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Happy 4th Oliver Anniversary to Sherry and Patti, and their travel companions Momo and Franny 🎉 Sherri & Patti are experienced campers, first as backpackers and tent campers, then as truck-camper and travel trailer campers. Since they got their Oliver, they've camped primarily in the Northeast, and their favorite annual trip is out on Cape Cod, MA. Now that they're both retired, they're planning to take longer trips to other areas of the country 👏🥳 "On our way home from Hohenwald after delivery, we camped in the Great Smoky Mountains for a few days. This National Park was the first place I ever camped as a young child, with my family in a pop-up trailer. Mostly, I remember the campfire and s'mores, seeing bears, and the smells of camping in nature. I was hooked! I've loved camping since then, and was thrilled to get back to the Great Smoky Mountains NP, my camping roots, as an adult." - Sherry We wish you many more years of traveling and adventures on the road 🌟 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2Fji0-G6cQ

Happy 1st Oliver Anniversary to Joe & Lynn! 🎉 Their favorite trip during their 1st year as Oliver owners was to the Porcupine Mountains in Michigan's western Upper Peninsula (Featured in pictures below). This year, they plan to double their 2025 camping time! We wish you many more years of traveling and fun adventures down the road 🌟 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7f7_4INQoQ

Thank you, Robert! 😎 I've been preaching this for over a year now! No takers to date! All these complex setups, and I too spent a day adding a Victron 12/24 DC-DC charge controller and Ethernet for input to our Pepwave router. Cool setup, but what a waste since we haven't used it yet! Yep, cords are a pain! 🤣 You have Milwaukee M18 tools, and we have several DeWalt 20V tools that we bring with us (flashlight, vacuum, impact and leaf blower). I purchased two 10 Ah batteries just for the Starlink Mini, each will run the dish for 8 hours. You want two so one is always charged. I have an extra DeWalt charger permanently mounted in the Oliver attic. Looks like you'd be in business for only $23! BTW, 1 1/2" PVC pipe fits the Starlink Mini included mount nicely too! https://www.amazon.com/Starlink-Battery-Adapter-Compatible-Milwaukee/dp/B0FDWP191V/?th=1

hehe, well now @jd1923 you are just trying to make me sound really lazy 😉 The absence of a cord is really convenient, but when I need to wake up at 5 AM for a work call, I try to be quiet so I don’t disturb my wife. This becomes challenging when I have to open and close the door. So far, I've been using the AC adapter and turning the inverter on and off as needed. I'm considering options that don't require the inverter to be operational, so I can keep it running continuously. Still trying to weigh cost/effort/reward. So far using AC adapter has been fine and I have never been short on power.

For those of us who have been around for a few decades or so, probably have a collection of USB cords numbering anywhere from the hundreds to perhaps the thousands. I know I do. I decided to go through all of mine and sort them by type. For anyone that's not been paying attention there are currently three types of USB cables: A-B-C. Within these types there are at least five sub-types. Within all of these there are many versions of capabilities and speeds. Some will only carry data, some will only carry power. Some will carry both. Before I started sorting I wrote a little document to help me understand the differences. All this information was copied from multiple sites on the internet so I know it is all accurate. 🤪 I have included a PDF for anyone that has nothing better or more interesting to do. Enjoy... USB Cable Types.pdf

I sorted through mine a couple of years ago. I had to dig into them 6 months ago. Back in the shed are cables from around 1987 when I first got involved with Unix systems, and playing with original PCs. I left IBM 20 years ago. I just got rid of all my old manuals and programming books. My lap top is 1year old, but the desktop is 15 years old. Talking about all of this old stuff, makes my want to clean house and get rid of anything that is older than 2015. Totally retiring in May, so it’s time to embrace to future.

Or anyone else who has an assortment and no longer can identify what they each can do! Thank you so much!