Evening Entertainment

I may spend most of the day doing work around the cabin and off in the woods but I also like to have some down time and lounge as well. After most of my work is done for the day I usually spend my time watching movies or surfing the web just as most people do. I do read a lot too but that I save for bed time when I share a king size bed with 2 dogs and 2 cats.

The first pic is of my "lounge station," two separate LCD TVs. Both are wired into the satellite and I have my DVD player hooked up to the large screen. The small TV is used the most because of it's small power draw and can remain on for many hours without the battery bank needing to be recharged. The large screen on the other hand takes a lot more power and requires a constant charge from either the sun or the battery charger run by the generator.

Another factor that determines what appliances I can use at the same time is the inverter. To avoid putting too much strain on the batteries and inverter I usually only run one large appliance at a time, not including the fridge/freezer combo which stays on all the time. This means I'll either use the internet and small TV at the same time or turn off the internet and fire up the big screen for movie time.

The second pic is of Doug's computer work station. I love having the two screens to use especially when I'm editing pics or video for the blog. It is an older model computer so it does suck lots of power so I can't use the big screen TV at the same time.

It may be hard to tell what the third photo is. It is a pair of flying squirrels in the the bird feeder outside the living room window! They don't visit every evening but it's pretty cool when they do. On several occasions, out of the corner of my eye, I've seen them launch off the roof of the cabin and glide down to the woods below.

In the evening the animal activity is not just limited to the outdoors. Once or twice a day I let the three ferrets out of their pen to run free in the cabin and to blow off some steam. They are quite entertaining especially since Aggie, Doug's little husky, likes to play with them. Unfortunately Sammy doesn't care for them too much an hides out while they're running around. I shot a short video of the ferrets and Aggie playing. You never know when their going to play and have to be at the ready with the camera to capture the fun, that's why the vid is so short.