Day 6, Flight of the Monarch, Voyage 3
We decided to stay at the Santa Fe N.M. KOA one more day. They told us they were full last evening when we inquired about staying one more night so Brenda asked them to put us one a wait list. I walked to the office this morning at 0830 hours and as luck would have it we got our same camp spot. I know why you're asking yourself why we would want to stay here one more day. It's simple, we have good cable and wifi here, the Bachlorette comes on this evening, driving up here got a little exciting at times yesterday due to the 35 mph cross wind gusts coming through the canyons, and the winds were forecast to be Fresh Gale with wind speeds in excess of 40 mph today. And they are. The winds are from the west and we would be heading north. The winds come so fast through some of the canyons that the state had put up wind socks. Many of the wind socks had blown away if that tells you anything.
Things went wrong yesterday. The Ipad locked up and screen would not do anything. Control buttons would not do anything. So what was a First Officer to do? Take an Iphone and ask Google what to do to solve it. It told me to hold down on the off button and the back button at the same time until your fingers start cramping to the point where it causes the Commander to ask, why are you weeping" and the Ipad should reset. And it did! Yea. One problem solved.
Problem number 2 - The Commander had been whining for a day of why there was no hot water. The water heater would not work on gas or electric. I checked the breakers. All okay. So, again to Google. Some hints but no real solutions given. So i wounded if a wire had come off in the control panel at the hot water heater. Nope, all okay. But there was one wire that looked strange. I finally figured out (SWAG) that it must be some sort of small capacitor or thermal relay. So I temporally bypassed it and voilà, the water heater lit. I would rather be lucky than good. Now if I could figure out why my MAC sometimes has a double space between lines.
I took the suspect wire to the KOA office to see if they had a spare since they seemed to have an extensive election of RV parts. The owner of the part looked at it and said yep, those things quit all the time. He didn't have any but he said if you find them, buy two. They don't last. He said he had bypassed his 2 years ago. So I will replace mine but not until tomorrow and I will buy 2. Milton, have you ever had to replace yours?
I asked the owner while I was in the office how did he decide to buy a KOA. He said he and his wife lived in Dallas he worked for a technology firm. He was laid off dung the downturn of 2007/2008. His wife had a double mastectomy due to breast cancer (she too now has passed her 5 year point of being cancer free). But she always felt better in the high desert so they bought this KOA and moved here. Brenda asked her about all of the hummingbirds they have here. She explained all of different species of hummingbirds, colors and which one were the most aggressive toward other hummers. The Rufous is the mean one. I personally think they should have named them "The Brenda". So I bought Brenda a Rufous cap and she looks lovely in it.
(Shading Opie's eyes from the sun)
Lunch today was prepared by the First Officer. It consisted of jalapeno Spam sandwiches (thank you Joyce for turning us on to this flavor). potato chips, a pickle, iced tea prepared by the Commander, and conversation. Gourmet chef not I.
Tomorrow we will continue our travel on to Chama. Brenda changed our reservations to get there a day early.
Oh, for you non-refiners, SWAG means "Scientific Wild Ass Guess"!
Mileage today - o
Total mileage for trip -929 miles
/s/ First Officer Julio
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