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2021 Trip To Texas

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Re: 2021 Trip To Texas

Post by JEBar » Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:42 pm

well, some of today went exactly as planned .... other parts went nothing as planned .... the best part has been a truly beautiful day in the neighborhood .... it actually got so warm that for a couple of hours we had to run bot of our camper's roof mounted AC's .. :D .. I did go to put up our flag but the rear end of the camper is so far off of the ground doing so would require getting our our expanding ladder .... yes, that could be done but the ground back there is so wet and soft that its going to have to dry out .... about 10AM the water went off .... that caught us by surprise because this campground usually sends a notification text the day before .... as it turned out, they did send one out yesterday morning but we didn't the message ....our onboard supply was very low because of having to use it a couple of nights on our drive .... a grocery shopping trip was scheduled for tomorrow, so we about 4PM we figured the best way to ensure the water would come back on was to drive over to Willis today .. :idea: .. we returned back to the camper about an hour later and sure enough, the water was back on .... later we fired up the Traveler and grilled/smoked some chicken
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Re: 2021 Trip To Texas

Post by Hatchdog » Thu Jan 14, 2021 9:15 am

Happy to hear you had to run your A/C’s. A good problem to have. :D

Just curious, is shutting the water off a normal practice and if so why?
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Re: 2021 Trip To Texas

Post by JEBar » Thu Jan 14, 2021 11:00 am

Hatchdog wrote:
Thu Jan 14, 2021 9:15 am
Just curious, is shutting the water off a normal practice and if so why?
the core of the water pipe system is old and this park is expanding like crazy .... a year ago they shut it off a few times to install new valves and such .... no clue what the problem was this time
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Re: 2021 Trip To Texas

Post by JEBar » Thu Jan 14, 2021 8:00 pm

​its been a good day .... no, its been a really good day .. [Click and drag to move] .. the RV Tech we have known for years and who has taken care of many issues for us came by .... our biggest concern was our Sportchassis leaking coolant .... we were afraid that the water pump was going bad and had visions of a large repair bill .... as it turned out, the pressure cap on the coolant tank is bad .. Image .. right after breakfast in the morning, we will most definitely head for the nearest auto parts​
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Re: 2021 Trip To Texas

Post by BigAl52 » Thu Jan 14, 2021 8:47 pm

Glad you dont need anything serious. Went out today to go to town in the Dodge and had to use our lithium battery jumper to start the Dodge. Batteries are over 5 years old so I need new batteries. Will take care of that tomorrow.
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Re: 2021 Trip To Texas

Post by JEBar » Thu Jan 14, 2021 9:58 pm

any more, good batteries ain't cheap .... but then, everything seems to cost more than I think it should .... earlier today I was looking at the brochure they give you when you check into this campground .... one of the business advertisements I noticed is a company that will come here and install new Interstate batteries ....
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Post by BigAl52 » Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:18 pm

I got interstate batteries when I bought the Cedar Creek from the dealer. I thought they would be good batteries as I know they have a good reputation. But after losing both of them a 18 months later I dont think I will be buying those again. They are no longer owned by the same company. I was told this by batteries plus. Thats where I bought our current batteries for the 5er. Im not sure what I will get tomorrow but I know it wont be Interstate.
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Re: 2021 Trip To Texas

Post by JEBar » Fri Jan 15, 2021 6:50 pm

good examples taken today of why we spend our winters in Texas and don't head northwest to Estelline, SD where we spend our summers .. :D
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Re: 2021 Trip To Texas

Post by markiver54 » Fri Jan 15, 2021 7:56 pm

I'd say! That's a pretty good reason!!😮
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Re: 2021 Trip To Texas

Post by BigAl52 » Fri Jan 15, 2021 8:27 pm

We have already made plans for next winter. We will be here again on Dec 1st of this year leaving here and going to Brownsville Feb 1 of 2022 and staying there until March 19th. Im not missing the cold at home at all.
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