Jack and Liz Pearce
05-10-2006, 10:11
Howdy, Y'all.
After having a very pleasant and restful stay of 10 days at
Daingerfield State Park in Daingerfield,TX we are presently parked in
the back yard of Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider in Duncan, OK. This
is the first time I have been in Oklahoma and I really like the wide
open spaces of this area. Lots of farmland.
We lost the use of our generator as its' cooling fan would not
function. We figured that we would have to replace that fan motor.
However, Ralph found an extra switch that controls the fan motor
circuit breaker. This switch was turned off. Gee, how did that happen?
Was it turned off during the genset service performed by Bleakley RV?
There is no way to really be certain. What a relief to
know that we have one less repair to worry about.
We are waiting upon the arrival of 2 fan motors, one for the bed room
air conditioners and one for the LR air conditioner. Ralph also found
a fist-sized hole in a section of the exhaust pipe of the Detroit
diesel engine. Jack is going to work on removing the affected part.
Then he will replace it. This should prove interesting as the area
that he needs to work in is not all that big. UPDATE!!! The men
had to pull out the whole exhaust. The muffler was a hollow can with
lots of dirt and rusty bits of metal. So Ralph's contacts
are looking for replacement parts. Reckon we are going to be here a
lil' while longer.
We discovered a rusting spot at the top of the outside window frame.
That has to be fixed.
The coach's steps received a performance tweaking and lubrication from
Ralph. They work better, now. Jack and Ralph realigned the
front door and it closes a lot tighter now.
Jack is going to investigate the electric door lock's mechanism to
determine why it doesn't work. There are some minor plumbing issues
to deal with. Ralph and Jack are going to perform some lubrication on
the chassis. Ralph is also going to perform an inspection of the brakes.
We are learning a lot about our Wanderlodge's systems from Ralph. He
is a very good technician, teacher and a really nice person. His wife,
Charolette, has made us feel right at home.
We found out that our cat, Oreo, is afraid of storms. She will hide
under the kitchen table or Jack's chair and cower. Poor kitty.
While traveling, she rides in her luxurious carrier complete with
psuedo-sheepskin padding. She still doesn't go into that
carrier willingly, though.
I had a weird thing happen to my cell phone. It stopped "talking" to
my computer via cable for about 4 days. That was really frustrating as
I could not get our email. Yesterday I dropped the phone on the
kitchen floor. It was dead as far as I could tell. Jack re-seated the
battery and the phone was revived. And guess what?! The phone now
"talks" to the computer and I can get our email!!!
Black magic!!
We expected to be here through next week. BUT that might change. Our
son, Matt, may drive up from Fort Worth, TX with our grandson, Cole.
Cole will spend his 2 months of summer vacation with us. Belen, NM is
our planned next stop.
That is the news from our Wanderlodge.
Regards,
Jack and Liz Pearce and Oreo.
Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge WB
After having a very pleasant and restful stay of 10 days at
Daingerfield State Park in Daingerfield,TX we are presently parked in
the back yard of Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider in Duncan, OK. This
is the first time I have been in Oklahoma and I really like the wide
open spaces of this area. Lots of farmland.
We lost the use of our generator as its' cooling fan would not
function. We figured that we would have to replace that fan motor.
However, Ralph found an extra switch that controls the fan motor
circuit breaker. This switch was turned off. Gee, how did that happen?
Was it turned off during the genset service performed by Bleakley RV?
There is no way to really be certain. What a relief to
know that we have one less repair to worry about.
We are waiting upon the arrival of 2 fan motors, one for the bed room
air conditioners and one for the LR air conditioner. Ralph also found
a fist-sized hole in a section of the exhaust pipe of the Detroit
diesel engine. Jack is going to work on removing the affected part.
Then he will replace it. This should prove interesting as the area
that he needs to work in is not all that big.
had to pull out the whole exhaust. The muffler was a hollow can with
lots of dirt and rusty bits of metal. So Ralph's contacts
are looking for replacement parts. Reckon we are going to be here a
lil' while longer.
We discovered a rusting spot at the top of the outside window frame.
That has to be fixed.
The coach's steps received a performance tweaking and lubrication from
Ralph. They work better, now. Jack and Ralph realigned the
front door and it closes a lot tighter now.
Jack is going to investigate the electric door lock's mechanism to
determine why it doesn't work. There are some minor plumbing issues
to deal with. Ralph and Jack are going to perform some lubrication on
the chassis. Ralph is also going to perform an inspection of the brakes.
We are learning a lot about our Wanderlodge's systems from Ralph. He
is a very good technician, teacher and a really nice person. His wife,
Charolette, has made us feel right at home.
We found out that our cat, Oreo, is afraid of storms. She will hide
under the kitchen table or Jack's chair and cower. Poor kitty.
While traveling, she rides in her luxurious carrier complete with
psuedo-sheepskin padding.
carrier willingly, though.
I had a weird thing happen to my cell phone. It stopped "talking" to
my computer via cable for about 4 days. That was really frustrating as
I could not get our email. Yesterday I dropped the phone on the
kitchen floor. It was dead as far as I could tell. Jack re-seated the
battery and the phone was revived. And guess what?! The phone now
"talks" to the computer and I can get our email!!!
Black magic!!
We expected to be here through next week. BUT that might change. Our
son, Matt, may drive up from Fort Worth, TX with our grandson, Cole.
Cole will spend his 2 months of summer vacation with us. Belen, NM is
our planned next stop.
That is the news from our Wanderlodge.
Regards,
Jack and Liz Pearce and Oreo.
Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge WB