It was a tough Tuesday

Well, we pretty much went the whole day yesterday without water.  When they turned the water back on in the afternoon, after apparently fixing it, well, the whole thing blew.  Water started spewing everywhere and flooding the area behind us.  We watched as the people in the RV closest to the leak scrambled to get their dog back in the RV and then pick up everything that they didn't want getting wet and muddy.  So, it didn't look promising that the problem was over.
The water was out in the entire RV park.  No bathrooms available to use or anything.  We had planned to cook a nice meal, but our only choice at that point was to go get something to eat somewhere else.  When we got back from eating dinner, there they were - still working in the hole.  After all was said and done, the water wasn't turned on again until after 11:30pm, and even then, they said the leak was not fixed.  We were very grateful that they at least turned the water back on for overnight.  When we saw water trickling out of faucets, we scrambled to fill the storage tank of the RV (thanks to our neighbor for that advice and help in how to do that) and then went inside when it seemed the water pressure was back to normal to take some quick showers, just in case the water had to be turned off again.

This morning, we ate breakfast early and did what we needed to do while we still had water but were surprised when the crew still hadn't showed up here by 8:30am.  We both left the park to do things, and I got back first and was pleasantly surprised to see the water was back on and they were actually covering the hole back up!!!  Now THAT looked promising!!

It is SO nice to have water available. The excitement wasn't over quite yet, though.

This evening, we decided to take our walk around the park earlier than usual, then take our showers and THEN cook dinner.  All was fine until we started using the microwave.  When we turned on the microwave, we blew the electricity to the trailer.  We didn't know the first thing about what to do about that.  We looked around at all the possibilities of things that could be done, but none of them worked.  We ended up calling John F. and getting his advice.  Well, he walked Guillermo through what could be done, and sure enough, we got the electricity back.  Whew!!!  Turns out, we shouldn't have taken our showers before cooking.  There are 3 big users of electricity in this trailer - the air conditioner, the water heater and the microwave.  Using hot water before using the microwave is not a good idea, because then the water heater has to work to make hot water again - while the air and the microwave are going.  So, anyway, now we know.  Talk about rookie RVers getting a crash course in RV life!!!!!!!!!  That's what we've been getting these last two days.