Greetings from Ice Station Zebra
Months and months ago, our church's camping club reserved the group campground at Mueller State park near Divide, Colorado. It's only 35 miles from our front door, so no one would have to drive very far to get there. Last year's trip was in October and it was hot. This year...well. When we left Colorado Springs the temperature was 45 degrees. As we traveled up Ute Pass, the temp dropped like a stone, and by the time we reached Divide, what had been drippy rain had turned to snow flurries. The temperature was 28. As we were pulling into the campground, it had begun sleeting, and within an hour we had four inches of snow on the ground. Carol took the photo below soon after arriving. The snow is now well past ankle deep. (Our church Administrative Assistant Donna Young is to the right.)
No problem, right? We have a full tank of propane, right? Just plug in the electric cord and crank up the furnace, right? Well. We tried cranking up the furnace, but the furnace wouldn't crank. Nothing. Not a peep or a squeak, and certainly not a BTU. All the time it was blizzarding, and we may get down to 20 degrees tonight-with still another foot of snow by morning.
People, it's still summer. And here I am in a blinding snowstorm with an unheated RV.
Fortunately, we're with a group, and one of them produced a nice little electric heater that's going to keep us from freezing solid tonight. One of our club members is in fact a top mechanic at a major RV dealership locally, and after a good close look he pronounced the furnace really, quite sincerely dead. So we called the rental firm and left a message that was courteous without being especially warm.
No Wi-Fi here, so this won't be posted until Monday night sometime. This is K7JPD signing off from Ice Station Zebra. (I think we're going get this rental at a steep discount!)