Back on the road again...

Off to a rocky start but we're off!!  Although Earl checked things out on Monday, by Thursday we had near dead batteries in RV and blown fuse! Oh joy!  Although we had been plugged into house to keep batteries charged something went awry.  After recharging batteries through help of generator we took off.  1st stop for fuel in town!!  Gotta get cheaper fuel while you can ($3.65 a gal - in CA it is $4.65 a gal)..  Then stopped at Camping world for new fuse.  Instead of stopping in Quartzsite as originally planned, only stopped for fuel fill up before crossing the border then pushed on to Palm Desert. 

 Had thought/hoped the batteries would charge while driving and guess they did but over night drained enough to keep us from starting up the next day.  After messing around and using generator again to charge batteries (car didn't have enough umph) - we bit the bullet and went to a TA (travel america) and got hit with a $500.00 bill for two new batteries.  Ok, that is enough - onward to Acton. 

 We are currently here at Thousand Trails park in Acton, CA and electricity is so bad!  Good grief after two nights noticed we were not getting any power to our fridge or washer.. after dinking around to figure out what was problem figured it had to be power source - we have now moved to a different site.  Amazing too that while we were there no one said anything and the power post is brand new!  When we started looking for a different site people came out of their shells and told us all sorts of stories.  Oh joy!  What do we have to look forward to next? ha!

 Plan on having dinner tonight with Earl's Aunt and cousins. We always enjoy our time spent with them.  Must look on the bright side!


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