Ruthi awoke to no power and hence no heat. The sun was charging the batteries (or so she thought) and heating up the rig. It turns out that after batteries die, they need to be turned off and then turned on again to begin the charging process. Once Ruthi figured that out, the solar panels did their work. It was going to take a while before the microwave would nuke the broth for her throat.
Boots had been informed that the part was not in, so there was another delay in the final fix to the radiator(s). So, we re-grouped and decided to have the rig towed back to a Bishop RV park so Boots, Ruthi and Karma could be rejoined with electricity (no sewer at this particular park – so we used our reserve tank of water and their showers/bathrooms).
The same guy who had towed the truck came back to get us with his boss’s 2004 Ford F350 pickup. While the boss is very into horses, she’s not that into dogs; so, Karma had to ride in her kennel in the RV. Karma was not pleased and having never ridden there she was a little freaked. Ruthi had forgotten to place one of the wheeled office chairs on the bed. That was rolling back and forth in the living room area making all kinds of noise we are sure. When we finally got to the park and were able to get Karma out she was in major stress mode. Lots of water drinking and wanting to stay outside unless we were all going in together - poor baby!
