As you will recall we were parked last night in overflow, which meant no power hookup. We ran the generator until we retired and shut it down to run lighting on batteries. Our coffee maker grinds the beans for us, and as such, acts as our alarm clock each morning. No AC power, no automatic coffee maker, so I set an alarm on my iPhone. Silly me! I forgot where I was! Promptly at 0700 the bugle sounded reveille. Quite recorded; quite loud; but effective just the same. I stumbled to the kitchen, turned on the inverter to get some temporary AC power, and grabbed the bag of Arbuckles to top off the bean bin. Voila! The candy stick! If you aren’t following this line go back to the Holbrook entry. Anyway, a button push got things in motion and after a few more minutes in bed listening to the gurgle of the coffee maker we had our morning brew. No time to tarry, so we finished up quickly and got the coach ready to hit the road.
As long as I am updating information from previous postings, here is a shot of the offending piece of hydraulic line that put us in the shop. The shinny parts are where the tubing was being worn away. Fabrication of the new tube: $53; labor $805! Luckily the extended warranty came through for us.
Rather than drive the planned eight hours today we cut things short and stopped at the military campground at Ft. Bliss in El Paso, TX. A very nice place. Well run and very clean. The BBQ seems to be working again with the new gas hose I bought in Tucson, so it will be steaks tonight!
Tomorrow we make the run to Terlingua, TX and the Big Bend National Park.
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