Sunday morning has dawned bright and almost clear. It is
nice to see sunshine when I get up. We finally dug out the little electric
heater last night and plugged it in. So it is not so darn cold in here this
morning.
We had quite an adventurous evening last night. Not of our
making, well most of it wasn’t.
I think I mentioned another storm was heading our way last
night. It arrived with a bang. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such bright and
continuous lightening.
I set at the dinette right next to the window to use the laptop
and to watch TV. [I miss my recliner – no room for it in here.] Anyway, that
gives me a good view of the weather. We were watching TV when CLICK – no TV. I
looked at Bill, did you turn off the TV? No. Then we realized the power had
gone off. There had been a big bolt of lightning and clap of thunder just
before the click. It must have hit something. Boy is this campground, down here
in the valley DARK when all the power goes off. I’m funny about electricity – I
unplugged my computer, phone and MiFi – didn’t want any nasty surprised if/when
the power came back on. Soon the rain was pouring down again. Bill went to bed
to read his Nook and I continued to watch the storm and read my Nook. What
great inventions with their back lighting. About an hour and a half later I
heard another click and then the satellite dish started to move. Yippee – the
power was back on.
I replugged all my stuff back in, including the little
heater, finished the chapter I was reading and headed to bed. Stopping first in
the bathroom…Oh, Oh! As I took my second step in the bathroom my foot landed on
the sopping wet rug! Well crap. I turned the light on to check out what was
going on. The whole back, toward the outer wall, side of the rug was soaked.
Had the wind been enough to force the rain in through the open window? Checked
around the window and the wall – nope it wasn’t even damp. First things first.
I had to pick up the sopping rug. Thought I’d throw it in the shower for then.
But realized if I did that I’d get the laundry bag, who resides in the shower,
all wet. Didn’t want that to happen.
WELL CRAP – the power just went out again!!!! And it was
starting out to be such a great day.
Back to last night…So took the laundry bag out of the shower
put it on the counter, picked up the dripping rug and threw it in the shower.
Grabbed a couple of wash cloths and started mopping up the water. Took three
washcloths. As fast as I mopped it up it got wet again. Not good, not good at
all. So I started looking for where it was coming from. The only obvious place
was the toilet. Sure enough the supply line to the toilet – thank goodness the
supply line and not the take away parts – was all wet. Couldn’t feel anything
loose, but it was definitely coming from there. Had to make a decision – wasn’t
hard to make as we’d be floating if it was left to morning. So I woke Bill up,
gave him a flashlight and pointed him towards the bathroom. He did some
checking then headed outside. Turns out that when he was trying to figure out
why the water heater was no longer heating one of the things he did was take
the pressure regulator off. [This didn’t help the water heater situation.] So
by late last night the pressure had built up enough to make the toilet line
leak. So he shut the water off, turned the pump on and went back to bed.
Problem solved until morning.
This morning the laundry is residing in the passenger seat
and the bathroom rug is outside slowly drying out. Pressure regulator is back
on. Hopefully end of problem.
With the power out we decided to go out to breakfast. Any
excuse right? Not a cloud in the sky,
and the view is magnificent from the main road. No smoke or dust or mist in the
air today. WOW.
Coming home from breakfast the clouds are already building
over all the mountains.
We are having our typical Sirimarco Sunday. This is Messi - Barcelona's star.
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