Our House is in the Garage

When the RV is unhooked from shore power - aka, an electrical source, the lights, water pump, etc. should run on batteries. We have 2 12-volt batteries that supply that power. For some reason, when unplugging from electric, nothing worked and the batteries weren't charging. So, just like in a normal home when things go wrong, we needed a repairman. We called several RV repair companies to come out to our site and fix things. But the soonest they could get to us was the middle of next month. Since we're headed out on Monday that wouldn't work. And since we'll be boondocking (camping without facilities like electric hookup) for several days on our way to the San Antonio area, we really needed to get this problem fixed. Of course, we could hook up the generator, but who wants to listen to that run 24-7. When we need to power off the batteries we use the generator just to recharge them.

We did find a repair service that could see us quickly but we had to bring the RV to them as they don't have mobile service. So, Thursday morning we unhooked everything, packed up for travel, pulled in the slide and brought our house to their repair shop. 

Our wonderful friends Elogene and Steve

When we talked to them a few days ago they thought they could fix it the same day but said if they had to order any parts, they'd have to keep it overnight. When you live in a traveling house that means you need to find a place to stay for the time it's in the shop. Our new friends, Elogene and Steve, here in the RV park, offered to have us stay with them if we needed. Actually, Elogene is Mom's sister-in-law's cousin who she had met before years and years ago.

Fortunately it turned out to be a couple of bad breakers on the tongue that allow the batteries to take over and run the electrical needs of the RV. Like the ghosts of Christmas past, preset and future in a Scrooge movie, they did it all in one day. It actually took them only a few hours to fix it. So here we are, back in our spot at the park till next Monday when we head out toward our next destination.

We can't say enough about Miller RV in Apache Junction, AZ. They were courteous and efficient, and squeezed us into their busy schedule to get us up and running quickly. Not that many of my readers would have need of an RV repair service, but if you ever do, they come highly recommended.

--Sammy