Welcome to My Texas Place
Welcome to my place here at Resaca de la Palma State Park.
I thought I’d first show you how the Flying Lady works to live in for 5 months. Now that it has been summerized, the electrical system fixed, the microwave plugged in (it somehow came unplugged and darned if I can see the plug or socket, guess that comes from being vertically challenged), and I remembered to turn back on the TV antenna which I’d turned of whilst dry camping in the summer to conserve on battery power.
I did have to purchase something to keep the sewer hose support running down hill so I decided on lynx levelers as I can use them while camping elsewhere perhaps.
The first thing they told me when I arrived, after the hellos and glad you’re here and such was 1. Get some lights to put under your trailer. 2. Keep your engine open all the time. Seems they have pack rats here. Now I know why I’ve seen campers with lights under them other places I’ve camped, where there is electricity that is. Then, at the staff meeting this week, they also said we should put a light in the engine area of our vehicles. Since it is Christmas time the lights for under the trailer weren’t a problem, three strings of Christmas lights did the trick. The light for the engine space was more difficult because construction lights aren’t rated for outdoors and the only bulbs rated for outdoors are spot lights. Then the nice gentleman at Home Depot found a 1000 lumen work light rated for wet spaces but I insisted on a grounded plug so I have a 2000 lumen work light and a 50 foot outdoor extension cord, with the junction wrapped with electrical tape, plugged into the 110 outlet on the post. The post is the post outside the camper where my electricity comes from. I’m plugged into the 50 amps with my 50 to 30 dogbone as Daniel, the nice gentleman from Texas Trader RV in LaFaria who I paid for a house call to fix the electrical and plug in the microwave when he discovered it was unplugged, insisted I make the connection that way. The whole host area looks like main street at night with all our lights on under our campers and in our engine spaces.
While summerizing my camper Daniel discovered that the truck isn’t sending electricity to the battery. So I’ve been to the Ford dealer as well. Their diagnostic questions were interesting. When they asked if the brake lights were on when I stepped on the brake I had to tell them I had no idea since there’s only one of me and I’m in the driver’s seat. The man chuckled. The tell tale for them was that when the truck lights come on automatically at dusk the camper lights do not. The camper lights only come on when I manually turn on the truck lights. They inspected and have ordered a part. They’ll call me when it’s in.
So making a camper livable for 5 months isn’t just pulling up, backing in, and hooking up. I’ve met some wonerful people that have been a big help as I learn more about campers and electricity and trucks than I ever thought I’d know.
Next up in 2 weeks will be the tram ride tour that I drive visitors on, so come back in 2 weeks for more escapades of Laura and the Flying Lady at Resaca de la Palma State Park.
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