Author Archives: Sparky
Liliani
My older son Tony has a daughter named Liliani. I don’t know where the name came from, but I like it. She is “Lili” for short. She is going on 9 years old and is just about the best granddaughter a guy could have. She may not be so sweet when she becomes a teenager … Continue reading
The big 3-0
My 30th birthday is so far back that I can’t even see it in the rearview mirror. But Jett and I did celebrate another big 3-0 this weekend: our 30th state, Maine. We attended our first Escapees rally this weekend in Hermon, Maine, just outside Bangor. I will describe that event separately, but with our … Continue reading
A lazy Saturday
Being a working stiff, Saturdays are usually filled with chores unless we have a family event to attend or some other scheduled activity that occupies most of the day. It is a rare Saturday that we just lounge around. And an even rarer Saturday when we get out of the house and spend the afternoon … Continue reading
Water, water everywhere
We have had an average amount of rain this summer, but have had a much-greater-than-normal amount of water inside the RV. First, one of the bunkhouse slides sprung a leak. Beginning with a heavy rain in May, we found a large, very wet spot in the bunkhouse due to water seeping in – somehow – … Continue reading
Screen houses
It may just be that we have a screen house this summer, but I have been noticing how many RVers have them. I suppose in places with few insects (yes, there are some – the desert, for example) they really aren’t needed. But we are in New England where there are, after a good, soaking … Continue reading
Old friends
How many friends have you had for over 45 years? I have at least 14 – thirteen from college and one from high school. I feel I am very lucky. I will tell you about the high school friend some other time; this post is about my thirteen college friends. To be fair, I actually … Continue reading
Catching up: Memorial Day
Yes, it is July 6th and I am just now blogging about Memorial Day. Well,… I’ve been busy. And it is oh-so-hard getting those photos downloaded from the camera. But first, just because you were wondering: yes, the repairs on the site’s electrical box were successful. We now, once again, have full 50A service. End … Continue reading
Electrical Problem: The Final Chapter
Just like the Nightmare on Elm Street our electrical problem went on and on. But I think we have finally arrived at the Final Chapter. To make a long story short, it seems that the problem is with the 50A socket on the campground’s electric box. It wasn’t that the socket was broken, just worn. … Continue reading
Um… never mind
So I finally got around to diagnosing my inverter problem, which involved pulling all of the boxes out of our “basement” and crawling inside so that I could get an up-close-and-personal look at the inverter. And there, right on the top of the box, was the label: CONverter. Not INverter. Instead of changing 12V DC … Continue reading
The inverter
Well, almost two years into the journey I continue to learn new things about our RV. In this case it is the inverter. I knew that we had an inverter and I knew its basic function – to convert 12V DC current into 120V AC current. However, I never quite figured out when it was … Continue reading