Starlink DC

I moved my Starlink to 12v DC on my RV. I did get a GL iNet installed with an ATT SIM and a T-Mobile SIM. Deleting the starlink router and converting it to 12v makes the system complete.

5g router

https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-x3000/

DC converter for Starlink

Search for YAOSHENG

Poe injector

RJ45 adapter

48v converter

Wattage goes from 60+ Watts to 30+ Watts on DC. Not half but close. The whole kit reduces the space needed and everyone connects to the gl iNet router and the router figures it where to get Internet and has failover. Internet just works. Pep wave is nice but costs a lot more and gl iNet has most of the features and works well. Good open source software and just works. I use the lower end routers with wiregaurd VPN to make it look like I'm home from anywhere in the world.

Trip to Roswell

Looking at traveling to Roswell New Mexico. Is it just my nerd bucket list of saying I have gone to Roswell, the Alien crash site and Area 51. Who knows. Somewhere I've wanted to go. It should be interesting.

Internet data in Mexico

Cell phone data in Mexico is cheap. Get an Amigo Prepaid sim for an unlocked gsm phone and text bajo15 to 5050. There are other amounts of data and time but bajo15 gives you the best price and length. 600MB for 15 days. You also get a local number for friends in Mexico to call you. You can usually get through a month and spend less than $30. There are other vendors that sell USB modems for laptops.

Places to day trip around San Francisco

Head northeast and set the gps to Fairfield, Ca.
The Jelly Belly factory is off of I-80 and highway 12.
They have tours every day of the week but the factory is only in production Monday through Friday. The tour is 40 minutes and they have a nice gift shop and a small restaurant. It’s a lot of fun for everyone.

Head to Saratoga, Ca south of Cupertino past the Apple headquarters. Go to the main Street of Saratoga and keep going on highway 9. When you get to the fork in the road highway 9 turns off to the right. Keep going straight to highway 236 this will take you into big basin redwoods, State Park. A nice park is full of redwood trees and close to Silicon Valley.

Go across the Golden Gate Bridge and on the other side is gate 6 1/2 Road in Sausalito where the houseboats live. Be careful walking around this is private property after all. It is going to fun and there are some really cool houseboats.

A little further north is Highway 131 that takes you to Mill Valley. In the center of town is a little book store that has a café. They make really good sandwiches and really good coffee. Sitting outside your right in the middle of town and you can see everything, a few redwood trees and all the foot traffic going back and forth.

Over in the southeast bay in Fremont, Ca. If you get off on Automall Parkway and take a left on grimmer Boulevard it’ll take you right to Lake Elizabeth. You can walk around the lake. There are some nice places for the kids to play and there’s always different types of waterfowl to look at.

On the other side of Lake Elizabeth if you take Stevenson Boulevard to Mission Boulevard when you go across Alameda Creek take a left on Niles Boulevard and that takes you to a little Oldtown that used to be called Niles. It is still intact but it’s part of Fremont now. A nice little strip of shops and restaurants.

Austin – Things to do

• The bats under South Congress Bridge
  • Don't stand under the bridge. The bats will shower you as they come out at dusk.
  • It is next to the Newspaper building.
  • On the bridge is a good view of the Texas capital building too.
• Rudy's BBQ
  • There are many places for good BBQ but Rudy's is fun.
  • Who knew you could get great BBQ in a gas station.
  • Order the sissy sauce for fun.
  • The turkey and brisket are the best.
  • Some of the locations have prime rib. It is the best smoked meat ever.
  • The sauce is not as sweet and has lots of black pepper.
  • If you are lucky they might even have sugar Dr. Pepper.
• County Line BBQ
  • Go to the one on ranch road near Bull Creek.
• Fonda San Miguel for fancy Mexican food
• Austin Food Trucks
  • They have some of the best food trucks and it is an adventure to find them.
• There are many parks in the area.
• Ladybird lake park
• There are many along Lake Austin.
• Go to the Round Rock of Round Rock, TX
  • Dell used to have it's headquarters here
• The yellow donuts of Round Rock, TX
• They are yellow for the eggs they use.
• They have a special chicken farmer that produces the eggs for them.