The last time we filled up our LP gas was nearly a month ago back in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The night was pleasantly warm and we didn't need to use the heat. The next night, however, deep in the Shenandoah Valley, it was cold and wet and we turned it on. I didn't notice the difference, but the next morning Nancy complained that the RV did not stay as warm as it should have. The following night we stay at John's house. In north Georgia the night after that, the temperature dropped to freezing, and once again the heater was turned on. This time, even I noticed that it wasn't putting out much heat. Then in the middle of the night, it began making a weird sound, and we shut it off. The following day, we stopped at a Walmart in Alabama and bought several electric heaters; the furnace has not been on since.
This morning we paid Camping World to find out that we couldn't get any heat because the valve wasn't completely reopened after the last fill up and that the noise just meant the bushings in the motor were starting to wear out.
The diagnostic took about an hour; more than enough time to find several must-have items in their store, including a memory foam mattress to replace the one that came with the RV which has seen better days. They had no one to install it but let us do it ourselves out in the service bay. They also let us leave all the packaging there which helped us out a lot.
When we got back to the RV park, Nicole and I went to the Panda Express in the casino for lunch. On the way out, she put a dollar in one of the quarter slots, lost it all faster than you could say, "where'd my money go", and decided gambling wasn't for her. Smart girl.
The instructions with the new mattress said not to use it for 12 hours, and Nancy has been making sure I don't. It has been a long afternoon.
Day 67
Las Vegas, NV
Daily Mileage: 22.0
Total Mileage: 10,975.4
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