Sunday, October 12, 2008




Another Texas sunset. Isn't it beautiful?

These shots are from August 10th and as you can see the building has almost reached us. Can't wait for the garage near us to be finished..we plan on reserving one! Not much to talk about except the need to constantly clean up the blowing debris. Between plastic bags, cups, cans, bottles, and lightweight building stuff our patio seems to be decorated everyday. Have fun watching the birds fight over all the food scraps the workers toss around but will talk about that some other time.

(Not so) Funny experiences of RV living. When we 1st got here there was no electricity yet so we had to use our generator which works off our propane tank. Apparently there are 2 lines from the tank. One line feeds the generator and the other our stove and fridge. Had no problem for a few days then all of a sudden we could not light our stove. Assumed we had run out of propane. So we had to pack everything up and drive to get a refill. This is a real pain and the only thing I don't like about a motorhome versis a 5th wheel or trailer. There is no removable, easy to take and get refilled, tank. With the class a the whole unit has to go with the tank. Anyhow, it turned out that the tank was not empty and the guy at the station said we have a problem with the valve. Got back to our site and when Jim backed in he went a little too far and the RV went down over the pad built for it. Luckily there were a lot of heavy duty tractors around so we got a front end loader and the driver pulled us out with no trouble. Saw this happen to an RV in TN and it cost $500.00 for this service. Our guy wouldn't even take a Coke. It did however cost us $150.00 for another guy to come and fix our valve. Seems there is a built in safety valve and if the tank is not shut off while filling this valve closes. The repairman said the pressure jamed this safety valve shut tight.

Lesson learned. Since we will be stationary on jobs for long periods of time we are going to purchase an auxilary tank that can be removed as needed. Also watch the filling mechanic to make sure the valve is closed before pumping.

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