First of all, I'll explain our "nickname". JandA is simply a shortened acronym for Jean and Andy. We're looking for an easy way to chronicle our adventures in our RV. This is my first attempt at a blog.
It is January, 2016 and we're headed to Red Bay, AL to the Tiffin factory service center to get all of the "bugs" worked out. On the way, we encounter snow and slush in Missouri. It's pretty scary seeing cars in the ditch and a car spin out in front of you. Luckily we were able to go around it with no problem.
We stopped to clean off the windshield, and when we attempted to get going, our tires were spinning on the slush (it was a slight incline). The convenience store had kitty litter, so we were able to get traction and get going again. This is a picture of the slush on the bikes. Lesson learned: don't park uphill on ice or slush.
As we head toward St. Louis, the snow changes to rain. Since it is supposed to be cold that night, we decide not to put out the slides as we're afraid they will freeze and we won't be able to pull them back in the next morning. It got down to 9 degrees and upon waking, we find that our water tanks have frozen. We can only hope there has not been permanent damage to the water system. We have a good deal of condensation on the windshield which has frozen. Luckily we have fans that can take care of that.
On the trip to Red Bay, we pass green fields. After some research we determine the fields are winter wheat crops. It seems strange to see bright green fields in January. We add three new states to our list-Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama.
We're here! We get checked in and assigned to our spot in the campground. The bedroom slide, which hadn't worked, came to life again. We thought we'd broken the water pump, but once here, the water is working again, The campground has turned off the water until further notice-tonight it's supposed to get down to 19 degrees, which is cold for Red Bay. At least that is warmer than St. Louis and Chanhassen where it was -2 degrees today.
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