Rough Start

Just put a sweatshirt on. 60 degrees,overcast and gusty winds. Today I'll take that happily over 104 temps.

 We made it to Silent Valley RV Park 3500' above Banning after a rough beginning this morning. Left home around 8:30AM and the wind had already started to pick up. As soon as we hit I-10 the "check engine light" came on...then Jack noticed something flapping under the 5th wheel so we pulled into a rest stop to check it out. Turns out it was the covering that goes under the frame of the 5th wheel starting to peel away in the wind. Jack got out the duct tape and slid under the trailer to tape it up. The wind was blowing really hard by now and even with jackets on we were cold. Decided to stop a little further down the road at Rubys Diner for breakfast....then turned off I-10 to climb the mountain to the RV park.

We took the same spot we had last year. A gentleman  walking by to dump his garbage stopped to chat while we got things set up and turns out he had 45 years in the automotive industry. He suggested that Jack briefly remove the cable on one side of the battery in the truck to shut off the engine warning light. It worked. Now to get rid of the squirrels.