Another beautiful sunny day here in Arizona with temps in the low-80's, however it's about to get very warm. This week the temps will be in the high 80's and low 90's. This will be a challenge for us since one of our heat pumps went out last week and the other went out over the weekend. No problem you say? Well, you have to remember that our electric heat pumps are our air conditioning units. We could keep the temperature manageable in the RV with only one AC so I wasn't too worried until the second unit decided to join it's twin by blowing out it's insides all over the coach. Mary Lynn was not a happy camper when that happened.
So tomorrow I need to get the repair/warranty process started. At least I hope they are covered under warranty. The first unit is now 13 months old and I think it's covered by a one year warranty. The second unit was just replaced in January while we were at the Tiffin factory in Red Bay. At a minimum I think it should be covered by warranty.
In the end it doesn't really matter; we need to have air conditioning so we will get it fixed one way or the other.
I started working on the Alaska itinerary before water volleyball today and then again after dinner. It's starting to come together. First pass has us entering Canada from Montana in mid-May and getting back to the US around September 1. We will drive approximately 5500 miles and travel the Alaska Marine Highway System from Prince Rupert, British Columbia to Haines, Alaska with stops in Petersburg & Juneau.
I've begun putting together a rough list of activities in each town we will visit as well as a list of campgrounds in the area.
At first blush I can tell you that RV campgrounds in Alaska are a lot more 'rustic' than their counterparts here in the US. Many have no RV hook-ups or electricity only. Many times a campground will have a dump station located near the exit rather than individual septic connections at each site.
No worries though, every thing I've found so far tells me this will be a once in a lifetime trip.
Not to mention MLA tells me this is the only time she is going to a cool weather destination like Alaska. In fact she would have been quite happy with taking a cruise ship to Alaska. Her thinking is simple: she would only be in the cool weather for 1-2 weeks and then it would be over.
I told her we can travel for 3 months on what it would cost for a 2 week cruise. She finally relented only because she didn't want to see me beg. If she only knew; I would have been willing to go much further than begging. It would not have been a pretty picture.
That said, we are planning to take our time seeing and doing as much as possible in Alaska and Canada.
See Ya!
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