Sunday, August 28th., 2022…… We were up and going early even though it was a Sunday. We walked and
fed the dogs and decided that, since it was early, we would go to breakfast at
Kevin’s before she left for church. Today was a ‘relax’ day for me. I spent
most of it watching races and the finals for the Little League World Series. Hawaii
won it all. Funny though that all of the time we were in Honolulu, nobody
mentioned it and we didn’t see it on any of the bar screens while we were
there! Anyway, I needed to get caught up on everything before we leave. When she got back, she worked on loading up
her stuff in the motorhome. She also needed to rearrange some of the pots and
pans and skillets to make better use of the space. I have a list too but will
work on that tomorrow….
Monday, August 29th., 2022…… We slept in this morning. But
luckily, I remembered that I needed to get going to my 8:00am acupuncture
appointment in Corvallis! I jumped in
the shower and got dressed and out of there and was only 1 minute late! I got back from that as Cathye was meeting
Robin for breakfast here in town. Robin will be helping Jamie pack up his stuff
and Cathye wanted to talk to her about that.
While she was gone, I worked on getting 90% of my stuff out to the
motorhome. I have to wait on my laptop and a few other things but I was glad to
get started. Tomorrow, I plan to get the Honda set up with the bike rack and
get all of that gear out and loaded. We also needed to meet with Russ and Leon
today. I wanted to ask a few more questions because they seem to think they
will be able to get the engineer’s report back and get the permits so they can
finally get to start work over here! Even though we’ll be gone, we’ll be ok
with that. That only took a few minutes and we had everything set for them
if/when they come. We also had plans at
a friend’s house for dinner but that got postponed, so we went instead to Seeds
for a nice meal and drinks. After that, it was back to the house and the
doggies and some tv before bedtime.
Tuesday, August 30th., 2022…… We’ve both been working a little at a time to get things together then
out to the rig. Like I mentioned before, there are some things that have to
wait – but, for the most part, we are getting things done. I did get the Honda
washed and then got the bike rack installed and got the bikes mounted. For this
trip, I decided to remove the batteries, even though they are locked in place.
I got helmets and chargers and locks and keys all together and ready. Then I
parked the car in the garage. We won’t use it until we hook up on Thursday.
Wednesday, August 31st., 2022…… Penny came by to make sure she knows what to do while we are gone.
Mostly, it’s mail and newspapers. We didn’t stop either one because she will be
coming by to check on the house anyway. Cherrelyn also came by to visit before
we leave tomorrow. It’s always nice to see her. I told her she could come stay
here if she wants ac for a while! She
may come stay for a few days.
Thursday, September 1st., 2022…… We have a check-in time after
3:00pm at our first stop today, so we were in no big hurry to get out and
going. Cathye got all of her last-minute items loaded and so did I, so I think
we are good to go. We pulled out at around 9:45am. Our drive today was 287
miles and the longest of the whole trip! The weather is hot! Temps all day in the high 90s. We are at
Friendly RV Park in Weed CA. This is one of only two parks on this trip that
only has 30 amp electric. That was a problem when we were trying to cool down
the rig. The other problem came when I had issues getting the satellite dish up
and running. I kept getting an error message about no lnb voltage. I tried cycling
it a few times and gave up. We watched a dvd instead and went to bed early.
Friday, September 2nd.,
2022…… I found
that the satellite dish wouldn’t retract and ‘stow’ for travel so I got out the
manual and found how to remedy that. There is now an error message that the
motor is bad. ? We left around 9:00am
and went around the corner to the Flying J and fueled up. I started with ¾ of a
tank and was just under ½ when I fueled. But – I found that my gauge is
off! It took 110 gallons and it is a 150
gallon tank. So, halfway is 100 gallons and from halfway to empty is 50
gallons. Funny, I am just now figuring that out! Diesel in Weed was $6.31 a
gallon. But we are good to go and headed
out around 9:30am. The stop today was Flag City RV in Lodi. That was 265 miles.
We always try to stop at a rest area for us and the dogs so that put us in
around 2:00pm. No worries, this park is almost empty. We can’t walk the dogs
yet because the asphalt is still too hot so we just let them out on the grass
and then back into the rig. We changed into our swimsuits and hit the
pool! It was really refreshing. Cathye
is VERY susceptible to the heat and doesn’t do well after she gets to that one
level. She hit it today so the pool really helped! I tried the dish again but
had the same problem. I had talked to my satellite expert, Gary Fields, and we analyzed
that I had a bad coax cable to the lnb. I had one that would do in a pinch and
tried that. Still got the EL motor error. I told Gary that I think I fried the
base motor because the other day I didn’t unplug the unit and I’m thinking it
was cycling all night and caused the motor code. Another night of DVDs. When we
walked the dogs, we stopped by the office and they had some to look through and
take so we borrowed Maid in Manhattan and watched that again.
Saturday, September 3rd., 2022…… Today’s drive was 243 miles. We left
around 9:30am and got to Bakersfield RV resort around 2:00pm and got checked in
and parked. We immediately hooked up power and turned on both ac’s. That helped
cool the motorhome but it's still plenty hot!. The dogs got walked on the grass and
they were good to go so we hit the pool here. Very nice! I texted Stan, my brother-in-law, who lives
here in Bakersfield, and he said he was on his way to come visit for a while.
We met him in the rv park's restaurant and had a nice meal and a nice visit.
Cathye was worn out again from too much heat so we had an early night. I did get a
number for one of Gary’s friends who has done satellite installs for him.
Bottom line – I fried the base motor and Winegard doesn’t sell internal parts and
since my unit is over 10 years old, he said I needed a replacement. But because
I am going with the same make and model, he can'get one and the install would
only take a few minutes! We made
arrangements for him to come to the campground in Newport Dunes on Tuesday for
that. Yaay!
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