April 23, 2016, we have been getting ready for weeks for this year's trip to Lake City, Colorado.  We sold our Can Am Outlander that you ride straddling it like riding a horse, due to it hurting Toni's shoulder when hanging on during our rides over the passes.

We bought a Can Am Maverick side by side unit and I spent weeks making it as comfortable and safe as possible.  Added doors to help keep the mud out so we would arrive in Silverton looking as fresh as a daisy.  Also added fender flares for the same reason.  I certainly didn't want my sweet wife to be unhappy with the new unit so, for that reason, I added suspension seats that cradle you like a new born baby to minimize being thrown around when I get a little too wild on the trails!  Also, added new seat belts for the same reason.

We took the Maverick to San Saba County for a test run on the county roads and learned that it produced significant heat inside the cab on the passenger side.  I sure didn't want anything detracting from Toni's enjoyment so I spent two or three days adding insulating material to stop the production of heat and, luckily, it worked.

On our trip to Mena, Arkansas, we had a flat on one of the rear tires and had to drive 12 miles on a flat tire to get to a spot where I could bring the trailer to get it back to camp.  Luckily, some nice folks stopped and were gracious enough to haul my happy behind back to camp to get the trailer.  As a result of this fiasco, I built a spare tire carrier, bought a new tire and wheel, and now we don't have to worry so much about flats.  We also now have a small CO2 bottle and a patch kit.  Yippee, not so much fear now!

Last year, when we returned from Colorado, our front AC in the motor home wouldn't blow cool due to being low on Freon, so this year, I have a re-fill kit and will top it off myself and again before we head back.  Also, the generator wouldn't transfer electricity into the MH so the roof air-conditioners wouldn't work..  By the time we got home last year, we were so hot that we were about ready to get out of the RV business!  I started doing research as to what could be causing the generator to keep running but not actually transfer the electricity inside.  I learned that it can be a heat related problem involving the electronic control board so I purchased a replacement.  I installed the new board yesterday and only time will tell whether the generator is now working as designed. 

Travelling when the generator isn't working properly has me so paranoid that I have been exploring every possible item that could be causing the problem. The transfer switch, which allows the electricity to transfer into the coach has already been replaced.  The last possibility is the two 30 amp circuit breakers so I ordered them today (Sunday) and will install them when they arrive.  With the breakers being new, a new transfer switch, and a new control board, the generator should be working fine.  I questioned the Onan generator technician as to the possibility that the unit simply isn't putting out electricity and he said that it would kill itself if that happens.  Besides, once everything cools down, it runs fine and will pull both air-conditioners.  Oh the glories of owning an RV!!