August 20, 2017—Tomorrow is the day that earth stands still.
No, wait. It won’t stand still, but it will get dark in the middle of the day
when the earth experiences a total eclipse.
We are in Eutawville, S.C., on Lake Marion near Santee. The
RV park is in line of the total eclipse. Our hope is that the clouds will
disappear and we will be able to get the full experience of this
once-in-a-lifetime happening. After the eclipse, we intend to launch our kayaks
on this large lake and seek out some unsuspecting bass, pan fish, or catfish.
We don’t care what, just so long as the beasties take a bite of our bait.
It wouldn’t be an RV
trip without misadventure or two, would
it? (I guess we made an exception to that rule the last trip that we took, but
all good things have to come to an end.)
Several months ago we had a new cooling unit installed in
our refrigerator. It worked OK the last couple of trips we took. But when we
turned the fridge on Friday (it takes a long time to cool down adequately), we
discovered that it was not cooling. Not good.
The unit itself is under warranty, but that doesn’t help
keep our food cold on this trip. So, we took down a couple of ice coolers and
are camping the old-fashioned way, at least with respect to keeping our food
stuffs cold.
Our other misadventure is relatively minor—a dead battery in
our tow car. Fords are notorious for this malady. Jim had installed a trickle
charge, but for the last two trips, we have suffered a dead battery. Thank
goodness for those portable battery charges. At less than $50 on eBay, our
charger has saved the day for us. (I highly recommend having one on-hand. You
never know when you will need a jump-start.)
I am writing this on Sunday evening, but I don’t know when I
will have it posted. My mifi connection is weak; I may have to wait until I get
home.
Until later,
Your Reluctant RoVer,
Linda
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