Thursday, December 8, 2011

Aloha Black Butte Lake


We didn't know it at the time, but Tuesday was our last afternoon of soaking up the sun at Black Butte Lake. Where we were camped at Buckhorn Campground, there are no hookups, so we ran the generator a couple of times a day to keep the batteries charged up. Because the air mattress in our Comfort Couch uses an electric pump to inflate and deflate, we scheduled our generator time with our getting up and going to bed time. We also used this time to charge up our laptops, cell phones, I-pods, and MiFi. During this charging session on Tuesday night our generator abruptly stopped. I’ll spare you the rest of the details. The short version is we are now in Chico having the generator repaired under warranty at Jeff’s Truck Repair. They removed it from the RV yesterday and are working on it and hopeful they will be able to reinstall it this afternoon.  We have spent the night at nearby Almond Tree RV Park with all the luxuries of full hook-ups---electricity, water, sewer, and cable TV.  Our general plan is to be back in Oregon in time for Jeanette to keep a doctor’s appointment on the 21st.  In the mean time we will knock around this part of California soaking up the sunshine as long as we can.

4 comments:

  1. My days off don't sound like they will be cooperate to where I could meet up with you before you head back to Oregon. I have a family function this next Sunday and then the GD on the next day off...leading me to 12 days from now before my next available day off. It sounds like I will need to wish you the happiest of holidays online again...

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  2. Yes, so close and yet so far. It's quite possible we will make another trip down this way and further in January. Our origninal plan was to stay in a number of Corps of Eng. sites. Our next one would have been New Hogan. I think that's close to you, I should have asked about it. You will certainly know from the blog when we are headed back down.

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  3. Hope all goes well with the repairs. Our low in Donald this a.m. was 24.3 but it is sunshine & beautiful. Have a safe drive home. Has the blog page background changed?

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  4. Buster must have taken this picture. Hope the View has a speedy recovery.

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