Day 2 of the new adventure

May 24

Today is a new day for a new adventure.  We both were getting more comfortable driving but not so much to the clatter of dishes and stuff in storage.  We left about 8:30 but had some problems with the control panel for the leveling system.  The jacks were up but it kept saying they were down.  Bill called La Mesa and got our salesman and he told him some code sequence to clear it.  Later when I was driving the dash panel said we needed to change the oil in 200 miles.  Bill was told it was changed and was good for 10,000 miles so he called the salesman again and he said the always change the oil in trade in rigs but the mechanic failed to reset the computer.  To get it off the screen we’d have to take it to a mechanic.  Not on our buck you can be sure!

Once we got in to VA the roadkill changed to deer of all sizes.  What a waste!  All that venison left on the road, some even attached to car parts! 

Molly napping on the sofa while
we did the driving!

This was our long day of almost 400 miles.  Normally we go about 350, so we were both tired.  We arrived at the South Forty RV Resort just south of Petersburg and it was not what we would classify as a resort.  It was a decent campground with a pool and playground but not a resort by any means.  Nice people!  We were parked by a couple from Ocala who were on their first RV trip in his new travel trailer.  I gather they had their share of problems also.  Once we got hooked up we went into town in search of phone chargers as I could not find the bag they were in and most stuff had been put away.  I had called Kam last night to ask her to go over and make a search of the house and check out where we park our RV but no luck.  I also discovered my file packet with my checkbook was missing but that was at the house so Kam will send later
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We got our chargers and came back to the campground to have dinner at the small Italian restaurant that is owned by the lady who owns the campground.  She does all the cooking and the staff raved about it.  Well they must be used to Pizza Hut for Italian because it was definitely not worth the price for the food.  The best part was the salad and they didn’t even have an olive.  What self respecting Italian would serve a salad with no olives?  As we were waiting for our food our neighbor lady brought in the couple beside her and they told us as they walked up they saw water running off the roof of our RV but didn’t understand the cause.  Now what?  The husband turned off the water faucet but didn’t know what else to do.  I know Bill felt really stressed and the lady offered for us to go and she’d wait for our meals and bring them but we said oh well, it will still be there when we get there.  We discussed what it could be and figured the only thing was if while he was chatting with the neighbors and not paying attention to hooking up the water he hooked it to the tank sprayer and since we were not hooked up to sewer it filled the black tank and created a geyser up the roof exhaust vent.  The question was how much water backed up out of the toilet and if our place was flooded.  I knew Bill was really antsy to go so as soon as we ate I sent him on while I paid the check and boxed our leftover side dishes of pasta with sauce.  We finally got a break!  Our suspicion was correct and he easily made the correction and drained the tank.  By the time I got there he had cleaned up the little bit of water that came out of the toilet.  Timing is everything and the neighbors must have seen it right when it was starting to overflow.  I can’t imagine what we would have done if the RV flooded!

I always tell Bill I’m up for an adventure but he doesn’t have to take me up on it on a daily basis!

It was too late to go to the office and use the wifi so I started writing the blog.