RV Tank Monitor Solution: Mopeka Sensors

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A Simple and Elegant RV Tank Monitor Solution

Our travel trailer is almost 10 years old and the Tank Monitor has been a constant struggle. This system is the typical unit found on most RVs these days. First, it isn’t very accurate. Secondly, the sensors in the gray and black water tanks often become contaminated, requiring cleaning and flushing. Lastly, we don’t have a way to monitor our LPG (propane) levels.

In this post I will share installation tips, advantages and disadvantage of the Mopeka Tank Sensors.

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10 Days Camping At Lake Mead

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Lake Mead, June 2023 — the lake level used to cover all of the light colored areas in the foreground and background

Just returned from Lake Mead a few days ago.

Over the past 23 years Joyce and I have spent more than 1,000 nights camping at Lake Mead, which is the largest reservoir, by capacity, in the United States. In addition, I have done numerous solo backpacking and bicycle trips in the area.

Much of Lake Mead is within the boundaries of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, which is administered by the National Park Service. At just under 1.5 million acres, Lake Mead NRA has a plethora of outdoor recreational activities.

In recent years Lake Mead and its declining water level has frequently been in the news. Many people wonder how this winter’s record snowfall in the Western US has impacted the lake. 

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The Desert in Bloom, Part 2

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At the end of April, I shared pictures of the desert in bloom in this post. I also mentioned that the flowers in the higher elevations hadn’t reached their peak and that should happen in a couple of weeks. We had returned home because I had jury duty and we had some doctor appointments. Three weeks after that trip we left home to return to the Mojave Desert.

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Weber Baby Q Carrying Bag

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The Weber Baby Q grill has been a centerpiece of our camping trips for at least 20 years. At first the grill was stored in our camper. Inside storage left odors in the camper even if stored outside of the living space of the camper.

So for nearly 20 years it has been stored it in a plastic container. It is stored in our garage. Before each trip, it is moved to the camper. Even though the storage container was similar in size to the grill, it was kinda big and bulky.

It was finally time to search for a better option, an option that wasn’t available in the past.

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The Desert in Bloom

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Finally getting our lives back into normal mode. More about that later.

Southern California received an inordinate amount of rain the first three months of this year, which we desperately needed.  Instead of being able to use my telescope every night at home, as in the past, I only had about 12 good nights for telescope use in the first quarter of 2023.

As many had hoped, some of our deserts experienced a wildflower super bloom. As the bloom reached its peak, the Coachella Music Festival opened. Along with the reported 250,000 fans that attended the festival, hordes of social media people descended upon our desert to take selfies and trample flowers.

Being rational people, Joyce and I left for the eastern Mojave Desert for a couple weeks of camping solitude.

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