After 3 days in Crescent Bar, doing nothing special, except laundry and swimming, we just hung out and enjoyed our 2 air conditioners in the Eastern Washington heat. July 8th, we headed eastward closer to our California wildfire job departure point (Spokane International Airport). They say it is gonna be a bad year for fires, but nothing really poppin yet. Standing by.
The trip was 193 miles, mostly on Interstate 90. I filled up on diesel in Newport, WA at the Safeway fuel station after we arrived. Fuel was $ 3.37 per gallon. Can't wait till prices start falling again. But we did get 13.9 miles per gallon at one point on this trip.
We arrived at Little Diamond RV Campground a little after noon. This is a Thousand Trails park, and a KOA park too. When choosing a site, we have to make sure we are in the Thousand Trails member area. It is a little different. I really believe the KOA sites are a little bigger and nicer. But all the sites are surrounded by lots of evergreen trees. We chose site # 71.
Nice secluded site in the shade of the forest. It was 30 amp & water. It was getting pretty warm out, around 92 degrees. After getting all setup, I decided to turn on one of our air conditioners for awhile. Just before I turned it on, I checked the voltage on our Southwire Surge Protector (50 Amp, PN 34951). It was reading a really disappointing 108 volts. Well, what the heck, I'll give it a shot. After all, the surge protector is suppose to turn off power if it drops too low and prevent any damage to our RV electronics. I know we were close. Well, the AC ran fine ... for about 10 minutes. Then the safe guards kicked the power off. OK, no AC today. We ended up spending the rest of the day sitting outside as the temp inside was around 89 degrees. Yes, folks...all RVs need a surge protector/EMS.
The next morning, we drove around the park and scoped out a better site. We found a nice location, #88, and I used an app on my phone to see if I could pick up the Dish Network satellites. And plugged in our surge protector to check power. Good voltage, 123 volts, yay! So we packed up and made the move to the new site. You know, whether you move a tenth of a mile, or a couple of hundred miles, it is about the same amount of work. But we got ourselves another nice site, deep in the woods.
The Fergs out .......
Yay for A/C! We’ve been in the South and mid west since March. Our poor A/C has been on since then! Looking forward to CO next month!
ReplyDeleteGlad you were able to find a more suitable site! Gotta have AC when the temps get that high.
ReplyDeleteGlad you were able to find a more suitable site! Gotta have AC when the temps get that high.
ReplyDeleteOur surge protector saved us a few times over the year. A must have for every RV'er!
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