Dean & Linda Stock
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May 21, 2013 Day 4 Redding, CA
We are off on our encore trip back to The Land of the Midnight Sun. We'll see new places and old favorites.
I had planned on starting my log when we crossed into Canada. However, our adventure has already begun, so the log must also.
On Day 2 we started a 3-night stay at Lake Tahoe's Harrah's Casino. We parked the coach in a secure parking lot behind Harrah's, and Dean went out twice a day to charge the batteries. Last night, he noticed that the batteries had gone down too low, and he had a fault code, but it was too late to call anyone. So he decided to go out very early this morning. When he arrived this morning, he discovered that the inverter wasn't working at all. He called the manufacturer, got a temporary fix and the name of the nearest factory-authorized repair shop--over 300 miles away.
In the hotel room, I was casually preparing for a lovely shower when Dean barged in and blew my plans. I was supposed to have another lovely day and night in Tahoe. "Time to get out of Dodge, gotta go." In less than an hour, we were underway. Dean planned his own route instead of using either of the GPS-planned routes, part of which would rival Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, along CA 193, a windy route that is under re-construction. Papers flew, the cat found a hiding spot between wall, trash can, and my chair, and the kitchen chairs went for a walk, despite being bungi-corded together.
Once the road straightened out a bit, I called the repair shop. Amanda tells me, "We are NEW! So please bear with us." It seems that we will be their first drive-in inverter repair. (Shudder!) They have repaired two other inverters, both of which were sent to them and then they sent them back out. (Oh, dear!) Then she told me that we should NOT come in at 8:00 when they open, but instead at 9:00 so they would have an hour to prepare for us. (Any atom of confidence I may have had has now flown out the window!)
Then even more bad news! The inverter is now working perfectly. But, we know it has a problem. How will these novices be able to diagnose it? Will they tell us they have it fixed, and will we then discover later in the middle of the Yukon that it isn't? The last time we had a problem with the inverter we had to wait for a part for it for 7-10 days in Whitehorse, Yukon, (Dean says 7, I say 10, and it seemed like an eternity). It's worked great ever since. Until we set off for Alaska...... I think our inverter is allergic to Alaska!
RVing is an adventure--usually good, sometimes not so much, but always interesting.
We did find a great RV park--Fawndale Oaks RV Park, $29.70, FHU, escorted to a pull-thru at 8:20, so-so Wifi, cable TV but Dean says it's too dark to hook it up, very nice managers.
Tom, I didn't mean to capitalize Alaska on my title--can you fix it? Thanks.
We are off on our encore trip back to The Land of the Midnight Sun. We'll see new places and old favorites.
I had planned on starting my log when we crossed into Canada. However, our adventure has already begun, so the log must also.
On Day 2 we started a 3-night stay at Lake Tahoe's Harrah's Casino. We parked the coach in a secure parking lot behind Harrah's, and Dean went out twice a day to charge the batteries. Last night, he noticed that the batteries had gone down too low, and he had a fault code, but it was too late to call anyone. So he decided to go out very early this morning. When he arrived this morning, he discovered that the inverter wasn't working at all. He called the manufacturer, got a temporary fix and the name of the nearest factory-authorized repair shop--over 300 miles away.
In the hotel room, I was casually preparing for a lovely shower when Dean barged in and blew my plans. I was supposed to have another lovely day and night in Tahoe. "Time to get out of Dodge, gotta go." In less than an hour, we were underway. Dean planned his own route instead of using either of the GPS-planned routes, part of which would rival Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, along CA 193, a windy route that is under re-construction. Papers flew, the cat found a hiding spot between wall, trash can, and my chair, and the kitchen chairs went for a walk, despite being bungi-corded together.
Once the road straightened out a bit, I called the repair shop. Amanda tells me, "We are NEW! So please bear with us." It seems that we will be their first drive-in inverter repair. (Shudder!) They have repaired two other inverters, both of which were sent to them and then they sent them back out. (Oh, dear!) Then she told me that we should NOT come in at 8:00 when they open, but instead at 9:00 so they would have an hour to prepare for us. (Any atom of confidence I may have had has now flown out the window!)
Then even more bad news! The inverter is now working perfectly. But, we know it has a problem. How will these novices be able to diagnose it? Will they tell us they have it fixed, and will we then discover later in the middle of the Yukon that it isn't? The last time we had a problem with the inverter we had to wait for a part for it for 7-10 days in Whitehorse, Yukon, (Dean says 7, I say 10, and it seemed like an eternity). It's worked great ever since. Until we set off for Alaska...... I think our inverter is allergic to Alaska!
RVing is an adventure--usually good, sometimes not so much, but always interesting.
We did find a great RV park--Fawndale Oaks RV Park, $29.70, FHU, escorted to a pull-thru at 8:20, so-so Wifi, cable TV but Dean says it's too dark to hook it up, very nice managers.
Tom, I didn't mean to capitalize Alaska on my title--can you fix it? Thanks.