Remember back on Day 589 when I modified the water heater so we could pump its water back into the RV and live on that water in a pinch?  Of course you do.  One problem that has come up the time or two we actually tried to use this feature is a lack of good flow out of the water heater since the water heater’s anode rod almost entirely fills the fittings it goes through, thereby preventing all but a trickle of water from escaping through the hose attachment I added.  Today I solved that problem by taking my angle grinder to the anode rod, reducing the diameter of the part of the rod that lies within the fittings between the tank and the “T” junction for the garden hose.  Now the water should flow much more freely out of the hose:

B ordered a quadcopter for herself, and today it arrived.  M took some photos to show how tiny her quadcopter is compared to his:

Trish continues crocheting shoes for imaginary family members:

This afternoon I went out for a PPG flight:

Sue flew by as I set up:

Liftoff of flight #69:

On a lark, I went up to 1,000 feet AGL:

From up here, its easy to see all the Salton City streets with no housing on them:

Our RV is in the lower right:

A couple of our larger PPC brethren were flying this evening as well:

More baby booties: