We'll back track and write about our stay in Chattanooga soon. But first we have to talk about today. . .
Last night, was the first day that we really Rv'd it. For the first time since leaving home, we pulled up to an RV campsite, plugged in, channel searched for our cable channels, connected the wi-fi, made the bed, brushed our teeth and slept in our mobile home. It felt good.
But in the morning, the extent of our inexperience became apparent. In an attempt to sanitize our water system, we inadvertently leaked our holding tank all over the county. Water was leaking out the bottom, the water pump was sucking whenever it wanted to, and the hot water smelled like sweet onions. We read all the manuals supplied with the RV. They must have been written by drunk flying monkeys. They make no sense. We googled, "jayco eagle pump running and running", "jayco eagle water draining from under", "jayco eagle hot water smells like sweet onions"… got plenty of instructions how to sanitize the water system (1. drain all water tanks. 2. pour in one half cup of bleach into the holding tank. 3. etc.) but no instructions as to how to actually drain that holding tank. Or no real diagram as to what each of the four nozzles coming off of the water tank were for.
After four hours of watching small rivers of water channel down the hill towards the RV park owners welcome lodge (after she requested that we please not wash the rv or dump water due to the fact in might freeze), we were frustrated and fed up. We called the RV repair shop, whose flier we conveniently found in the welcome lodge, and asked them if they might be able to instruct us. They said sure. For $110 an hour. We were desperate.
We plugged in the address on the flier to our GPS, made sure the stairs were stowed, and drove off, unshowered. Upon reaching the destination, we found an abandoned lot, for sale, and overgrown with weeds. Pissed, we decided not to drive the 45 minutes in the other direction to find the current functioning garage, and pulled back up to the RV park. Undefeated, we pulled apart the RV to expose all the water system components and reexamined our problem. After three more hours of following each pipe from it's origin and turning every combination of valves, we called the previous owner of the RV, Mr. Sanefski. He listened to our troubles, visualized our problem, and shared any pertinent information that he could imagine. After waiting through each of our failed trails of his suggestions, he expressed his worry for us, and wished us luck.
After one more hour of studious observation, and experimentation, I am proud to say, we figured it out. We found the proper combination of valve positions, the optimum water level, and the minimum pumpage time for the luxury of having running hot and cold water in our rv. We even started the bleach cleaning freshening process. Our water works!!
A glass of Southern Comfort on the rocks to celebrate! (Or two….)
"What's that you say? … Fridge is broken? No way."
Good thing the RV welcome lodge sells ice.
Maybe tomorrow we'll use those tickets to the Biltmore.
Soundtrack:
Metallica (Triple play of Unforgiven II, For Whom the Bell Tolls, & Whiskey in the Jar)
Jet (Are You Gonna Be My Girl?)
Godsmack (Voodoo)
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