Cross-Country2015

CROSS-COUNTRY 2015

Well, it is time to get this blog going! It has been quite an adventure in the few days we have been on our journey. In fact, I’m referring to it as a comedy of errors at this point!

Our first night was at a campground in East Stroudsburg, PA. The water to the campsites was not running yet because the ground was still frozen. We were able to get water for our holding tank from a spigot by the campground office. When we arrived at our campsite and I walked to the bedroom at the back of the motor home, I noticed the carpet was wet. There was a leak from under the bed where the water tank resides. Pete determined that there was a small filter component that must have had some water left in it in the fall and it had frozen over the winter and cracked the component. We were able to get a new part for only about $10.00 and Pete replaced it. We used a fan to dry out the carpet. Not so bad!

We journeyed onto Washington, D.C. where it was cool (upper 40s to low 50s) and drizzly but we were still able to view the cherry blossoms and visit the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial. The cherry blossoms were gorgeous and would have been even more glorious if there had been some sunlight. After many trips to D.C. we were finally able to see these elusive cherry blossoms! The Martin Luther King Jr. memorial was immense. The white granite blocks from China that were used to create it were unlike the granite we see in New Hampshire. It was quite impressive.

After two nights in D.C. we headed to North Carolina and that’s where things really got interesting. We set up at a campground and around 8:00 PM, it began to rain. By 9:30 it tuned into a torrential downpour with the worst thunder and lightning that I have ever experienced. I was able to follow the storm by using my iPhone to access the internet. The amount of lightning this storm was generating was unbelievable. During one deafening lightning strike, the RV took a hit and some of our RV’s electronic components got fried. We had smoke in the RV so Pete immediately flipped all of the circuit breakers off and shutdown anything that required power. I had already turned off the TV and computers when the thunder and lightning first began. Luckily, there was no fire, just smelly burned out electronic components. For me, it was 2 ½ hours of white knuckles with a flash light until the storm passed. Pete went back to sleep! We were able to find a replacement voltage converter in Myrtle Beach. Pete installed it and we now have AC as well as DC power. Pete is attempting to locate schematics from the manufacturers of the other burned out electronic components and hopes to repair them himself. Those components are not critical in order for the RV to function.  After all of that, we arrived at a campground in Myrtle Beach. Pete disconnected the car from the motor home, and low and behold, the battery in the car was dead! We are now wondering what will happen next???  Hopefully, nothing else! Next stop on our adventure... Charleston, SC. Stay tuned…