The week of the Move and RV Trouble

Worst week ever. A scintillating combination of : A) Prepping and cleaning the house for settlement, B) Putting all our belongings into a storage unit, and C) Getting the RV ready for a year-long trip. The next tide will take us from shore. I digress.

Two days before settlement, Cheryl says, “I was walking past the RV and something smells like sulfur.” I hunted for the source and in so doing rested my hand on the entrance step. It was hot. Under the step are all the batteries. I opened the compartment and blue haze floated out. They were cooking.

I cut all the power sources to the batteries and called my pals at Ultimate RV in Grantville, PA. They are as busy as a mosquito in a nudist colony this time of year, but Chad Jr said to bring it there right away.

An hour later, we arrived at Ultimate RV in a rainstorm. Chad Jr checked out the converter and the batteries. One of the two coach batteries was dead, and both the converter and the other battery were trying to charge it to death. So, within 2 hours of arrival, we were the proud owners of 2 new batteries.

The rest of the week just generically sucked, except the actual settlement on our house where we received money. That was fun.