11-25-14

I spoke a bit too soon yesterday. Last night as I was relaxing watching Fox News, Ruth screams from the bedroom water water. I rushed in to discover the bed had about a 2 foot circle of wet that Ruth found as she was getting in. Soon we discovered the source. No it wasn't Oscar. That was our first guess too. It was coming from the bedroom AC intake. We grabbed a pan and a few towels and I opened the filter access. Fortunately, that did not result in a waterfall. Just a steady drip drip. Open further inspection I discovered the drain hose had been disconnected. Since it's a very tight fit and the clamp was lose, it must have been intentional. Perhaps a repair was interrupted and left unfinished. I do know it wasn't me or Joey. We were working topside replacing the start capacitor. It wasn't easy for an old man with a sore back to crawl on the bed and reach over my head to reconnect the drain, but with much complaining and swearing I got it done. Everyone knows I hate plumbing and usually make things worse. After stripping the bed and being relieved the mattress was not wet, we put things together and Ruth went night night.

Today was moving day. I was lucky enough to get a break in the rain while I purged the tanks and unhooked utilities. However, hooking up the Burb was a bit more challenging. Today I discovered if you are not on level ground it's much more difficult to hook up. With that accomplished, off we went. A quick look in the rear monitor and I realized the left bar did not latch. Of course I stopped on a hill and it took three tries to get it latched. Note: steering sharply towards the unlatched side and pulling straight forward seems to be the trick.

At last we were off to Orange City CG just outside Daytona. It rained buckets most of the way. Thank goodness I found the proper wiper blades on Amazon and installed them before we left NH.

I pulled Gracie into her spot and waited for a break in the rain before I hooked up the utilities. Now we just sit tight stay inside, and wait until tomorrow about noon for the rain to stop.

This is the first CG that we were issued a cable box to watch TV. A new experience, but I quickly had the front TV going. Oh boy 2 remotes. Just what Ruthie needed!

Melvin is still missing. I'm beginning to think he was left in NH. It's just not the same without him. I guess Oscar will have to be a surrogate for this trip.