Wednesday.
Rain. We moved on. North along the river. Through Lake Havasu City.
Extended the route a little and went through Kingman, across Hoover Dam,
through Las Vegas, and to Mesquite Nevada for the night. It rained all day.
I wonder. How fast would we have to go to hydroplane 25,000 pounds? I'll
just slow down a little and not find out.
Work is picking up back at the office. Busy Season Begins. Last week we
had one job. This week we have three jobs. Next week it starts for me on
the road too, and we'll have four jobs. It is always such a long time from
one busy season to the next. It's nice when the work lets up at the end of
June and we can get all caught up, but then it is a long time until the next
one. I am so glad when busy season arrives and we can be really productive
again. I like to be busy.
Know how, when you're hooked up at an RV park, and the dump hose is lying on
the ground, and when it's time to leave, and there is still gray water lying
in the dump hose because the outlet end is a little higher than the part in
the middle? You have to get the extra wastewater out of the hose before you
put it away, so you pick it up at the motorhome end and walk it down toward
the other end to empty it. Have you ever noticed that sometimes this works
really well, and sometimes it hardly seems to work at all? Sometimes the
water just hangs in the hose and doesn't want to go away.
Well I have. I've noticed this. And I've figured out why it is. When it
doesn't work right, it's because it can't breathe. Logically, you close the
valve first, so no more water can get in the hose, then you try to clear the
hose. But when you do that, it's like trying to pour water out of a bottle
when no air can get in to take the place of the water you want to get out.
All you get are a few glugs, and you have to do it over and over to get the
hose clear. What you need to do for this to work right is clear the hose
with the dump valve still open. That way all the water pours easily out one
end while air comes in the other end of the hose to replace the water that
just poured out. Then, you have to remember to go back and close the valve
and not just put away the empty dump hose and close the cabinet. How would
I know this last part you ask?........
