Monthly Archives: July 2015
Alone Again . . .
Well, our next door neighbors left early this morning so hopefully we won’t have anyone park nearby before we leave on Sunday. I know they were having trouble keeping their AC’s running in their 5’er since they only had 30 amps. They were interested in my AC breakout wire, and said they were going to try it on their rig.
A little after 1pm, I went down to the office to pick up my Amazon package. I had ordered this120 VAC digital meter so that I can monitor my genset output while we’re on the road.
Digital LED Panel AC 110/220V Meter
Although I can see whether or not my genset is running from the dashboard when I driving, I can’t actually tell if the Transfer Switch is letting genset power into the coach. And with the recent problems I’ve been having with my Transfer Switch, I want to know this before we realize that the coach has gotten up to 85 degrees behind us.
So I’m going to mount this meter on the cabinet over my head and plug it into the outlet in that cabinet. That should take care of that problem.
Later in the afternoon, I got out our Karcher pressure washer for some cleaning chores. I had planned on cleaning off the grilles and grease tray from our toaster oven, and I also wanted to spray clean some of the blowby oil off the plastic front bumper of the truck.
But when I perused the 11 page rulebook we were given when we checked in here, it said ‘No Washing of Vehicles or Rigs’. But there was nothing in the rules about not washing kitchen appliances, so I just hung the grilles on the front bumper of the truck and went at it.
I can’t help it if the bumper got clean too. After all, I had to hang them somewhere.
I’ve found that my pressure washer comes in handy for washing and waxing the rig, where it’s allowed, and does a really good job.
Tomorrow we’re going to make one last trip into Memphis to have linner at Charles Vergos’ Rendezvous, the recent winner of my Best Ribs in Memphis contest. Looking forward to it.
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Thought for the Day:
“The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.” – David Russell.
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Now it’s Jan’s turn . . .
Now it’s Jan’s turn.
In yesterday’s blog, I ranked the 3 top-rated BBQ that we tried here in Memphis. The three were:
I ranked them on 4 different dishes.
Ribs
Pulled Pork
Beans
Cole Slaw
I ranked them this way:
Ribs:
1. Rendezvous
2. Jim and Nick’s
3. The Bar-B-Q Shop
Pulled Pork:
1. Jim and Nick’s
2. Rendezvous
3. The Bar-B-Q Shop
Beans:
1. Rendezvous
2. Jim and Nick’s
3. The Bar-B-Q Shop
Slaw:
1. Jim and Nick’s
2. The Bar-B-Q Shop
3. Rendezvous
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Jan’s BBQ list went like this.
Ribs
1. The Bar-B-Q Shop
2. Rendezvous
3. Jan didn’t have the ribs at Jim and Nick’s
Pulled Pork
1. Jim and Nick’s
2. Jan only had the Pulled Pork at Jim and Nick’s
3.
Beans:
1. Rendezvous
2. The Bar-B-Q Shop
3. Jan didn’t have the ribs at Jim and Nick’s
Slaw:
1. Jim and Nick’s
2. The Bar-B-Q Shop
3. Rendezvous
So Jan and I completely disagree on the Ribs, mostly agree on the Pulled Pork, mostly agree on the Beans, and completely agree on the Slaw.
Not bad. More agreement than we have on a lot of things.
And just to top it off, we’re going back to Rendezvous one last time on Thursday.
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Despite telling me they were going to take the site next to us out of service since our front AC was plugged into that pedestal, the park put somebody there last night.
This morning when I got up I noticed that the front AC, the one on my breakout connection, didn’t seem to be operating. So I headed outside to check the breaker on the 30 amp pedestal behind our next door neighbors who were gone for the day.
As I suspected, the breaker was popped, and with this serial breaker hookup, not only was our front AC off, but their rig had lost all power. To forestall this happening again, I unplugged my extension cord, flipped the breaker back on, and then dragged my cord over to the unoccupied pedestal on the other side of us. At least I hope it stays unoccupied until we leave Sunday morning.
Though, actually I think I can reach the pedestal one more site over. I hope.
For dinner tonight, Jan whipped up another version of her Taco Salad, but this time used a can of Gold Star Cincinnati Chili, instead of taco meat. Really good, and a nice variation.
Plus, it used up the last of the salad greens.
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Thought for the Day:
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed…
by endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.” — H.L. Mencken
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