Welcome, May!

Valdosta Oaks RV Park in Georgia

April for us was rather boring...as it probably was for you.

We spent the month in Valdosta, Georgia, in relative lock-down. I say "relative" because we still made our regular trips to see the Hoffmans (Mark more often than I), and we still made our regular trips to the grocery store. Other than that, we sat at home trying to find something interesting to watch on TV, or watching one of our movies we've seen a hundred times, or reading, or (in my case) crocheting.

Consequently, I didn't take very many pictures.

But, the day before we left Valdosta, we helped our grandson, Asher, celebrate his tenth birthday. The original plan was to go up to one of Georgia's beautiful parks (which were open by then) for a cook-out and cake. But to our disappointment, a giant thunderstorm came through just about that time, bringing with it tornado warnings. We opted to celebrate at home instead.

Asher and his cake

Happy Birthday to YOU

The next day, we pulled up the jacks and headed for Ronnie Wolfe's Alfa shop in Choudrant, LA, with an overnight stop at my sister's in Lake Mississippi.

Ronnie and Dick Albritton diagnosed and repaired our generator for us and cleaned and serviced our AC/Heat pump, which hadn't been serviced since it was installed sixteen years ago. Yikes! was it ever a dirty rotten mess! They had to replace one of the two condensers, and in the process discovered that the unit was miss-wired from the factory! There was a lot wrong with that thing, but now everything is running like a charm. Super kudos to Ronnie and Dick! They are a super-hero team. Professional, knowledgeable, and reasonably priced-- and their work is always of the highest excellence. We've been here at least three times now, and always plan them into our travels when we need something done, and done right.

They had to cut the AC out of the coach--it seems the siding

was put in after the AC!

After all the work was done, we headed to our favorite campground ever-- Lincoln Parish Park, in Ruston, LA. We were planning to stay five days, but they could only accommodate us for two. Apparently, all the locals are camping out to help stave off the boredom of being stuck at home. We did get in a good walk around the pond, at least.

Our spot at Lincoln Parish Park

View from the "back yard"

From there we headed north to Arkansas to get some windows defogged by Fog Doctor in Searcy. That was Thursday. Since our appointment at Fog Doctor wasn't until the following Monday, we found a little RV park along the way and booked three nights.

We parked, paid, set up our coach and started to settle in for the duration when I noticed that the coach power switch was off, and I was unable to turn it on at all. Mark started poking around to find out what the problem was, and eventually discovered that our coach batteries were dead. On a whim, he decided to give Ronnie a call and see if he might be able to provide some insight as to what the problem might be.

Ronnie suggested it might be the Transfer Switch, and told us he had one and was willing to squeeze us into his schedule if we wanted to return. Since we were only about ninety miles away, we decided it would be wise to at least have him check it out. If it turned out to be bad, we could get it fixed right away by someone we trusted. (We've had some sour experiences with mobile repair services over the years.)

So the next morning, we set out early and headed back to Ronnie's establishment. That was today. Ronnie pulled everything apart and inspected the transfer switch. Surprisingly, it was in great shape! That means the problem we were having was likely connected to the shore power at our previous campground in Arkansas. We had a similar issue on our first coach at an RV park in Washington state a couple years ago. Anyway, Ronnie checked out our surge protector while he was at it and finished up after about an hour. We love that guy! He is a gift from God and an answer to prayer.

Now we're ready to head north again. We will still make our appointment at Fog Doctor on Monday, even after the extra repair scare.

As always, safe travels--whether you're RVers on the road or just driving around your neighborhood.

And also we wish you all good health in these uncertain times.

God bless!