Monthly Archives: July 2010
Old Times and Old Friends…
We left the Moose Lodge in Jackson about 9:00 am, first heading down the road about 8 miles to Pearl, MS to have the breakfast buffet at Shoney’s.
I always enjoy the looks on people’s faces as 63 feet of RV and toad come trundling thru the parking lot along with the cars. When we are thinking of stopping at a restaurant on the road like this, I usually use Google Maps and Google Street View to check out the area for parking opportunities. So far we’ve always been able to make it work. Here we are in Rawlins, WY.
Except for some rough roads in MS, the trip was pretty smooth and easy. We arrived at the Capital City RV Park in Montgomery AL about 2:45 pm and got set up.
About 4 pm we called our friends Fred and Susan Springall to set up a time to get together for dinner tonight
Fred and I worked together at Storer Cable TV here in Montgomery from Aug 1977 to December 1978 when I moved to Houston to go to work for NASA. Although we kept in touch with Christmas cards and such, this is the first time we’ve seen each other in almost 32 years. We’ve got a lot to catch up on.
We went over to their house about 5 pm, and after talking over old times with Fred and his wife Susan, we drove over to a nearby Country’s BBQ for a great dinner of Alabama BBQ. Jan had a Sliced Pork Plate, and I had a Conglomeration Platter, a conglomeration of Ribs, Sliced Pork, and Sliced Beef.
MMM! MMM! Good!
After dinner we drove back over the RV park to give Fred and Susan a tour of our rig. We put out some chairs and spent more time talking. About 8:30 pm we said our goodnights, and they headed home. We’ll probably get together one more time before we leave.
That normally would have been it for the night, except for more thing.
About 11:30 pm we lost shore power for about a minute and then it came right back on. And went off again, and again.
The bad thing was that the 2nd time it went off I was saving this blog post, and since the write to the Hard Drive was interrupted, I lost everything. That’s why I’m late posting today, or last night, actually.
Turns out it was my Electrical Management System dropping the shore power because the voltage was too high, over 132 volts!
After some investigation, at 1:30 in the morning, I found I could use the 20 amp service OK. It was only about 125 volts, and that was enough to run 1 A/C.
This morning the voltage was back down to 122 so I switched back to 50 amp. I can only figure that’s it’s jacked to take the A/C load in the heat of the day, And then at night the voltage spikes high.
If you don’t have an EMS, you would never see the problem, but it really shortens the life of anything electrical plugged into it.
We’ll see what happens tonight.
More tomorrow…
Quote of the day:
We are the people our parents warned us about. – Jimmy Buffett
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Going Back to Jackson…
Going back to Jackson by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
We left Miss Ellie’s RV Park about 10:15 am heading for Jackson, MS about 230 miles away. We were hoping to stay at the Moose Lodge in Jackson, but I couldn’t get anyone on the phone to find out if they had a site available.
I tried at 9 am, and then again at 10, right before we hit the road. No luck.
Finally, a little after 1 pm, only about 90 minutes out of Jackson, I got a hold of someone who said they had a site with full hookups available.
We got there about 2:30 pm and got set up. This Moose lodge has 3 sites, 1 50 amp and 2 30 amp sites, with water and sewer hookups. It doesn’t look like anyone has stayed here in a while. And one water tap is not working..
But it’s perfect for us, and free too. The manager said the the first night was free. I told him we’d only be here one night, and he said “No problem”.
After we got set up and settle in, we headed down the road about a half a mile to Sonny’s BBQ, one of our two favorite BBQ places. (The other one is Famous Dave’s BBQ.)
After a great BBQ meal of ribs, sliced pork, beans, corn, fries,and Mac N Cheese, we drove over to a nearby Krogers to pick up some groceries, and then it was home for the night to watch Dr. Who.
Tomorrow we head over to Montgomery, AL for a couple of days to catch up with some old friends we still correspond with, but haven’t seen in person for over 30 years.
Quote of the day:
We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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