Terri and Peter's RV Adventures

When we last left you, fearless reader, we had a restored battery and water.  However, the battery drained (I’ll spare the details) around midnight, with our refrigerator ceaselessly beeping.  Peter turned it off as well as our inverter.  At least it was quiet.  But the next morning, we awoke to cold (mid 40’s) rain and it was equally cold and dark in the camper.  I’d say we had the most expensive tent on the planet—solid walls, floor and ceiling and a comfortable bed, but that’s it!  

I guess the battery couldn’t hold the charge so we packed up, hitched up and were ready to go until the jack died…not enough battery power!  We were stuck until we thought of the only solution available:  our truck’s pro-power generator that we’d hooked up to the trailer the other day hoping to run Starlink.  Turns out after a few minutes, we had generated enough juice to retract the jack.  Pure luck. And we were on our way back to a civilized campground with power, water and sewer hook-up.

It was a cold, rainy, blustery day, hardly past 50 degrees, so we stayed mostly inside once we got settled. Then, the problem was that we couldn’t find a way to level the spot despite our chocks, etc.  Around 6 pm we tried one more adjustment which included re-hitching and moving the trailer back a little, also because our sewer hoses wouldn’t reach…ugh…another lesson.  Still no luck with leveling so we’ll either ask the campground to move us or help us level.  In the meantime, part of readjusting with all the meddling with the power was figuring out how to re-activate the refrigerator and starlink.  It just felt like one obstacle after another. Eventually I figured it all out and everything’s working.

In the meantime, we met an older guy who offered to help us in whatever way we needed as well as a lovely couple one spot down who are here until October.  They have spent the summer/fall here for the last six years and are now planning to move here permanently.  They love it here.  Tomorrow, we’ll find out everything there is to know about Bar Harbor.  They recommended a restaurant where we treated ourselves to a Maine meal:  fish and chips for Peter and Maine scallops for me.  It was so nice to have someone else cook and clean up!  I’m tired.  Maybe tomorrow I’ll feel more triumphant at all we learned and accomplished but I’m too tired for that.  Peter and I did acknowledge that our relationship actually survived today and we teamed up quite well despite it all.  Maybe the rain will let up tomorrow.  Can’t wait to jump into a warm bed and know the power will be on tomorrow!