Our RV Adventures

My morning started today a little before 9 with abrupt silence. Our white noise machine in the bedroom had gone quiet. And that means the power had gone off.

And that usually means that Jan has forgotten that we’re on 30 amps here.

“Jaaannn!”

“Sorrryy!”

As it was, it wasn’t Jan’s fault . . . this time.

I got dressed and went outside to reset the breaker, and discovered the real problem.

The breaker was hot, and wouldn’t reset. It was spongy like it had rubber bands inside.

I decided to let the breaker cool off and see what would happen. In the meantime I got my 30 amp to 20 amp adapter out of the electrical bay and move us over to the 20 amp outlet.

About 20 minutes later I went outside to check the breaker just as the honey wagon truck pulled up to dump our tanks. I tried the breaker again, and, although cool now, it still would not reset.

I mentioned the problem to the honey wagon guy and he said he would get someone out as soon as he could. Said the only problem might be is that they were re-epoxying the family pool this morning and they had everyone called in to work on it because once they mixed the epoxy they only had 20 minutes to get it applied. I told him no problem, and that we were doing fine on 20 amps.

But lo and behold, about 30 minutes later, a guy pulls up in a truck, checks the breaker, and starts to remove the screws on the breaker box. Luckily for him, the box was equipped with plug-in breakers, so he just had to pull out the old one and plug in the new one.

And less than 5 minutes later we had 30 amp again.

Now that’s great service!

About 12:45 Jan and I headed into Bend to see the move ‘Thor’. I was somewhat leery about the movie because I grow up reading the Thor comic books in the early 60’s, and I always hated the way they sometimes change the story completely.

On the way I got a shot of Mt. Bachelor, one of the Three Sisters mountain range, west of us. This would be our view from the park if it weren’t for all the trees.

Back to ‘Thor’, I was pleasantly surprised. They did change some of the origin facts, but that didn’t hurt the movie. We both enjoyed it and look forward to others in the series.

Leaving the cinema, we drove over to the Boston’s Pizza we had discovered yesterday. We first ate at a Boston’s in Dawson Creek, BC, Canada in 2008 on our way to Alaska, and since then we’ve stopped to eat there whenever we find one.

Once again, Boston’s did not disappoint. I don’t know what their crust is, but it’s always crispy, never doughy, and never that slick wetness on top of the crust and under the sauce. They also apparently put the pizza under a broiler for a few minutes before serving it so the pepperoni is crispy on the edges.

Just delicious!

After we got home about 5 Nick Russell called about 7:30 to talk about our plans for the next few weeks. It looks like our schedule could change, but we’ll have to wait and see.

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Thought for the Day:

Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.

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This morning started with our usual coffee and a good surprise.

Jan found another package of the Williams-Sonoma Croissants in the back of the freezer.

This is my blog post from December:

And to go with it, we had one of the gifts we got from Brandi and Lowell, a box of Williams-Sonoma Croissants.

These croissants are fantastic, so good, in fact, that they’re on the list of Oprah’s Favorites.

They come out looking like this, but they start as little frozen logs. There were two types in our box, plain and chocolate-filled. And both are delicious.

They’re shipped overnight, frozen in a Styrofoam container. You let them thaw out and rise for 9 hours and then pop them in the oven for about 15-20 minutes, or 13 minutes in our convection oven.

They come out crispy, flakey, and fantastic.

MMM! MMM! Good!

About 1:30 pm we heading out up to Bend for lunch and some shopping. On the way we dropped a package in the mail to our grandson Landon, and then it was on to Baldy’s BBQ. It was highly recommended by both locals and online, and we had to give it a try.

I mean, you’ve got to love a BBQ place that uses this logo,

and is owned by guy with my hairline. What more can I say?

I had a Combo plate with Pulled Pork, BBQ Chicken, and Beef Brisket with a delicious salad. I order the beans extra because I’d heard how good they were. This is a lot of food for $10.50.

Jan had the full rack of ribs with cole slaw, beans, spicy potato salad, and honey-jalapeno cornbread.

This was really good BBQ, with the sides to match. We’ll definitely go back again before we leave.

Leaving Baldy’s we headed over to Lowe’s to pick up some cleaning stuff, and then it was on to Fred Meyer’s for some groceries.

Leaving Fred’s we stopped for a Cinnamon Dolce Latte at the Starbuck’s next door before heading home.

And on the way home we made a happy discovery, a Boston’s Pizza, our favorite pizza chain. We’ve eaten at Boston’s from Fairbanks, AK, to Jacksonville, FL, to Rapid City, SD, to Moncton, NB, Canada, and it’s always been great.

We’re thinking about doing a movie tomorrow, and hopefully we’ll eat at Boston’s afterwards.

Coming home I stopped at the park store and signed up for the honey wagon to come by tomorrow morning and dump our tanks. We could make it till Tuesday when we leave, but Jan really wants to do some laundry, so this will take care of that.

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Thought for the Day:

The only thing we learn from history is that we never learn from history.

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