Rockport,
Texas
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Conditions; Clear, 72 degrees
We’ve
been really busy since our arrival here in Rockport, Texas.
We’re
staying in a park we’ve not stayed in before. We have a rock site. We parked
and got all situated be after a few days we were leaning a little to one side.
We
hooked back up to the truck and backed up a few feet and now we’re nice and
level.
We
have slowly been losing water pressure at the kitchen faucet for a few weeks. I
had to work on that.
I
believe the problem was from sitting for two years in a park with hard water.
Once we started traveling all that scale was knocked loose and it plugged up
the brass water line at the faucet.
I
took the line loose from the faucet and had a good bit of scale come out. I ran
a pipe cleaner through the line and put everything back together.
The
water was finally coming out of the faucet but it was little more than a drip.
I
took everything apart again and ran the pipe cleaner back through the brass
line. This time I tapped it up and down with the pliers.
Hooked
everything back up and we had a little more water but still not a normal flow.
While
the faucet was on, I started tapping up and down the brass part of the pipe and
it knocked everything loose. It sounds
easy but this took most of the day to get it fixed!!
Next
problem was with the DISH Tailgater. I had to call DISH and ask them to change
my address so that we could get local channels.
We
have TV! Well, for a short time we did! The next it was the same, no local
channels. I had to call DISH again. They UPDATED our info and again we have
local channels.
The
next day we had problems again. We bought a new cable and I mounted a board on the
top of our roof ladder. I then placed the DISH on top of that and strapped it
down. It looks a little REDNECK but
it works.
We
spent an afternoon cleaning house and doing laundry.
My
driver’s license expired on Friday the 13th so I had to go to the
local DMV to get that renewed. That took a couple of hours.
Our
new neighbor (Sam)had a birthday and we were invited to go out with them for dinner.
That was FUN.
My
birthday was Friday so several of us went out for breakfast. Sam had invited a couple he met the day before to join us. Just so happens that it was Ray's birthday too. We were served key lime pie after breakfast. That was real FUN!
Today
Dawn and I decided to go over to Port Aransas and do some exploring.
We
got off the ferry and to the second signal light when the truck started making
a funny noise and the check engine light came on. I pulled into a parking lot
and killed the truck.
We
raised the hood and looked under the truck. Everything looked fine. I then
called my son in Oklahoma and told him what was going on.
He
asked me our location and then told me to hang tight that he would call me
right back.
He
called back a minute later and asked me to crank the truck. I did. The noise
was gone but the engine light was still on. I killed the truck and he told me
he would call me right back.
A
minute later he called back and gave me direction to a mechanic shop a block
away. He stayed on the phone with me giving me turn by turn directions.
When
we pulled up to the shop, a man met us at the door and asked if we had just
called. He asked me to crank the truck. I did and it ran fine and the engine
light was off.
He
then hooked up a diagnostic tool and checked for codes. My son called back and
talked with the mechanic on the phone. It appears we have a fuel injection
problem.
WOW! I'm so GRATEFUL that my son is mechanically inclined and doesn't mind helping his mom.
THANK YOU son.
The
mechanic explained that his shop is not equipped to handle that kind of repair.
So we arranged with him to have the truck towed to the Chev dealership in
Aransas Pass.
We
called our friends Peter and Judy to rescue us. They were nice enough to leave
the local RV Store open house in Rockport and come pick us up.
They
were kind enough to stop by Wal-Mart so we could stock up on dog food and a few
other things since we don’t know how long we’ll be without a truck.
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