Last night the wind started howling at gale strength about 8pm and didn't let up. It was still going strong when we left at 9:30 this morning. You know how I hate the wind if you paid any attention at all to last winter's blog. Not only did it blow continuously, but it was strong with some pretty powerful gusts. There was a tree next to the bed slide out. One of the branches beat against the wall behind our heads ALL night. That was pretty annoying.
The temperature was as cold as predicted early this morning and with the wind blowing Maggie's ears backward when we went out for her to do her morning business, she even hurried back to the RV.
After ruminating on it most of the night, Roger figured out what went wrong when he de-winterized and why we still had antifreeze in the hot water tank. So, first thing this morning, in the cold and wind, he went outside and drained it, fixed the issue and we now have clean water for dishes and showers. It's a good thing, 'cause we are starting to get a little disreputable. Thank goodness for paper plates and bottled water!
It was a short drive from Beatty to north Las Vegas where Nellis AFB is. Nothing to take pictures of for you, I'm afraid, as the drive is about as interesting as watching cabbages grow Just brown desert with mountain backdrops and the long lonely road in front of the truck.
I will take some photos tomorrow of our site and the RV park. We have a huge site with trees between us and our neighbors. No one behind us or directly in front. It's a very nice layout here. We are at the opposite end from the laundry, though. There's a very nice dog park available for Maggie and this afternoon she had a great time just running like a mad woman from one end to the next. She was glad to get out of the RV!
When we arrive at a site, Roger puts the RV on the pad where we think it will go best, I go inside and use a level to see if we have to put some leveling blocks (aka legos to me) under the tires on one side or another. Today, I opened the outside door, reached up for the handle on the screen door, pushed it down and it broke off. Plastic handle - not surprising with all the wear it gets. The issue, though, was that the door was effectively locked shut and I had no way to get inside. Roger had to shut off the truck, find a screwdriver (he carries a very large toolbox with us) and he had to take off the casing that the handle mechanism resides in. At least he didn't have to take off the door like he did when Maggie destroyed the screen last year. We eventually got the RV leveled and in its spot for the next two weeks. He's super-glued the handle back together but I have a feeling we will be searching for an RV parts place tomorrow. That would be after the Dish Network tech shows up.
Last year in Santee we purchased a "Tailgater" satellite dish. The deal is supposed to be that we can turn it on and off when we want and we can call them to set the locatiaon every place we stop and want it hooked up. Last year - not a problem. Roger would set it up, call the 800 number and give the person on the other end our zip code and we would be all set. So, you are rightly guessing, it didn't work that way today. We got a woman on the phone whose kids were screaming in the background, Roger couldn't understand a word she was saying, and it was a struggle to get her to understand what we needed. I finally got on the phone and we made a little more progress but she couldn't explain why we needed a technician other than her computer said we did. She charged the credit card a very strange amount but couldn't tell us why - only that there was no charge for the tech and she couldn't start the service without it. We waited about an hour and called back and I got someone on the line who told me the strange charge was because we had credit from when we stopped service in May and that the tech needed to do some upgrade thing because we were in Las Vegas. Easy, peasy. All I wanted was an explanation. Geez, is that so hard?
We are starting to find things we meant to bring but left behind. I think my Costco card and accompanying American Express card are in the jacket pocket that I wore last week when we went. We forgot toothpaste (had to replace that right away), a favorite maroon vest I wear all the time on cool days over long sleeve shirts, and our breakfast cereal. I also believe I left a tomato sitting in the kitchen window. (I've already texted Mike and asked him to retrieve that before it becomes a biology experiment!)
So, tomorrow, after the tech is finished, we go get groceries, get a long walk, and stettle in for the next two weeks. The temperatures are supposed to be in the mid sixities with sunshine. That's about normal for Sin City and our reason for being here.
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