Well no interruptions during the night, other than the traffic, this rest area has three areas one for trucks, cars, and RV’s, with the RV parking being the furthest from the thruway. There are a few other overnighters and a couple of trucks but there is a lot of open spots, these spots are not real long so the transport trucks do not fit well neither do we with everything attached, but we picked an end spot so had trees and grass one side. We slept well and got up late it was after 7 o’clock when I put the coffee perk on and I can smell the coffee now, mmmm fresh perked coffee and could even be a little Irish Cream for sweetener……just saying

It is in the 70’s this morning and looks like cloudy and mid seventies all day with rain again in the afternoon, will be nice after the temperatures from yesterday. We refuelled at the Georgia border only took $127. of diesel, but because I had to boost the coach to start it this morning, I just left it running during the fuel stop. Stopped for lunch at the next rest area and I cleaned all the connections on the chassis batteries, the terminals are not the best but seems to be working for now and should get us back to Ontario for a scheduled summer repair. After lunch we have moved further in to Georgia to a rest area near Ashburn. Another big day for us, 210 miles and a number of little rain storms, now we are settled in I have dialed the satellite dish in so I can get the Masters pre-show and player interviews.

From the Solar system we only brought in 36 amp/hrs yesterday, reasons it was so low, we were plugged in till 10am, drove 226 miles during which the alternator carries any load in the coach as well as charged both chassis and coach batteries, we watched television for about six hours, we shut down the inverter at 10pm and watched the news this morning as well as used the toaster for breakfast. Our shut down amperage draw in between 2 and 3 amps which includes the fridge control board, smoke / propane detectors, our new led awning lamp control, and backlit gauges. We also had that heavy rain and a cloudy afternoon yesterday, so the solar system should bring in more today as we are getting sunny intervals between clouds and rain.

Our plan is to get through Atlanta tomorrow in time to watch the par 3 contest from the Masters, and the next couple days will be short as the first rounds of the Masters will be on.

Well today, is the day, all systems are a go, the count down is on It is 5:30 and my favourite 22 year old kitty thinks he is hungry, oh well he will eat and I will watch the sunrise. About four hours from moving a wheel for the first time in 2019, we moved into this site before New Years officially our longest stay so far….but we are ready to start our next adventure, the trek north will be as long or longer than most of our vacations as a working stiff. The heat and humidity are starting to rise its 68 (20c) at 5:30 and 98% humidity, the forecast high 88 (31c) compared to our destination is 42 (6c) with 98% humidity and a forecast high of 61 (16c) so it is time. Not looking forward to the rain but we are looking forward to seeing spring.

Well it has been a big day 226 miles (364 Km) and not without some little pains, we are settled into a rest area by Ocala. It started with the shift mechanism that places the tow vehicle into neutral in the transfer case not switching properly with the indicator lamp not coming on, it is not clear if it an issue with the led warning lamp or a connection for the lamp. With that taken care of we stopped for lunch just north of Tampa and upon going to get back on the road the coach would not crank over….it acted as if the battery was discharged, but the voltage was 12.8 when I checked at the battery, when checking at the starter it dropped to less than 2.0 volts when trying to start….conclusion – bad connection between battery and starter solenoid. Booster cables solved the problem and we were able to start the coach and move another hour up the road, I may need to replace the main power cable but will try to get back to Ontario to make the repair as I was thinking of moving the chassis batteries which will need new cabling anyway. We will see tomorrow morning.

We just went through a major downpour, glad I was off the road, just watching the news and weather hoping we have a quiet evening, it is cooling off a little, Orlando hit 91 degrees today so it was a warm drive, have had dinner and just settling in.

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s updates, should make it to Georgia tomorrow about 180 miles….