Last night was a long night, hot and humid and the trees dripped making it sound like golf balls were hitting the roof. I woke at about 4:30 AM when it got a little cooler. The woods around us were filled with fog, and they looked alien, like they make scenes in a southern mystery movie but I was too tired to take a picture. I’ll remember it for a long time. Sometimes the mind is a better camera than one from Nikon. Continue reading
Author Archives: Bob Kelly
Fort Frederick, by Surprise
I was excited to leave for our first real extended trip in the RV. I’d moved the RV from storage on Friday, and added the items I’d been thinking about since the last trip. A device to let me know how many MPG, how much fuel left, temperature of the engine wasn’t ordered in time, so it’s do without.
Stopped by and visited briefly with family before leaving, and it was off. The traffic was fine, and it wasn’t until we got well into Pennsylvania that the traffic on Route 78 became nasty. The only change since we were out last was the RV downloaded more frequently as we were loaded as we haven’t been before. Some time around Camp Forty Fort we could see rain clouds. Shortly thereafter we ran into rain and it really started to blow. I was really glad that I changed out the shocks. The RV drove like a dream. Continue reading
Watkins Glen
Rainbow Bridge with Josh waiting for his bride
We left for Watkins Glen, located in central New York State in the finger lake district of NY late on Friday evening. It was the first road trip with the new shocks and boy, what a difference! The ride was really smooth. There was no hobby horsing or swaying. It was like driving a Mercedes. Continue reading
Not so Bright LED Lights
The RV came with a pair of house batteries that were only about 2 years old, but apparently have had a difficult life. In our first outing, I ran them dead twice in an attempt to keep the heat going in the cabin. I haven’t figured how the electrical and charging systems work in the RV yet, so I’m putting off getting new batteries and working on conserving power. Continue reading
Better Ride
If you read online usergroups forums, you will see that the participants fall into several groups. There is the “I was an engineer and told my minions how it will work”, the “which end of the hammer do you hit the nail with”, the “I’ve only had it for ten years and it wore out, why?”, and the “Joe Expert, but I really have no idea what I’m talking about” posters. Occasionally, there is the person who after thought, care, and experimentation, posts really worthwhile information. Continue reading