By about 1 am David was feeling sleepy, so we pulled off at a Rest Area to get some Zzzz's. Noah was already sound asleep and I had been asleep in the front. David and I crawled to the back and fell asleep. David woke up about 5 hours later, rested and ready to tackle the dreaded Nevada desert with no ac. He started cruising and went to pull off for some gas when Reno started stalling. We were literally 100 feet from the pumps. At this time I was still asleep, but could here David trying over and over again to get Reno to start.
Reno says hello
I finally pulled myself out of bed to see if there was anything I could help with, knowing full well that I was of little use other than moral support. David began searching on the Web why Reno might be acting this way. The two conclusions, based on Reno's symptoms, that it could possibly be was the timing belt being too loose or bad gas. We were praying for the latter. So, David tried starting him up again and he started. We pulled up to the pump and David bought some booster for the gas. Meanwhile,, I was in the car praying praying praying that Reno would start and that this timing belt thing would not snap and ruin are engine out in the middle of the desert. Yet again, God is faithful, why do I doubt, and Reno started up with a lovely purr.
We continued on through Nevada and were trucking along pretty well. It increasingly became hotter and hotter the farther and longer we went and without ac, we were all soaked with sweat. Our goal was to make it to Sacramento and then park and cool down. We found a park south of Sacramento to park for the night. We pulled into our spot and began hooking everything up to the RV, our typical routine. Electric was the first thing hooked up, so we could cool off the RV with AC, YESsss!
"this is nothing, you just wait and SEE"
We had bought a new sewer hose since our other one was a little flimsy and grossed David out. We were all relieved that this was going to be a clean and easy hookup since it had never been used. Noah and I were gathered around and I commented by saying, "oo, I hear it going into the tube" to David's response of "this is nothing, you just wait and SEE." When all of a sudden the flood gates were opened and ALL our sewage spilled over the ground!!!!
ick ick ick uugggg.... NOT fun!
Noah and I ran away like little girls gagging and kind of laughing all at the same time while leaving David alone, woops! I finally returned to see David frozen there holding our poop slinky making the same exclamation over and over again (The word chosen was quite fitting I might add ahaha). Ha I then went over to help figure out how to re-attach the poop slinky! After flinging and touching our waste long enough, we were able to get everything re-attached. As best as we could, we sprayed the grass where it all dumped to at least thin it out... good fertilizer, right? We all washed up still grossed out and yet laughing about the occurrence.
We ended the day by heading to a wonderful sushi dinner at Oz Japanese Restaurant. mmm.
Reno says hello
I finally pulled myself out of bed to see if there was anything I could help with, knowing full well that I was of little use other than moral support. David began searching on the Web why Reno might be acting this way. The two conclusions, based on Reno's symptoms, that it could possibly be was the timing belt being too loose or bad gas. We were praying for the latter. So, David tried starting him up again and he started. We pulled up to the pump and David bought some booster for the gas. Meanwhile,, I was in the car praying praying praying that Reno would start and that this timing belt thing would not snap and ruin are engine out in the middle of the desert. Yet again, God is faithful, why do I doubt, and Reno started up with a lovely purr.
We continued on through Nevada and were trucking along pretty well. It increasingly became hotter and hotter the farther and longer we went and without ac, we were all soaked with sweat. Our goal was to make it to Sacramento and then park and cool down. We found a park south of Sacramento to park for the night. We pulled into our spot and began hooking everything up to the RV, our typical routine. Electric was the first thing hooked up, so we could cool off the RV with AC, YESsss!
"this is nothing, you just wait and SEE"
We had bought a new sewer hose since our other one was a little flimsy and grossed David out. We were all relieved that this was going to be a clean and easy hookup since it had never been used. Noah and I were gathered around and I commented by saying, "oo, I hear it going into the tube" to David's response of "this is nothing, you just wait and SEE." When all of a sudden the flood gates were opened and ALL our sewage spilled over the ground!!!!
ick ick ick uugggg.... NOT fun!
Noah and I ran away like little girls gagging and kind of laughing all at the same time while leaving David alone, woops! I finally returned to see David frozen there holding our poop slinky making the same exclamation over and over again (The word chosen was quite fitting I might add ahaha). Ha I then went over to help figure out how to re-attach the poop slinky! After flinging and touching our waste long enough, we were able to get everything re-attached. As best as we could, we sprayed the grass where it all dumped to at least thin it out... good fertilizer, right? We all washed up still grossed out and yet laughing about the occurrence.
We ended the day by heading to a wonderful sushi dinner at Oz Japanese Restaurant. mmm.
For those with weak stomachs, do not proceed!!
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| Compliments to Noah who took the time to snap a picture: Now you all can see the mess we made HAH. |
Wow! Did the hose come off at the RV or at the dump site? Great title.. "Crappy Day"... Excellent choice of words! LOL. Words of advice, buy a bottle of rubbing alcohol to wipe down your hands after handling sewage! I hope the future days get a little less messier. Hi Noah.
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