Low Tire Pressure & the Good & Bad Attitudes

I forgot to mention yesterday that I can’t use the air on the Beast to fill up my tire that needs about 30 lbs of air.  The air connection on the Beast is an unusual one meaning that no other air connectors (5) that I bought for it will match it.  I bought a new common connector for the Beast but haven’t installed it yet.  I’m a little leery of doing it. They do have an air pump at the exit of the park that I will probably use when we leave Friday.

Why are people outside our RV taking pictures. Oh, we are in about 4-6 inches of water due to the heavy rains last night and can’t get out without swimming lessons.  The dog will have to brush up on her dog paddle before we take her out. 

The mat is underwater.    

Our outside temp gauge got a little wet. It’s under a couple of inches of water.

I got NO HELP what so ever from the park ( 3 different workers?) when I asked for a board so we could get out of our RV without stepping in 4-6 inches of water.  As a matter of fact, they were abrupt and were too busy handling mundane things to handle this “minor” problem.  We were one of two RV’s that got swamped in.  I pulled over the picnic table to our door step and we are good to go.  Same ole same ole of let me find a reason not to help rather yes I can help!

Earlier - I got a phone call at 8AM this morning from MorRyde. They apologized for the shipping miss quote and will credit our charge card today accordingly.  That’s the way it should be handled when a mistake is made.  Thank you MorRyde.

Bill & Joyce are due in tomorrow and they have an air compressor I can use they said. Great….

My freezer slide tray is due in tomorrow.  I can’t install it unless I get wader boots because of all the water.  Other thing that will be carried around in the car I guess. Hey, it will dry out one day.  The Beast did not have one water leak.  That’s REAL good……

See ya……….

NASCAR

Great race but boring at times.  Winner – same ole same ole…..Kyle Bush 5 times….

I have found everything I’ve been looking for the last few months except two things. Our walkie talkies and a Pressure Pro monitor device (goes on tire) that I just bought at the Gypsy Journal Rally. Well, I was thinking about the Pressure Pro device and just said I wish I could find it.  A few minutes later I was getting my camera out and there it was in the camera bag. I think our RV ghost put it in there. I immediately put it on my tag axle with the slow seal leak.  It worked fine.  I put my spare sensor on the other tag axle wheel.  It didn’t worked.  I took one off my car and put it on the same tag axle and it worked.  I put the spare on the car and it didn’t work. Thus my spare was bad.  Half hour later my Pressure Pro alarm was going off.  It was the one that I took off the car and put on the tag axle was going off.  It said 50 lbs. It had dropped about 30 lbs according to the Monitor.  I checked it with a pressure gauge and it read 50 lbs.  The sensor was leaking which is not real rare.  I put it back on the car and it was fine several hours later.  Bottom line I need one more sensor for one of my tag axles.  I will order one next week.  I’ve ordered from Pressure Pro before and never had a problem – good company.

Tomorrow I expect to hear from Morryde early.

58 days to go..

See ya….

Hold Them Accountable

Here’s another company that is not doing what is expected.  Morryde..  I ordered a freezer slide drawer last Thursday from them.  They quoted me a price of $295 plus $50-$70 shipping. If the shipping was anymore they would call me.  Friday I got an email shipping notice.  Friday night I checked my credit card and they charged me $140 in shipping vice $50-70 with no phone call.  If Morryde would have called me and said it would cost $140 to ship I would have cancelled for sure. That’s probably why they didn’t call.  I sent them an email this morning and they replied it would be addressed Monday.  I hope so.  It needs to be addressed before Tuesday when they try to deliver it and I refuse it.  Then I call the credit card company and tell them it was an unauthorized charge.  Shame on Morryde……….

I’m still owed 50 bucks from another company that messed up delivery and was suppose to be credited back to me last week. I just checked my credit card again and it was finally credited back.  Quick to charge and slow to credit.

I hold all companies & public offices to a standard that is expected by us the public. If they screw up, OK, fix it.  If not or they are slow, I friggin go after them with emails and phone calls relentlessly just like we all should.

Moonie.  I looked at this moon that was so to be soo big, etc., and it was no “big” deal.  I’ve seen a lot bigger and better moons just this past January in Quartzsite.

What’s happening Sunday – NASCAR Day…………..and it’s suppose to start raining for a couple of days.

59 days to go……….

See ya……………….

Windshield Cover

The Magne Shade –

Carol picked out the color of tanish and it matched our awnings perfectly (brownie points).

Carol and I installed the windshield shade.  There are magnets holding the shade in place – inside on the glass and permanently mounted and on the shade in little pockets. Great idea. Great quality of material and workmanship.  It’s about 1/4 to 1/2 inch to big a all around though. The inside magnets are on the very edge of the glass. The shade magnets are really not that moveable. Thus, the shade magnet holders are not in the right place meaning the shade was not measured correctly and is about 1/4 to 1/2 inch too big. It will work but not as good as it could have been.  If we had to do it all over again we would not have gotten it and glad we didn’t get the front side windows done.  Too long of wait then missing a part then don’t fit exactly like it should. It’s a thumbs down for this product until they improve their ordering time, measuring, complete shipment of all parts. It was $450 and really not worth the hassles.

