Finally out of Texas!
We have had three travel days since we left home last Friday and we finally got out of Texas. We spent tonight in Santa Rosa, NM and will travel across New Mexico tomorrow before stopping in Gallup, NM for the evening. On Thursday we will travel from Gallup to Williams, AZ where we will spend two nights.
In the metroplex we discovered that we had an electrical problem and after contacting my friend in Louisiana computed that I needed to replace my house batteries. So $1100 and six batteries later we have that problem solved, hopefully. We also noticed that we were having a problem with our outside cooler which normally is too cold. Now even on the coldest setting, normally this would freeze everything, nothing was even cold. Since we use the outside fridge for our water, sodas, and other drinks (read beer) it was off to Camping World on Saturday to pick up a new portable refrigerator. Another $600 gone but hopefully another problem solved. On Monday we drove to Goodlett, TX and Tippy noticed that the inside fridge wasn't as cold as usual so she turned it up and then later turned it up again. It is now on 9, the highest setting, and it still wasn't as cold as usual but it was still making ice and we don't think we will lose any food, hopefully. We will try to have someone look at the fridge while we are in Williams to see if there is an easy fix, seems unlikely based on our recent experience.
While driving to Santa Rosa today our GPS mentioned that it had lost satellite reception a few times but always got it back after a short time. Then as we neared Santa Rosa it did it again but never came back. I checked the Garmin website, downloaded the newest software, already had it but re-installed it anyhow with no change. I have now written an e-mail to Garmin Tech to see if there is a fix. After searching their website I wasn't able to find the problem in a FAQ but hopefully, boy I have been using that word a lot, it can be fixed without replacing the unit.
The glass is half full attitude seems the best and we hope that we are getting all of the hiccups out of the way at the beginning of our trip. We still look forward to seeing old friends, double meaning here, again and playing some golf and having some good laughs. I will try to provide an update in a day or so but please pray for us and be safe.
In the metroplex we discovered that we had an electrical problem and after contacting my friend in Louisiana computed that I needed to replace my house batteries. So $1100 and six batteries later we have that problem solved, hopefully. We also noticed that we were having a problem with our outside cooler which normally is too cold. Now even on the coldest setting, normally this would freeze everything, nothing was even cold. Since we use the outside fridge for our water, sodas, and other drinks (read beer) it was off to Camping World on Saturday to pick up a new portable refrigerator. Another $600 gone but hopefully another problem solved. On Monday we drove to Goodlett, TX and Tippy noticed that the inside fridge wasn't as cold as usual so she turned it up and then later turned it up again. It is now on 9, the highest setting, and it still wasn't as cold as usual but it was still making ice and we don't think we will lose any food, hopefully. We will try to have someone look at the fridge while we are in Williams to see if there is an easy fix, seems unlikely based on our recent experience.
While driving to Santa Rosa today our GPS mentioned that it had lost satellite reception a few times but always got it back after a short time. Then as we neared Santa Rosa it did it again but never came back. I checked the Garmin website, downloaded the newest software, already had it but re-installed it anyhow with no change. I have now written an e-mail to Garmin Tech to see if there is a fix. After searching their website I wasn't able to find the problem in a FAQ but hopefully, boy I have been using that word a lot, it can be fixed without replacing the unit.
The glass is half full attitude seems the best and we hope that we are getting all of the hiccups out of the way at the beginning of our trip. We still look forward to seeing old friends, double meaning here, again and playing some golf and having some good laughs. I will try to provide an update in a day or so but please pray for us and be safe.
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