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Friday, March 21, 2008

Livingston, TX

We got an early start this morning leaving out of Morgan City around 7:30 heading to Livingston, TX. Everything was uneventful until we stopped at the first rest stop entering Texas. I tried to start the generator and it wouldn't turnover. Next we stopped at a Flying J truck stop there in Orange, TX and their truck diesel pumps were not working right. I gave up after taking on only 7 gallons. We went across the Interstate from there to a Pilot truck stop and their card reader wouldn't read my credit card. I went in to give them my card so they would turn the pump on but there was a long slow line at the fuel desk so I said the hell with it I'll just get diesel up the road someplace. I still had enough fuel to go another 300 miles or so. We got into the Escapees RV Park in Livingston and got a good site so we could use our satellite TV and Internet. While setting up I heard a ticking noise coming from the generator. It sounded like an electric fuel pump so I pulled out the books and found that there was a fuse under an access plate so I opened that and pulled a fuse. That stopped the ticking noise. Next I setup the satellite dishes. The TV dish tuned in right away but I was unable to get the Internet dish aligned right so I fought with that until I could at least get it within a usable alignment. So much for a good travel day.

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