People wanted to know how the back of our frig looked with the Norcold update, the fire extinguisher and the wire loom.

This is the device that was installed due to the recall.

I still have room here.  Hey we will do what these Californians do – build up….

 

Not only do I have a “Honey Do List” I got one for each day and for each one of our future stops like Denny & Susie’s next weekend.  She wants Denny to be around when I start picking up tools.

60 days to go till ???????????????

See ya……………

Frig

Have you ever inventoried your frig freezer?  Ours is so jammed tight I can’t see nor do I try to remember everything that’s in it. I inventoried the Beast. We got enough frozen food for about 30 dinners.  I found shrimp, steaks, roasts, fish both battered and unbattered, chicken, pork chops, stir frys, ground beef, Italian sausage, beef dogs, ground beef,gumbo, smoked pulled pork, blueberries and a couple of unidentifiable bags. I will save the last for ??????? surprise dinner when we have guests.

Well, after 7 weeks (shy 3 days) we got our Magna Shade for the front windshield finally.  It’s missing a part. That sucks. That’s really sad when a RV supplier don’t get your stuff to a buyer in a timely manner and then leave a part out.  They had no problem cashing our check quickly. We thought about ordering side shades but they helped us decide not to.  We had a couch custom built and shipped in less than 3 weeks. More to follow on the quality of this shade.

The company that shipped our transport film to Livingston rather than Yuma finally credited our credit card with the extra & difference in shipping. I had to remind them several times. Poor, poor.

Ghost – we got one in this RV.  He turns on the dash lights, outside lights and locks the compartments.  This has happened several times over the past few weeks.  I always thought it was the animals walking on a switch.  Well, tonight it happened and the cats were curled up asleep and the dog was in her bed.  Carol was gone line dancing.  The Beast has a ghost…

We cooked out with Craig and Terri Lu.  We haven’t done that in several months.  It was pretty nice setting out and eating camper style.  Of course we were using hard plates and real silverware.  What can I say.

See ya……………

Tuning The Beast

I decided to go thru the Beast’s box of information again.  I wanted to go over a few things.  Much to my surprise there was the Silverleaf Book that I have been tearing the Beast apart for.  I owe the book to Sharon & Don because they bought the Silverleaf that I had.  Great….. 

Then Carol called me from her line dancing and said the group was going to use my group picture of them that I took yesterday. They plan on getting it enlarged and giving to the attendees.  Hey, more brownie points. 

While going thru the Beast’s books I found paperwork saying this had a keyless entry and even found the remotes.  They aren’t programmed though.  I tried to but no luck.  I got the lights to flash and the horn to beep but the door stayed unlocked. Too many push this and hold thats. Where’s Greg White? I heard he likes working with electrical things lately.  Oh well, someone down the road will figure it out.

Next I recalibrated the holding tanks at least the fresh water. I did it once already but I didn’t like it.  The first time I set it so when it was empty it read empty and when it was full it read full.  Well, if you stop and think about it you really don’t need to those two read outs.  If you don’t have water coming out a faucet you don’t need a gauge to tell you you are out of water…duh. The same with full. If you put water in your tank and it comes out the overfill baffle it’s full…duh. Again you don’t need a gauge to tell you. I recalibrated the fresh water so when it reads empty now I still have about 10 gallons of water.  Same with full it now reads full until I have about 95-100 gallons. The system holds 115+. Gee, I figured that out all by myself. Not all monitoring systems can be calibrated.

We went to the Thai restaurant down in Temecula.  It’s different like a ma pa type place.  The food was OK and not outstanding.  I would return.

That’s it for now…..tomorrow I tackle the frig freezer.

See ya

The “LOOK”!

Carol was eating her Belgian Waffle with strawberries WITH whipped cream when it slipped off her make shift temporary table and on to her lap upside down.  I immediately headed for the camera and that’s when it really happened.  I got the “LOOK” of don’t you dare!!!!  Guys, you know what I’m talking about. I sheeplessly sat back down in my chair.  I laughed so hard, internally of course, that I think I was about to cry.  She blamed the Beast (this RV) for her dropping her breakfast.  Since I was low in brownie points and going down hill fast, I agreed of course.  Now I got to get some more brownie points.  Thus, I agreed to go to lunch with her and her line dancing friends today.

At lunch I got to meet some people I haven’t seen in a couple of years.  I also took some pictures for Carol which means more brownie points.

I got notification from the couch manufacture that they shipped our couch yesterday to Phoenix.  That was good but it’s a week early.  I will have to call RV Renovators and give them a heads up.

I’ve been wanting a slide drawer for our freezer for years.  I couldn’t find one that would fit in the Tiffin nor even the Winnebago Ultimate.  Well, the Beast is made different.  I called MorRyde and they had one that fit the Beast’s compartment area perfectly. Plus it slides out twice it’s length which means it will slide out further than the RV’s kitchen slide.  It’s made special for freezers. No ducking or lifting just to see what’s in it anymore.

