Stupid, stupid, stupid....

Agree last night to help friend build speaker boxes for his bass boat (yah, right...200hp Evinrude on the back...good for very fast bass, I guess!)...night before...rush to load all the airplane gear up in the truck bed...load all the speaker box stuff in the front of the truck...arrive at friend's house at 8 AM...finish helping buddy build and install speaker boxes in boat at 1 PM (sounds awesome BTW)...he offers to buy lunch...too good a deal to pass up...finish lunch at 1:30...on the road to flying field (40 minute drive!! [:'(] )...temperature a cool 94 in the shade... get plane out...assemble...double check charge, throws...fuel up...take 'glamour shots'...remove wheel pants (man does this gear flex!!)....reset wheels to max inboard position...better...engine starts sooo easy....conduct taxi tests...all looking good...small landing strip...power poles at one end...should be no problem....lots of wing area...landings will need to be very accurate...okay, ground handling good...man is this field rough...okay taxi tests done...go back to pits, top off charge on ignition, check things over...battery on field box is dead.

You have got to be kidding me.

Really?

Really.

Ignition battery is reading in the green on the ESV, but it is the lower 1/3...

Aaaargh.

No flying today. More engine testing (and "high speed" taxi testing...).

Back home...

Guess what is on charge? Field box AND ignition battery.

Early start tomorrow.