Repair update

If everything checks out tomorrow we should be on our way back to California.

Friday they finished installing the new unit from HWH. It appears to be working ok. Cummins didn’t have time to finish calibration so we’ll be staying at least till Monday. We don’t want to get too far from Cummins until we we’re sure it’s working properly. Unfortunately, because of the big game here in Eugene, WA vs. OR, we weren’t able to continue staying in the RV park. It’s full with Duck (UO) fans who came from all over the state for the game. Cummins’ has about ten spaces with 30 amp electric, a couple of water faucets and a dump station. We didn’t stay here before because the sites are on a slope and our leveling jack weren’t working but now we can level the RV and the price is right, free! We also will be close for our 8am appointment. When that is complete we will head toward the coast. We decided to head that way because Oregon requires all vehicles to carry chains after the 1st of November whether they are needed or not. A storm is coming in today and may drop snow on the passes. The way our luck has been going lately we decided to take the cowards way out. Route 126 from here to Florence is not under the Oregon snow chains require law and a couple or other ‘campers’ here at the Cummins Resort said the road is good and is not be a problem for an RV.

During the repair and testing I discovered one of the house batteries bulging and thought bad house batteries might be part of the problem so I started looking for replacements. Despite being in the center of RV land I couldn’t find three Lifeline AMG batteries. We drove up to Junction City to Guarantee RV, Oregon's largest RV dealer but they only had two. I settled for Trojan AMGs and got them installed and the core returned. Now I have discovered the house batteries don’t run the hydraulic pump, the two engine batteries do. They are original so are at least six years old and due for replacement also so I’ll look for some of those over on the coast. They should be easier to find and we’re ready to get going!

Friday evening we went out to the local Elks Lodge for dinner. They were serving Prime Rib. It was very good and a bargain to boot.