I guess this is a good place to post the link to my old blog that I should start using again, I guess. Maybe I should add it to my sig too.
https://cubey7800.blogspot.com
I just did a post on it, but it's nothing you guys don't already know (the trans & wreck). It was to catch up anyone who might be subbed to the blog and who might actually care to know the most recent events, summed up.
The only other part I posted about, is where I'm gonna head to a cheap nice little RV park in Utah for the next 2 months, until Arizona cools down. I'll stil have a few weeks to kill until October, but there's good free places along the way I can use. Unless I decide to stay a 3rd month at the RV park, but I doubt I will.
The owner doesn't mind old RVs, as long as they are fully self contained, meaning has a fully working bathroom inside. The owner specifically told me that he doesn't allow monthly renters to use the bathrooms. I guess he doesn't want to spend that much time scrubbing toilets, since he charges so little rent, which I understand. I stopped there one night last year, and the owner is very hands-off. It's all self-serve. You go get an envelope, fill out a form, put cash or check in it, and push it through a very hack job slot in the solid wood door. No office hours at all. But you can reach the guy by phone, so it's not like you can't ever talk to anyone though. I'm about 770 miles away from there right now, so I called to check if they have open spots, since he tends to not check his email very often (or at all?), and he said there will be plenty of open spots next week. Maybe it fills up on the weekends? Wouldn't surprise me if it does, given where it is.
I was honest and said how I was there 1 night last year, how I just had the trans done, then it slipped out of P and had a wreck, but that the grey tank has already been replaced so it's fully self contained again, and how I just need a couple months to decompress and relax. And he's all fine and dandy with that. So, yeah.
Only sucky thing is I tend to only drive about 200-250 miles a day max, and it's gonna be HOT (95-102) for about 600 miles of the 770 distance. At least there's not much in the way of mountains, so all operating temperatures should be manageable, even with the AC on, at least most of the time. The area where the RV park itself is only gets up around 90-92, not so bad. It's only about 3 miles to town for groceries, a post office, etc, so it won't cost much to go to town a few times a month to get groceries or whatever. Diesel is pretty cheap there too (as diesel prices go out west, anyway) so not bad at all.
First thing after I leave here, I'm gonna stop off in La Grande, Oregon (much less hot than Boise) and get a "free rental" AC gauge set from O'Reilly and check the pressures on both side, and top it off, if needed. I'm sure it probably needs a 12oz can or two again, since it's been a year and probably has a slow leak. I don't use the 'stop leak' stuff, just the cheapest cans of R134a I can get my hands on. It took 4 cans of last year ($6/can from Wamart then, $9/can now) but it was completely empty basically. I don't wanna be driving in 95 degree heat for several days without any dash AC, so the cost of some cans of refrigerant are worth it, IMO. It doesn't do a ton of cooling for the size of the rig, but it does help for sure vs having the windows down and a 12v fan blowing on my face. I'll probably fill up the gas tank for the big generator too, so I can run the roof AC in the evenings for a few hours to get rid of the heat before bedtime. Still cheaper than 3 nights of nightly rate RV parks.
