Day: January 2, 2020

Thursday (02-January-2020) — North Carolina to New Jersey

Gone to See Florida — 2019/2020 Road Trip.

Second day of the trip back home. A Garmin VIRB-360 camera was set up to record the trip as a time-lapse video — presented as a Little Planet drive. A little over 9 hours travel time, 576 miles, and 32 mpg (diesel). For whatever reason, the Garmin didn’t record location info for the entire trip, I used the information recorded by my White Rhino.

Daily Electric Energy Used (58.7 kWh) from Sense and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (28.3 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. A deficit of 30.4 kWh. Most of the hydroponic gardens were off or only on for fewer hours. The geothermal HVAC and hybrid heat-pump hot water heater used more energy to bring the house out of vacation mode.

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Eleven-Years Ago (02-January-2009) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

On the daily walkabout, I only observed a White-throated Sparrow and male Northern Cardinal.

White-throated Sparrow perched on a vine. Image taken with a Nikon D700 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 1600, 400 mm, f/8, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)
White-throated Sparrow perched on a vine. Image taken with a Nikon D700 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 1600, 400 mm, f/8, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)
Male Northern Cardinal perched on a vine. Image taken with a Nikon D700 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 1600, 400 mm, f/8, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)
Male Northern Cardinal perched on a vine. Image taken with a Nikon D700 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 1600, 400 mm, f/8, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)