On the road south

September 15 – What a nasty morning!  Rainy again!  I thought I’d have a black eye but only a swollen eyebrow and it was really sore.

Bill wasn’t too excited about driving but he took the first shift.  It was the worst!  There was no much construction on I-75 the whole way.  They added more burn and where we had to drive in the right lane was on all the patching so it was hard to keep straight and it was bumpy all the way.  Plus there was the rain.  Eventually when we stopped for fuel Bill asked if I’d drive, so I did.  I finished us up for the day in Mount Vernon, KY at Renfro Valley Campground.  We got in abut 4:30 after all the road work and rain and it was nice out.  It was just on the cusp of being hot but once we opened the windows it was nice.  Knowing we were heading into AC country I hauled out our RV manuals to find how to clear the Er code on the AC control.  Of course it didn’t even mention trouble shooting so I called the manufacturer and asked for customer service.  A very nice guy told me to take the control cover off and find the wires leading to a 9-pin module.  Unplug it for 5 minutes, plug it back in and wait 5 minutes before trying the control.  No problem!  The cover came right off and I found the wires but the module seemed to be stuck.  I got out the step stool and a flashlight and could clearly see it and the wires had a little give to them but I was leery of pulling too hard and ripping out the wires.  So I looked online and found a Camping World just off I-75 in Chattanooga and called and asked if we could stop by on our way tomorrow and see if they could get the module out.  They said sure, but I figured it wouldn’t be quite so easy once we arrived.

After setting up we took our books outside to the picnic table with some gluten free pretzels and wine for me and Snapple for Bill and relaxed until dinner time.  Actually I had put a tomato sauce on to simmer for a quick version of chicken Parmesan later.  The area we are in only had 6-8 RV’s and Bill was over chatting with our neighbor who is a full timer.  The sites are all pull thru and very long so that was good.

We had our chicken and some baked acorn squash and settled in to read.  By bedtime it was raining lightly but through the night it got harder and louder on the roof.