We had a long trip (for us) from Hesperia to Visalia, CA. We are staying as the guests of a fellow Escapee, Schatzi Lovett, parked on the street in front of her house. She is Escapee #1805 and is 86 years young.
We had some difficulty getting the electricity hooked up. Schatzi thought she had 30 amp service, but it's actually 20 amp. We got out our adapters and plugged in, but our Electricity Management System (EMS)reported an open ground. Our next move was to plug in to the side of her motor home parked in her driveway, but that plug appeared to be dead. Next we plugged in to an outlet in the garage, only to have a reversed polarity error. The next door neighbor is an electrician, and he assured us that reverse polarity wasn't a problem, but the EMS thought otherwise and blocked the incoming current.
We finally turned off the EMS and plugged in to the open ground outlet. I've lived in houses that had no grounded plugs (old houses), and nothing terrible ever happened, so we are able to run the living room air conditioner. That's important during the day, because we're still in high desert weather (sweltering during the day).
We visited with Schatzi after dinner. She had some good suggestions for exploring the parks. She advised going up to King's Canyon first and then down to Sequoia. That way we'll be doing the steep and windy approach to Sequois on Hwy 198 downhill, which she says is easier.
Schatzi and her husband were founding members of Park Sierra, our next destination.
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If you haven't been to Park Sierra, I think you'll like it. You being a birder, you'll see plenty. There are areas to walk about and check out the area. I do suggest to leave your hood up when parked at your site as the rodents are plentiful and they like to take up residency in your engine compartment! Take a look at the Indian ruins by the creek. We enjoyed this park but a little to rustic for Donna and me.
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