It’s been a challenging first day. We got off to a late start due to problems turning on the data service on the cell phone. During lunch just north of Chattanooga near the Tennessee river we realized we left the power supply for the laptop at home. Pretty much a disaster for bloggers. South of Mont Eagle we spotted a Walmart and got one there. Life is good again. However, while there we started the gen to run the A/C and discovered the coach batteries were very low. Irene went on the internet north of Mont Eagle and located a distributor of the type of coach battery we have in Clarksville, TN our destination. We went there and they determined the batteries were bad. We think this was caused by the paint shop letting the batteries totally discharge. We think we can recover them through a process called “equalization” which we can do ourselves once we have time.
George was pleased with how the coach performed going over Mont Eagle particularly since we just changed over to a new engine coolant. Pulling the grade the engine and transmission temp actually went down presumably because the radiator fan kicked to a higher speed.
When we came out of the battery place we noticed that our back up camera was not working. George called our friend George Sanders in Birmingham who had a suggestion that got it going.
Once in the campground, George accidentally left the water fill valve on. The fresh water tank overflowed attracting the attention of the camp ground patrol. All is well now. The campground is very nice and attractive.
There’s always tomorrow! We’re excited. We’ll be crossing the mighty Ohio river as we approach Evansville, IN.
1 comment:
Sounds like you guys had a rough day. Hopefully all the bad things are finished and the rest of your trip will be happy. Too bad we will miss you in Michigan in September, but hopefully we will cross paths later this month, maybe in Minnesota. Keep in touch. We will send updates of our itinerary as we firm some things up.
Myron
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