on December 13th, 2009 at 2:08 pm by MJ

I’m a bit frustrated right now, and I’m finding it difficult to resolve said frustrations. Here’s a list of things that are bugging me about my RV life:
1) It’s been raining off and on for nearly two months now. The ground never gets a chance to dry out. This is a problem [...]

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on November 7th, 2009 at 5:08 am by MJ

Tonight’s the first freeze of the season. Of course, I hadn’t bothered to put the heat tape on the drinking water hose, so I found myself outside after dark in the cold with a lantern, electrical tape, pipe insulation, a pair of scissors and the heat cable. Half an hour later, voila, toasty-warm [...]

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on October 16th, 2009 at 10:33 pm by MJ

Liquid propane gas, that is, and not a minute too soon, either!  I knew we were getting low on propane, but I wasn’t sure exactly how low.  Our tanks don’t have a gauge on them.  There’s just this little indicator that turns red when one tank is empty, and then a switch flips over and [...]

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on October 6th, 2009 at 11:11 pm by MJ

I spent Sunday trying to resolve the leaky sump cover issue.  Despite my efforts last month, the sump still had a slow leak.  I figured out that the problem was that it lacked an o-ring.  I tried four different stores, but  I couldn’t find an o-ring.  Eventually, I ended up buying gasket material from Pep [...]

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on September 7th, 2009 at 10:08 pm by MJ

About two weeks ago, right around the same time the awning bit the dust, our toilet starting leaking…and not fresh water. Our bathroom (and for a few days the whole trailer) started smelling like an old folks’ home.  I got online, researched our model of toilet, and figured out the problem.  There are a couple [...]

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