Day 23 - Thursday, January 27th - Beach Day

 Today was a busy day. We dropped my truck off at the repair shop about 8:20 and then returned home for several hours.

Back at the camper I did more research on putting residential refrigerators in motorhomes. Many of the coaches we see advertised have made this modification, even ones that have an additional refrigerator/freezer in the basement. I texted the guy in FL asking a couple more questions about his refrigerator installation. It sounds to me like the RV place did a "poor man's" conversion. They did not upgrade the inverter and he can't run the refrigerator unless he is hooked up to shore power or his generator is running. As I understand it, the invertors that come in coaches are to small to adequately handle the additional load from a refrigerator and they don't provide "clean" enough power for residential refrigerators. He told me that they freeze water in plastic bottles while on shore power and then put them in the refrigerator to keep it cool while travelling. They also run the generator a lot while travelling so that they can run the rooftop AC units. I don't remember us running ours that much, but I don't remember a lot.

The Tiffin coach in TX  also had a residential refrigerator. The guy there had an upgraded inverter (wouldn't be shocked if it cost him nearly as much as the fridge) and he upgraded to top of the line house batteries. He said most of their travels were during hot weather, so they ran their generator a lot for the AC.

The attorney in MT who is setting up our LLC asked for some more information and I got that sent to him. I emailed a place to get the ball rolling so that when we buy a coach I will be able to bind insurance with just a phone call.

After lunch at home we headed for the beach. Temps were in the low 60's, but it was a little windy. If it was 10 degrees warmer, or less windy, Kathy could set at the beach for HOURS.

We took lawn chairs and set watching the water for over 30 minutes before deciding we had enough wind and sun. 

Back home Kathy took a nap and I was setting outside reading when I got a phone call telling me our recertified propane tank was ready for pickup. I picked it up and put it back on. Both of our 30# propane tanks have now been recertified and are good for another five years.

We went to the clubhouse for supper. Tonight's menu was a cabbage roll, chunked potatoes, some strange type of salad and cake for desert. We sat next to a couple who have lived down her for quite a few years. They own a lot in a different part of the campground and live here in their 5th wheel. They are originally from New Hampshire. He retired from the police force and she had worked in a bank. They spent a lot of years travelling the country working for different governmental units in National Forests, National Parks, Bureau of Land Management facilities, etc. The have taken their RV to Alaska several times, and stayed the summer. He wants to try and go one last time this year, but wonders if they will physically be able to make the trip.

We didn't get a call about my truck so apparently they needed a part that they couldn't get and install in a day.

God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours.