Getting things fixed...

Since Miss Doozie has been on full hookups for quite a long time (9 months while I was at the ILC), I have not been using the alternative systems (like the fresh water pumps).

I had a concern that the fresh water pump may not be working well - back in November, we had a time when the temperatures dropped into the low 20s overnight and did not get above freezing during the day for a couple of days. I had disconnected from the "city water" and found that the fresh water pump function was not reliable.

Since we are preparing to head east and plan to spend some time traveling without hookups, we decided that we had better look into the issues...

There are two fresh water pumps on Miss Doozie - one of them was leaking pretty badly, and the other was "iffy" in its performance. So, I had ordered replacement ones, and Carl and I looked at the possibility of replacing them, but... as we evaluated it, we were concerned that we could end up in worse shape than we were already -- having no fresh water pump capability, rather than a leaking one and an iffy one. I suggested that I would recommend calling an RV mobile tech, and, after evaluating it for a while, Carl agreed.

I called the RV mobile tech on Monday morning - his message said that he was out for a long weekend and would return on Tuesday. I thought, "Hmm... this might be a problem as we plan to leave on Wednesday." But, Monday afternoon, the RV mobile tech called me back and said that he was in the RV park and could come by in the next few minutes. He took a look at the job, gave us an estimate of the cost, and said he could do it right then...

Well, as he worked on it, Carl was even happier that I had suggested hiring help - it was a significantly more challenging job than anticipated, and the mobile technician had to use tools from his supply that Carl did not have with him (it is possible that the appropriate tools are in Dwayne's tool supplies stored in Miss Doozie, but we haven't catalogued exactly where all of the tools are located in Miss Doozie...), and the technician had to do quite a few contortions to get everything out and back in again.

Anyway, we now seem to have two working fresh water pumps (though the priming of the pumps after disconnecting the city water seems to be a bit wonky too).

Mobile RV tech working on fresh water pumps Monday evening