Well, I think our traveling ghost is back!  Or our coach is trying to tell us that it DOES NOT LIKE COLD TEMPERATURES!!!!!   What happened you ask?  Nothing drastic, just annoying little occurrences.

We prefer to take our chances on places to overnight; we usually start an internet search for appropriate parks on the fly.  This was the case yesterday--I found several parks in Grants, NM, one of which had received lots of good reviews and was a 2011 KOA award winner.  Sounded like a safe bet.

The check-in process went smoothly although rather pricey, we were guided to our site (a nice long 80 footer), and we began to set up.  First issue:  the coach requires 50 amp electric service to run all our utilities safely; the KOA electric post would not provide 50 amp, the best we could get was 30 amp (which is usually adequate unless you are running A/C or electric heater, toaster, microwave, hair dryer).  So, okay, we'll use their dinner take-out service for dinner rather than running high-voltage appliances during the cooking process.

We order their pot roast dinner @ $11/each; it arrives on time, nice and hot, but very meager  portion for the price.  After we eat we settle into watching a little TV until bed time when Corky remembers that he needs to unhook our water supply because the temperatures were supposed to drop to 30 degrees and he did not want to freeze our water lines.  Chore done; off to bed.

But nooooooo! That's not to happen.  For some reason the breaker switch on the coach tripped.  Why???  We have no clue--the only appliances running were the TVs & computers (only pulling about 20 amps).  Reset breaker.    Back to bed.

But noooooo!  For the 1/2 hour or so, we battled the CO2 alarm that insisted on screeching every 5 minutes or so.  (This has happened before whenever I apply my fragrances--I'm rather insulted actually that an appliance voices its opinion on my aroma!)  Our first solution to that prolem was to set our little fan on the floor by the alarm to move the air around--didn't work!

Next solution: open the kitchen ceiling fan slightly and run both fans simultaneously.   That seemed to solve the problem except now we were drawing in COLD air from the ceiling fan and having to run our propane heater to stay comfy over night.  What's wrong with that picture!!!

So either the ghost is back or the coach is trying to tell us something!

We are going to try the KOA's complimentary continental breakfast this morning--it'll probably be COLD cereal!   Oh, I guess I'd better start wearing my rose colored glasses for a while.

Later.