long after we intended. Packed up the last few items, stowed away the satellite dishs and we got ready to leave. Cranked up the M/H and the A/C fan wouldn't come on. Checked for blown fuses or tripped breakers (actually I didn't know exactly where to look.......but found none). Called the dude who installed the CB and suggested that maybe he disconnected something when he installed the CB. He didn't think so; but, said he'd be out to check it out. Waited an hour, called him back..........said he got busy. Told him the hell with it and I'd just run the generator and use the roof air. Finally left............got about 50 miles up the road, stopped waiting for pilot car through construction area. Buzzer sounds, panel for hydraulic jacks is blinking and red light on dash ses jacks are down. I didn't touch anything. Stepped outside, jacks are up but buzzer still buzzing and lights still blinking. Found a place to turn around and called RV World. Said they'd call me back. I said the hell with that and I would be arriving at their shop in about an hour. Made it to the service area, talked to service manager and he said I could wait until a technician would be available..........maybe an hour or more. Told him I'd wait. Technician shows up. In the meantime I call Winnebago and they suggest that hydraulic fluid is low for jacks. I tell technician what Winnebag suggested and he agreed..........filled with fluid. Jacks, lights and buzzer are OK.
Told him A/C fan wouldn't come on. He spent about an hour checking things out and I told him that CB was recently installed and maybe the dude disconnected something. He checks out wiring and finds the blower ground wire was off.........had been cut and never reattached. Grounded blower wire and everything works. He fixed. I call CB Dude and tell him he has a bill coming. He accepts and tells me to have RV World bill him. Over 2 hours later we leave RV World. Technician said he wouldn't blow the whistle on the CB dude. I didn't even inquire about a bill...............gate was open so I just left. CD dude probably still thinks he has a bill coming............I decided that I wouldn't tell him that he didn't have a bill.
Getting late so we had dinner at the Day Breaker and then headed for Quartzsite. We originally had planned to stay at the Avi Casino in Laughlin............since we only made it to Quartziste I figure we saved some money so here we are parked in the desert a few miles north of QZ. Air Card is working great and Becky finally lets me use it after "farming" for a couple of hours.
Dome for the satellite TV is working; but, can only get the 119 satellite..............at least I got my MTV. Nice to push a button and wait a few minutes while the dome finds the correct satellite. Would have been nicer if I could connect with both satellites..............but I won't complain too much.
Tomorrow we'll head for Barstow and get back on schedule. I think it'll be around 245 miles so will be just a nice little drive and we can stop early. Plan to stay at the Marine Corps Base in Barstow if they have a vacancy.............otherwise I think we can just park and dry camp beside the RV Park.
Nice drive to Quartzsite and the desert is really green and refreshing. Rains did good!
Gotta stay up another hour and then I can fill the little Honda generator and it'll run all night long.
More later from further down the road if the air card is working in Barstow. Here we are north of QZ and we're getting great download and upload speeds from the little air card..........but in Yuma Sprint still hasn't installed 3G equipment. That really sucks; but, the Sprint Office ses they're "working on 3G" and it should up and running shortly. Hopefully, by the time we get back in Oct/Nov.
All for now..........hope our problems are out of the way and we have smooth sailing the rest of the way. Weather looks like it'll be good rest of the trip. W&B
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