13/01/08

I knew where it was and finally got the offender free, well shot.

Local wildlife inspecting RV side panel





Almost like Alfie
Dad was a Wolf, but he is as soft as mud.
An impressive skyline, and a sight to make one drool.

The Lonestar State Border Crossing

Houston is BIG! 50 miles across they say, get in the outside lane and stay there when driving through, Janes philosophy not mine, but it worked OK and we arrived at Brookshire campsite without incident. When checking in I told them of our heater problem and asked if they minded if I worked on the RV. No problem and then told us of an English couple on the site. Malcolm and Lynn have been here since the late 90’s and have been “full timing” for the past four years, moving on when they fancy, a very helpful guy making sure I got the bits I needed to complete the heater job, and telling us of places to eat etc. This resulted in us having a super Mexican meal just about 400 yards away that we would never have found, but the locals certainly knew it was there, plenty of customers.The offending heater matrix was finally removed, it was held at one position, but brute force, and definite ignorance of why, prevailed. New matrix fitted, heater box replaced, dashboard replaced, needed a heater valve though, and it seemed the original was a vacuum operated thingy, as are all the heater and air conditioning controls, so left the bypass in. Picked up a manual valve from Napa store courtesy of Malcolm and left for San Antonio where we hope to get a clutch cable for the bike.