I also made an appointment at Redlands RV/Truck repair for Friday the 25th to take a look at the Beast’s tag axle seal leak. I met Keith the owner at the Gypsy Journal Rally.  He was curious about the way this is leaking from behind the wheel nut with no other signs of leakage.

See ya…………….

Working For those Points

I made Belgian Waffles for Carol this morning.  No surprise since she knew I found the machine  yesterday in the bowels of the Beast.  That got me a few points.

Then she got to line dance all day.  I just did little things around the RV.  I figured I would change the water filters since we just came from Yuma.  It took me 15 minutes to find the water filter wrench.  I’m still not organized underneath.  Once the cabinets/desks get built I can do my reorganize. For now that stuff that will go in them is underneath. Anyhow, in Yuma I was running 3 filters, a sediment, a loose charcoal, and a block charcoal. I changed the first two.  The sediment was only slightly brown.  This meant that the water was really that bad where I filled up. One filter is permanently mounted. Then I have my two extra filters which I hook up in line outside of the Beast.

I went up on the roof and cleaned-waxed the King Dome and the Motosat internet dishes.  The last few mornings they have had condensation on them and it basically shut them down.  They worked fine the next morning or you wouldn’t be reading this.

We went to dinner with Craig & Teri Lu down in Temecula which is south of us.  Traffic wasn’t that bad.  We wanted to go to a Thai restaurant but it was closed on Mondays as we found out upon arrival.  Many years ago we use to go to a Mexican place down here.  We found it, The Guadalajara. Pretty nice and not real expensive.

We got pack to he park about 7PM just in time for the girls to go to the night time line dancing.  Hey, sun up to sun down there is line dancing and that is why Carol likes it here so much. (brownie points)

See ya……..

 

 

See ay……………

The Beast

I named the Phaeton Farton. It just fit.  It was Carol’s turn to name this one.  She said if she named it, could we put the name across the back in real big letters. I said sure. She said in that case, name it “For Sale”. She was just kidding, kinda. Hence, Carol has proclaimed our 43’ Dutch Star as “The Beast” like in Beauty and the Beast.  I didn’t ask who was the Beauty because I’m pretty low in “honey points” right now.

Today I installed Mac The Fire Guy’s automatic fire extinguisher in the back of the frig.  I had it in the Phaeton and had removed it.  I also put wire loom on the wires close to anything hot. So with the frig having the Norcold newest update, an automatic fire extinguisher and loom over wires, this Norcold has been maxed out for safety. We also now travel with the LP turned off.  In the past we have ran with it on.  This Norcold is packed tight.  We are just being extra safe and it really didn’t cost that much and the peace of mind is priceless of course.

I’ve been back in searching for things underneath that have gone missing in action.  I found Carol’s Belgian waffle maker but not Don’s pamphlet on the Silverleaf I sold him.  I will continue to look of course.  Maybe it’s in …………

Oh, our friendly next door “camper” departed late today.  Their dog started barking about 6AM this morning.  I was awake so no great loss for ME.

Carol registered for her line dancing and have met many of her fellow dancers. She’s happy and I’m racking up the points.

See ya…….

Are They Gone Yet?

Early today it happened.  We got campers as neighbors.  We forgot what campers are because we have been around the “older” crowd.  Hey, we all have been campers. I will remind you what they are because we just got a refresher course.  Campers have 2 or 3 kids.  I couldn’t count them because they were moving too fast.  The entire family have bicycles that park close to your walls of your home.  They have two big dogs and they bark at everything to include the wind.  They tie them up so they can reach your water & sewer lines.  Of course one is a male. Need I say more. They have a diesel pick up that is parked within two feet of your home.  Of course the kids are constantly going in an out of the pick up slamming doors. Their RV has an outside sound entertainment system. They want everybody in the park to know they have one. It was not the thumping type music thank goodness.  Of course they have brought an entire green tree to burn in their campfire.  Oh the smell of smoked pine late night. They bring enough lanterns to light up southern California.  Are you having flash backs yet.  Or are you laughing at us in our “Camping Refresher Course 101”?  Hey, been there done that ourselves!

Our site is special.  We get to meet everybody in our area.  We have “things” that protect us from the wind.  We have a new smell that covers up the smell from the nearby large dairy farm.  We are so lucky to be in our “spot”.  It just reminds us of all the good “spots” we have had and the new ones that will be next.  If it weren’t for the few bad ones we couldn’t tell what a good one is.

Yes, we have geese that decided to homestead in our front year.  Ain’t that cute!

  

I forgot they crap a lot. I thought this picture would brighten your day.  They left us a big mine field when they departed us in search of new arrivals to feed them. Yes it did belong to a goose. Many of these are left to tell where they have been.

Craig & Teri Lu are here for the Line Dancing Rally.  They arrived today and are one stone throw away.