New Mexico Expedition 8

A quick well visit
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Yet another transformer that I tried failed, so we drove to Albuquerque and bought a cheap 220V generator at Sam's. I'll wire in a real plug in the next couple weeks, until then it was this kludge.
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Starting the generator, the well finally works.
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The water started out awfully full of rock flour from the well having been drilled.
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But after rinsing the well out a few times it started to clear up okay.
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Schamali with well water.
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Poodles love mud.
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Fun with mud.
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Geometry for poodles: The shortest distance between two points is the one that maximizes the puddles walked through.