Black is Gray & Gray is Black

Sorry to disappoint but yesterday was an uneventful day. We drove around the Charlotte beltway to a RV center to buy some parts for the hitch. Everything checked out OK and the whole issue of towing should be done. We've learned our lesson. (Famous last words)

On our way back home we were both starving so we decided to stop by this place called "Bojangles". Its where Colonial Sanders and Popeye's met halfway and shared receipts. Great food! We set up our little picnic out front since the thermometer on RH said it was 88 in the sun. Our kind of weather!

There were still a few things that needed to be done around the RV because it is worse than owning a house. While Reta went for her afternoon jog I stayed back and took care of it. One thing we did yesterday morning, before our drive, was dump the Gray tank. (Let me break down some of this RV jargon and sorry if you are eating.) The gray tank is where all the water from the sinks and shower goes into. The Black tank is where all the "stuff" from the toilet goes into. Not the nice one. So, we had dumped the Gray tank because it fills up much faster than the black and you only want to dump the Black tank when it is more than 1/2 full. Something about having enough liquid in the tank to help get the solid pieces out. OK, so last night we are getting ready to take our showers when I hear Reta say "Elton, are you going to take a bath? because the tub is full of water!" We were wondering why after we dumped the Gray tank in the morning the system still said that the Gray tank as full. Now we know. The labels on the tanks had been placed incorrectly. They're switched. Black is Gray and Gray is Black. When we went outside and dumped the tank labeled Black the water from the shower had disappeared and the system said empty. All I have to say is thankfully it was the Gray tank the overflowed and not the Black. You know what I mean?

Last night for dinner we decided that we would go over to Blockbuster and rent a couple of movies and have some wine, cheese and crackers. On our return I started to hook up the DVD player and that is when I discovered that the 1997 state of the art system only takes the Coaxial connections. Now I have to go to Radio Shack and buy some sort of adaptor. We did still enjoy the wine and cheese but had to settle for regular TV.

That is about all the excitement for today but tune in tomorrow to see how our day in Charlotte will turn out.

If it makes you all up north feel any better the clouds are rolling in and it should get colder today.