Replaced Rear Bedroom Thermostat

The motorhome has two propane forced-air heaters. The main and larger one has registers on the floor running the length of the motorhome and heats both the bedroom and lounge.

The smaller heater just serves the bedroom and to a lesser degree, the bathroom. It works great but the thermostat is hard to set accurately and has a wide temperature  range where it gets too hot and then too cool.  We like to sleep with the bedroom window open, so the thermostat couldn’t be turn on at bedtime or the furnace would run all night. This meant I had to hop out of bed to turn it on in the morning. I know!

So I replaced the original mechanical thermostat with an electronic one.

Now it stays very close to the easily set temperature. As a bonus it can also be set to turn on and off at desired times. No more popping out of bed to turn on the heater in the mornings.

Installation was a bit of a puzzle. The mechanical the thermostat only used two wires. The electronic one’s installation manual gave directions for connecting, using four to seven wires.  In an internet search I didn’t find a two wire example, only a three wire solution. Using the best guess method, I connected the two wires I had to two of the new thermostat’s wires and it works perfectly.  With only two wires there is no power but the thermostat has a battery for backup and it seem to work ok on battery power. We’ll see how long battery last.

                    

Old on the left and new on the right.

Jocko’s for Dinner

Last year we stopped at a Country Kitchen in Florence, OR for breakfast. It was a great meal and we were surprised to learn it was a chain. It look so country homey. Well we found another one here in Santa Maria and so off  to breakfast at Country Kitchen close by on Broadway. 

This restaurant was completely different with a local flavor. Still good, but not as great.

We also had dinner a Jocko’s.  Learning from past mistakes we made a reservation. I think the only thing a reservation does is give them your name. You still are going to wait a half to one hour on a normal night.

The outside is not very impressive.  As usual the meal was to die for.

We’ll be headed to Malibu in a couple of days.

Santa Maria Elks - 2013

Arrived here at the Santa Maria Elks slightly after lunch. The park was 70% full but the space we usually take was still available. We have been here many times in the past and this is one of the nicer Elks RV parks.  A neighbor across the way said all the RV spaces were full New Year’s Eve. He thought local members parked their RVs there so they didn’t have to drive home after partying.  He also said this was the first nice day, that it had been rainy and cold for the past week.

Lunch time and we over to Brad’s for lunch. One of my favorite places on the Pismo Beach strip.  Found a parking space right across the street. Put 2 dollars in meter. Darn, their patio is closed during week in the wintertime. I guess that’s understandable, you can see the bare sidewalk, during the summer the sidewalk is so crowded you can hardly move. By the way, the patio is where they barbeque great tri-tip  and steaks.  Left $1.98 in meter and looked around for alternate.

Now where to go?  We ended up farther north at Mclintocks in San Luis Obispo. We’ve been here a couple of time before and always had a good lunch. This time was great also. Best “Santa Maria Style” Tri tip sandwich, so tender, the meat was as tender as the bread!

Debbie looking over the lunch menu.

After lunch a walk in beautiful weather.

After lunch window shopped on Marsh St. My girl on the sidewalk of downtown San Luis Obispo.

Stopped at Walmart and Trader Joes on the way back to the Horizon, then stopped in  Five Cities’ outlet stores. I’m Looking for a dress sports shirt or two and found some that were a terrific 50% off on sale, now only 49.99. Still looking!