Oct. 28, 2009

From near Garrison, Texas.
Sunshine this morning. I went with Herb to take his brother to the doctor in Nacogdoches. He had to have x-rays to check the healing progress of his broken leg.
When we have visited Herb and JoNell we have always plugged into 2o amp 115 v service. Herb and I decided to remedy this so that if needed we could run air conditioning. While in Nacogdoches we went to Lowes to pick up a 30 amp breaker and waterproof receptacle. Herb already had the wire, so with stops at a couple of RV stores we picked up both male and female plugs to make up a power cord long enough to reach from the barn to where we park. Herb’s son also parks his trailer in the same place, so he can also use the power cord.
Do monkeys love footballs? We got everything put together and plugged in to the couch. Whoops wiring error, nothing coming through. We took the plugs apart and checked the wiring, I had got that right. We took the receptacle apart, Herb had that right too. We put it all back together. Viola, no wiring errors and 120 volts reading on the ESP and 30 amps reading on the power control system central monitor panel.
This little job had taken all afternoon and by 6 PM everyone was starving. We decided to go to the Cotton Patch in Nacogdoches. Why do we keep going there? We should go to Tyler, it’s easier to spell. We all had excellent meals once the waiter got fresh fries on the table.
Back to the house and an exciting Chicken Foot game. From previous blogs you can probably guess who won. His initials are Herb Perley.
I had filled the water tank earlier and when we got to the coach Gerri started to do wash. Remember the monkey and the football? No volts coming in and a wiring error message on the monitor panel. Start with basics, the breaker wasn’t thrown, both ends plugged in. Humm, what could the matter be? A close inspection showed that when the cord plugged into the receptacle it was on a little bit of an angle. When the lid to the weather proof box came down it moved the plug just enough to break the connection. Off with the waterproof part. A jury rigged plastic bottle fitted over the box to keep out the rain and we were back in business.
Tomorrow we will have clean clothes.
All is well in Barkerville. Well almost. With the new power cord I didn’t need as much shore cord coming out of the coach. I tried to reel it in no dice. There is a sound like gears not meshing completely. So tomorrows plans now include trying to see if I can fix that problem so the shore power cord can be reeled in.
I love the adventure of living and traveling in a motorhome. But sometimes the adventure isn’t what I plan.