2 steps forward and 3 steps back!!

August 7 – The saga continues!  We ran the generator a couple of hours while we ate, showered and got ready to go into town for groceries.  It was expected to be a nice cool day so we left Molly with all the windows open.

On the way in we stopped at Home Depot to get 2  5 gallon gas cans to refill our diesel as it was down to ½ tank this morning.  No cans available.  None at Walmart.  So we did our shopping and I brought ice packs today as we didn’t know how many stops we’d make.

Bill dropped me at Aldi while he filled the truck tank.  Then we stopped in downtown and had a nice lunch.  He had a BLT and I had a delicious bowl of corn chowder with chicken.  The 2 post offices we passed going in to town were closed for counter service due to no electricity, but the one downtown was open and I took a package to mail.  Then we left for Bolton to a specialty vet store to get Molly’s prescription food.  Bill called a local vet in town as we normally get it from a vet if there’s no PetSmart and they said all the vets in the area require to see and examine the cat.  Well, we were not paying for an office visit on top of $30 for a bag of food.  She told Bill about the specialty vet store so we stopped there and it was quick and simple.

We passed Pam’s son’s RV place and turned around to stop in and check the status of our AC and side view mirror but he was busy with someone and we left word for him to call. 

On the ride home we saw tons more orange cones in the road and many, many downed trees and trees leaning on wires.  We did see 3 power trucks from NY turn on to the road so maybe they were finishing one area and moving to the next.

It was pretty warm in the RV when we got home so we shut it up and turned on the generator and once it was up and running, turned on the AC.  That lasted about 5 minutes and the generator shut down with the same code.  I called Bill over from chatting with the neighbor and it was leaking fluid, he thinks it’s antifreeze.  Crap, crap, crap!  It was 4:45 when we called into the RV place and got Eric, the owner.  Bill went over what had transpired and we have to pack it up and take it in on Monday morning.  What a huge bummer!

I cooked dinner on the grill and our neighbor attempted to run a cord from his generator to our fridge but the cord needed to be male on both ends!  Bill is going in the morning to get a new cord and a replacement plug and turn it into males on both ends. 

Are we having fun yet?