Friday, June 15, 2018

Family Reunion Trip, Day 14

I'm feeling a little better, but still not at the top of my game, runny nose and lots of congestion.
Woke at 0500 to a driving rain and thunderstorms. It ended by 0600, but I was soaked by the time we were ready to roll at 0730.
Here's a pic of the backseat.
Drove 300 miles and stopped at Wall Drug, SD for lunch. Cath keeps calling it Walgreens and Jacob and I keep correcting her.
Here's a pic of the two goof balls at lunch. The temp was 106 deg!
Drove the last 100 miles and arrived at our new campsite at Days End Campground in Sturgis, SD.
We got a nice spot. The owners here are really fantastic. They took me for a tour of all 200+ sites and let me pick the one we wanted.
For the first time on this trip we got a clear shot of the southeast sky, so the satellite works. Jacob is thrilled, he has TV!
The next highlight for today started when Cath asked me why the lights on the refrigerator were not on. I checked the circuit breaker and it was good. The lights are not on because the fridge is not working! I checked the AC power, it was good. Checked the DC power it was also good. Went back to the camp office and picked up a few business cards from some local RV techs. I finally got hold of one of them and he walked me through some troubleshooting. To make a long story short, the Thermal Melt Down fuse had blown. This is a safety feature to insure the fridge does not catch on fire. It blows at 150 degrees! Because the weather was so hot (110 on the Interstate) it blew! I did a jumper over the fuse and low and behold the fridge turned on! So we saved our food as the fridge is full. Tomorrow I will find a new thermal fuse and install it.
I'm starting to fell a little better, but the weather and the fridge problems did not help. We will be here until Tuesday, 19 Jun. The forecast is for severe thunderstorms for the next three days, Oh Boy! 
And here's Jacob's blog for today:
Today's CTC count is 316 HOLY COW CAMPER HEAVEN, bye.

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