Awake: 6:04am Temp 48 sleep 6+39 sunny-cloudy overnight @ Tuscumbia, AL.
After a healthy Kathy muffin & a cheery goodbye to our near RV neighbors, we left Heritage Acres RV Park @ 9:14am, following US-72 northwest to State Rd-302, then State Rd-309 to Hwy-178 arriving @ the ER Fuller Camper Park @ 11:32am. Angela greeted us & suggested we detach our tow car & she would walk with us to select a campsite. This un-advertised campground is small, old, but somewhat big rig friendly.
After selecting & backing into a site, I kept the engine running to level our coach while Kathy plugged into the 50-amp utility box. With leveling finished, Kathy walked to my driver window & asked: "do you have electricity?" "Not yet!" I tell her. Well, with our long shore cable run out, she tried (2) more (50) amp outlets nearby & each time, our auto electric protector shut the connection down before anything could get into our coach system. We were a little surprised; after (300 +) campgrounds visited over the yrs, this was our 1st time to find a fault with the electric feed from a campground.
We both felt a little uncomfortable about calling Angela & reporting this problem, but definitely that 50-amp service has a problem. We apologized to Angela & asked her to seriously look into that system; then we attached our tow car, drove (6) miles up Hwy-178 & topped off our motorhome tank @ Flying "J". 180.8 gal @ $2.26 per gal.
During fueling, Kathy was on the cell phone & or computer searching for another campground;
she wasn't finding anything nearby.
(2) days ago, I had called the Agricenter International in East Memphis to reserve a campsite for today, Sunday; I got the impression that the office was closed for the week-end so I left a message. Just as I finished fueling the coach, a fellow from the Agricenter returned my call & told Kathy that they have a campsite waiting for us with 50-amps. How about that! Luck or the work of our guardian angel?! Now our visit with Donna & Dale will have to wait a day or so.
We arrive @ the Agricenter in East Memphis, TN @ 2:05pm.
Today's travel: 153 miles 3+38 time 27 gal used 5.7 mpg 42 mph avg speed.
Our campsite @ the Agricenter is good & we have strong 50-amps. Angela called us about an hr later & asked if we had found another campground & 50-amp service. Yes, was the answer & both Kathy & I suggest that she might check her 50-amp service for under-voltage, over-voltage, a wiring fault...ground or neutral, etc. She told us she had made several calls since we left to have someone check it out thoroughly.
Mid-afternoon dinner: Italian sausage, pasta & a spinach salad.
Evening movie: "The Corsican Brothers" with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Ruth Warrick, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, etc. Entertaining swashbuckler from Dumas story of twins who are separated but remain spiritually tied; Fairbanks excellent in the dual lead, with strong support, ingenious photographic effects. 1941. Entertaining it was indeed!
Lights out: 12:26am
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