Fall 2013 travel schedule

Here's our tentative fall schedule -

10/2 - Richfield, UT
10/3 - Cottonwood, AZ
10/4 - 10/11 - The Villas of Sedona, AZ with Scott and Peggy
10/11 - 10/18 - Tucson, AZ visiting my parents
10/19 - Las Cruces, NM
10/20 - Fort Stockton, TX
10/21 - 10/23 - San Antonio, TX
10/24 - 10/25 - Baytown, TX
10/26  - Scott, LA
10/27 - 10/29 - Milton, FL
10/30 - 11/1 - Kingsland, GA
11/3 - April 2014 - Wilmington, NC

Humming water heater

Last week it started. Every time the hot water was run there was a loud humming sound. After doing a little research on line I figured out it was probably the check valve. According to what I read, there could be one or two check valves. I decided to remove the cold water side first and with a 50/50 chance, it didn't have one.  Next I removed the top one. I found a 1/2 inch spring loaded check valve. It was visibly bad. The o-ring around the piston was partially on top of the piston instead of being underneath it. 

Now to go get a new. After 3 hours of running around between Carbondale and Glenwood Springs no one had one.  I ended up ordering one on Amazon at the tune of $24.00. Replaced and no more humming!

Old check valve with o-ring messed up. The hummer culprit!

Plastic piston - leave it to the RV company to get the cheapest

Top of water heater with the new check valve

Disconnected

New check valve with no plastic parts

New

Old



Site upgrades

A few site upgrades this year. I made some steps to cut down on the wear and tear of the regular steps and we planted a garden this year. The prairie dogs kept eating the tomato's so we put fencing around the area. Seems to have worked so far.

Redstone Colorado

Redstone is a small mountain town with a few small shops. We took a drive up last weekend to see the campground there. There are two camp hosts and it is a US Forest campground. Has no dump station but the camp sites are nice and secluded.

The area is beautiful with red stone all over. The Crystal River runs around the entire area. Redstone was a mining town in the 1800's with coke ovens still present in one area. At approximately 18 miles south of Carbondale its a nice drive and afternoon trip.