One step forward...sort of

Spent a couple hours this morning trying to get someone to tell us what is amiss with the generator. It has a new battery but it seems like it's not holding a charge. Might be a short in the system or an alternator gone bad or .... who knows what. It is suppose to recharge itself any time we are hooked up to a 30 or 50 amp outlet or when it is plugged into the RV and running. We were hooked up to 30 amps the last two nights.

For those of you who have never had to rely on a generator...a generator is our alternate form of power. When we're not plugged in to electric or driving down the road, it's the generator that keeps the lights on, the AC functioning and, most importantly, the refrigerator running. Having a generator work properly makes your life on the road so much more enjoyable.

The first guy we went to didn't have time for the next three days to look at it but he did jiggle a wire and the darn thing started! Lucy and I just looked at each. Our eyes glazed over, our blood pressure rose and we felt like there was a big neon arrow pointing at us saying "Dumb-itos!"

The mechanic did say the battery wasn't recharging and suggested we get the battery fully charged. He sent us down the street. Steve tested our battery and it was recharging fine. Of course it was! We just looked at each other and shook our heads. Don't worry. Be happy....and breathe!

Lucy and I decided to let it run for awhile and allow it to charge up. By now it was about 10:30am and we decided to walk a bit since it was an overcast day...I walked two miles when it started to rain.

Up to this point, this has been the hardest trip to get started we've ever had....it's still raining and we're hoping to get a window of wet less weather in the morning. Now amidst all these little annoying incidents, we can be thankful that God provided us with a place to hook up to electricity the last two evenings, neither mechanic charged us a nickel and last night our good friends Don & Pat came to visit.

Got to remember to glance on problems and gaze on God. If I forget that, please remind me!