The weather has definitely moderated. The high today was in the upper 80’s instead of the upper 90’s. After breakfast we walked in to town to drop off a card at the post office. We walked along the trail as we did yesterday, but we continued until we found Commercial St., which is the Main Street of Glenn’s Ferry.
Glenn’s Ferry is a very sleepy little town. There’s a thrift shop I would have liked to visit, but it wasn’t open. I dropped in to the credit union next door and asked when it would be open. The teller said that the thrift shop was short of volunteers and that’s why it wasn’t open today. The fitness center is a little storefront with a few machines. No one was there. A note on the door suggested that if people hadn’t paid their May and June dues, they had better do so soon or the combination for the lock on the door would need to be changed monthly.
This evening we went to the Carmela Vineyards restaurant and lounge across the street to have some of their hand-made pizza for dinner. When we checked into the campground, we got certificates for two glasses of wine free with dinner. I ordered a red blend (Merlot, Cabernet, and another kind) and Ken ordered Johannesburg Riesling. The server delivered the wine, and I tasted mine.
My first reaction was “this is awful!” Ken tasted his and reported the same thing. Both glasses of wine had a strong chemical odor and were undrinkable. We returned them and got beer instead. The pizzas were delicious, the beer was good, so the meal turned out to be a positive experience. Besides, the server was very nice about taking back the wine, and she was generally pleasant and attentive.
After dinner we biked over to the state park and then on down the road to the Glenn's Ferry Municipal Airport. There was no sign of activity, but there was one small plane visible.
We did some more trip planning after lunch and then more after dinner. We finally decided to go to Idaho Falls tomorrow and Grand Teton National Park the next day. We're hoping the smoke won't be too bad in Idaho Falls.
We tackled troubleshooting the TriStar MPPT Controller, which has been non compos since we turned off all the power a few weeks ago to reset the Magnum battery monitor. Ken had read in the TriStar manual that one test was to remove the front cover of the TriStar and check the current across the battery terminals.
We got out our multi-meter and did that, but found no current. Uh oh! The manual said that if there was no current, that meant the unit needed to be replaced. While we were looking at the TriStar, I asked about circuit breakers. Ken noticed a little red push button. We pressed it and then he noticed that a little black lever above it had popped up. We pushed it back down. There were a few other similar buttons in the TriStar wiring. One of them had a popped up lever. We pushed it down and voila! The TriStar is working again.
We are so proud of ourselves. Of course it would have been even better if we had done this three weeks ago.
We’re still puzzling about the non-functioning propane tank. We unscrewed the hose connector and put it back on, hoping that maybe it has somehow been cross threaded or something. No luck, and we don’t know what else to do, so it’s a good thing we have a second propane tank.
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