He's Right Again!!!!

Uncle Doug said never to trust that gas furnace in the Casita.  In fact he went out and bought a ceramic heater ‘just in case’.  Well – he’s right again.

The furnace broke again last night but we were prepared with coats and blankets.  However - at 1:30am the air alarm went off and we shut off the propane and opened the windows (hey – it was already 37 in the Casita – who cares if it’s a breezy 37?).  But the damn beeping wouldn’t stop. So we went Car Camping! 

We’re up and doing diagnosis already – could be the battery got too low and the alarm set off because of that.  Could be the propane furnace won’t work at altitude.  Someone else is having a similar problem and called the Casita factory who said ‘altitude’.  Could be a number of things.

Two things for sure:

1/  We’re getting the Casita checked out – there’s 2 RV repair shops nearby.  Do we have a low battery issue? We’re at a site near Bryce with no electricity or water for three nights – and its been so cloudy we doubt the solar unit could keep up.  2/  We’re going somewhere to get a good warm sleep tonight.  Once we get to Zion only 250ish miles from here we have site with electricity and water. And traveling there would recharge the battery.  But Aunt Kass is leaning towards a hotel.  Checkin’s not until 4 – by then we could easily be in Zion. Choices. Choices! 

She’s reviewing the situation with the trip leader Don and talking to her friends from Columbia MD Bob and Donna – we’ll see how the day unfolds!