when the heat produced is right on the threshold of requiring the cooling of the fans, they pulse on and off about once a second . Very annoying. Time to get the meter and soldering iron out, methinks!!
Today’s trip was a country drive to the Winsor Dam.
Yet again beautiful scenery on the drive, all the houses along the route appeared to be late 19th or early 20th century, and almost without exception were well maintained with well kept property.
The dam was completed in 1940 to provide a water supply for Boston and other parts of the state. The dam itself appears to be of earth and stone, with no sign of poured concrete. Now for the trivial facts I seem to be able to recall from memory, even when I can’t remember the basic information most of the time. The dam is 2640ft long (exactly 1/2 mile), the reservoir created by the dam is the Quabbin resevoir with a capacity of 442 billion gallons. On an average day Boston sucks 330 million gallons out of the reservoir. The deepest point is 157ft with an average depth of 58ft and a coastline of 118miles. Stupid facts committed to memory mode off!
Looking along the reservoir was just like looking along many Scottish lochs.
Quabbin Resevoir, MA
On the way home we just set the GPS to Shortest Route and meandered through the countryside. Shortest Route will often drag you off the beaten track and take you on interesting routings.
Bye Lizzie, have a safe flight.