The Great Flood - Onward to Foss LakeDec 16, 2011
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Like I said, we had the place to ourselves.
Sunrise at Foss Lake
| What happens on the first day of travel for the first time RV'er? A mistake, of course. Well, perhaps not a mistake but rather a 'coincidence of unfortunate circumstances'. The day started off with a dead battery, and manual closure of the slides. This was good because we learned how to get our slides in without power. A quick visit to the NuWa Factory for a replacement pair of marine batteries, and we were on our way. As we were driving, David asked me if I had turned off the water pump. The unit has an internal water pump so it can pump water out of the fresh water holding tank when you are not connected directly to city water. At the Chanute campground we were using the internal pump and filling the fresh water tank as needed. If we left a city water line connected to the unit all night it might have froze. I didn't even know where the water pump switch was. But we thought we were ok, since any water that was to drip from a faucet would go straight down the drain. And we knew our tanks had been freshly dumped. What we didn't know was that the water filter under the sink had broken off, and the kitchen/dining/living area was being flooded with 50 gallons of water as we cruised down the highway. We did the best we could to get the water out. We continued on to Foss Lake. We had the campground to ourselves - literally. It was absolutely beautiful. Too bad we had a soaking living room carpet. We tried to squish out more water but it was useless. The next morning we woke up and ripped up all the carpet and padding and chucked it out. It was from 2003 after all and would probably have mildewed way before it could dry. We also didn't want to take the chance of damaging the wood underneath. The place dried out in about two hours. And now, it will only cost us $1,000 to have the carpet replaced. Some day. Maybe. |
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