Friday, September 25, 2020 - Travel Day to Garnett, KS; Happy Birthday Jody: Walmart Failed Me; Peine Family Time

Friday, September 25, 2020 - Travel Day to Garnett, KS; Happy Birthday Jody: Walmart Failed Me; Peine Family Time

It was a little before 5:00 when I awoke this morning.  It is moving day, so while the coffee was perking I put things away downstairs and in the bathroom that I could before sitting down to enjoy my first cup of coffee.  After reading my morning devotional and Bible reading for the day, Dean was up, so I moved upstairs to make the bed and put away the clothes that were hanging in the shower.  I left a fan blowing on them all night so they would be dry this morning.  

Today is my baby sister, Jody's birthday!  Happy birthday Jody!!!

Carla Jo (Jody) 

We were not in a big rush to leave, yet we wanted to get a somewhat early start, since we have over 275 miles to travel today.  It should be an easy, comfortable drive.

It was 9:04am when we pulled out of Winterest City Campground & RV Park, and headed south.  

The only picture I took today was of a field of soybeans.  It's not something you would typically take a picture of, however today the sun was shining on them and I thought it was a beautiful sight.  Dean commented he would have not thought about a field of soybeans being beautiful, but he agreed it was.

A bright sun shining on soybean fields - like a field of gold.  I hope it turns out to be a pot of gold for the farmers this year.

We had a stop to make before we arrived at Garnett.  I needed to print someting so I could fill out a form and drop it off while we are in Oswego.  Unfortunately our printer is out of ink.  When we reached Ottawa, KS, we pulled in to purchase a new cartridge.  Nothing!  In fact there was very little Canon ink cartridges available.  We've discussed purchasing a new and smaller printer...maybe it's time.  When we return to Oswego tomorrow, hopefully one of my sisters will help me out by printing the item I need so I can take care of it before we leave on Sunday.

We arrived at Garnett's North Lake Campground at 3:01pm.  We had made a reservation online a few days ago, so we pulled into Site 20 and were soon setup.  Dean contacted his siblings in the area to see if they would want to come to the RV Park for pizza this evening.  I sent a text to his sister-in-law Connie to invite her as well.  Connie is coming out after work, and the others will arrive around 6pm. 

We had not been here more than an hour, when our electricity blinked off, then came back on; then on and off again.  We turned off and/or unplugged everything in the rig.  Dean went out to look at the surge protector to see if there was a code.  It was giving us a previous error code, and we could hear a crackling noise inside like it might be sparking, and showed low voltage.  You might remember we had a similar issue while we were at Eureka Springs.  When the maintenance crew came they discovered a faulty breaker.  Once replaced we never had another problem.  The next step today was to call the Garnett City Office to let them know what was happening.  They sent a crew to look at it.  When they arrived, they changed out the breaker and fortunately we did not have any more problems the rest of the evening. The surge protectors are expensive but it has proved it's worth twice this month.  If you do not have a surge protector for your rig, I would recommend you check out Mike Sokol's electrical articles on RVTravel.com.  You can subscribe to the blog for free, or go to  https://www.rvtravel.com/author/mike/.  You will find articles about many RV related issues, including ways to test the electrical plug-in's at campgrounds before plugging your rig in, if you do not have a surge protector.  It could possibly save you from having repairs to, or the loss of an electrical appliance.  We experienced this ourselves, when we lost our microwave a year or two ago because of an electrical issue due to the plug-in being wired incorrectly.  

We had a wonderful evening visiting with Dean's brother, sisters and sister-in-law, enjoying pizza and later a fire in our Fire Genie.  We enjoyed a couple of hours or more before they headed home.  We haven't seen them since last November when we met up with them for dinner one evening.  Unfortunately, Covid stopped those get togethers this past spring.  They do a video chat with each other every two weeks to keep in touch.  Their sister Ruth Ann, who lives in Illinois, has the opportunity to join in on those calls. 

After they left, we put away the chairs, and Dean kept an eye on the fire until it was out.  We were sitting inside, thinking about calling it a night, when my son Marc texted me that a friend of his and her husband were camping right across from us.  She follows our blog and recognized our rig as soon as she saw it, he said.  What are the chances?  I thanked him for letting me know, as I want to be sure and tell them hello and visit with them, before we leave tomorrow morning.  

We are parked right along Garnett Lake, and the wind has really been blowing this evening.  When we arrived it was 85.  I opened the windows inside.  It didn't take long to drop the temperature with the wind blowing in.  I can't remember the last time we turned the air conditioner on and it has been great.  

Tomorrow morning we will pull up Bentley's jacks again and return to Oswego for one night.