Mossleigh, AB

Saturday - The music festival and the crowds it brought are noisy. The group next to us in the rv park were going at it until after midnight. I think it’s a group of five or six RVs. I could hear the music from the festival stage from our site. It was loud enough to turn into noise for me. But that’s just me I’m sure it was just fine. 

We went to the tavern with friends for pizza. It was decent. The crust wasn’t too thick. 

Monday - The weekend had several RV repairs needing done. We thought the kitchen sink had a clog since the water wasn’t draining. It turned out that I had forgotten to open the gate valve for the grey tank. I had already disassembled parts of the kitchen so I need a larger channel lock style pliers to tighten the plumbing. 

The plastic flange the toilet mounts to broke. It turned out to be an easy temporary fix as the flange had two more mounts 90° away. So loosen the broken flange, turn 90° and screw into place. Permanent fix is a metal, two-piece flange. Readily available on Amazon.

We got more rain this evening. At least there wasn’t any hail! We had hail a few nights ago. Friends, who are leaving tomorrow, wanted to fill their truck with diesel, so we went to Vulcan. While we were there, we stopped at a hardware store to pick up the larger channel lock pliers. The plumbing drain pipes are now tightened. 

Mossleigh, AB

Wednesday - This morning, I needed a few things from the grocery store that I probably should have picked up in Cranbrook, BC, as there was both a Safeway and a Walmart in that town. I drove 20 minutes south to the small town of Vulcan (as in Star Trek). It was a decent small-town market, much larger than a Dollar General. We are meeting up with friends this afternoon, and I am making some potato salad for the potluck.

Thursday - A couple of minor repair projects completed today. I moved the door latch up around ⅛” (with a file!), which allowed the latch to catch without needing to slam the door. We’ll see how long this fix lasts. The windshield cover had a cut in the middle. I remembered that I had some clear Gorilla tape in a storage bin. Hopefully this fix lasts for a while. 

I also dug out all six of the DeWalt batteries and charged them. The inflator gets used frequently to air up the tires when the temperature goes from hot to cool, which has happened often on this trip.

Friday - It looks like the Winlink Wednesday email worked as I showed up on the participant map at around the correct location. 

It is relatively cool for this time of year. I wasn’t sure how much wind we would have, so I didn’t initially set up the clam shelter. But it needed to dry out, so I set it up. It’s a good thing that I set it up, as the floor was also damp. It's a nice place to do the testing from as long as it isn't too hot. At 2:15, it's 74°F, which is borderline too warm.

There is a music festival scheduled to start this evening and run all day tomorrow. I hope it isn't too loud, but it does mean that the RV park may fill up.

Cranbrook, BC

Monday - We crossed the border into Canada today. It was a longer wait than “usual” but we were only asked a couple of questions. The road had a lot of twists and turns and tomorrow we cross the Canadian Rockies. Our destination is Aspen Crossing RV Park east of Calgary, AB. 

We are at a small RV park in Cranbrook and had dinner at an Indian restaurant near the park. It was pretty tasty food and a nice change. 

Coeur d’Alene

Sunday - Today was a travel day with some uncertainty due to fires in Oregon and Washington. We saw smoke but no flames. We went through Spokane around 12:30 and it wasn’t too crowded. Maybe because it is Sunday. 

We are at the fairgrounds RV park which has full hookups. When I fill the fresh water tank, I’ll measure it to see how much we used. The RV gauge panel says 1/3 fresh and a full black tank (it said only 1/3 yesterday). The grey tank sensors stopped working last Summer. 

The breaker for the 30amp outlet blew yesterday evening when I turned the converter back on. The converter charges the original AGM coach battery. It is powered through the inverter so it gets power through shore power, generator, or the lithium batteries. Anyway, I turned down the max shore power from 30amps to 25amps and reset the breaker. It tripped again. I turned it down to 22amps and it tripped. A bad breaker. Probably from being repeatedly overloaded. I then plugged the RV into the 50amp outlet using an adapter. No problem even after turning the max shore power back to 30amps.

Tomorrow, we have a modest travel day into southern British Columbia.