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OB Fuller Campground — Bark River, MI

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This park was a find, but I’m not sure how we discovered it . . . probably from RVParkReviews.com.

OB Fuller Campground is a small county park about 15 miles south of Escanaba, MI. There are 40 sites, 5 of which are practically on the beach. We selected one of these lake sites, but almost got our RV stuck in the sand. Thanks to the camp host and plenty of wood planks — plus great driving by the Mrs — we were able to maneuver onto solid ground. However, that took an hour in 80-degree heat.

Nevertheless, we really like the park. The beach is a short walk away and it’s very shallow. In fact, the water is knee deep for about 100 yards out. Our dogs, Flirt and Ellie, loved it as they could just wade around.

The camp host made it, though. He lives and breathes this park, and he’s always cleaning, repairing, or helping out campers. Kudos!

For Jan, the high point was a visit to an eagle’s nest that was just a short walk from our camp site.

NEXT STOP:  Ishpeming, MI.

JW Wells State Park — Stephenson, MI

We left Ottawa Lake State Park on July 7th for another stay at North Bayshore County Park in Peshtigo, WI.

After a 3-night stay, we went up the road to JW Wells State Park. This is a large park and really didn’t know what to expect. We checked the reviews and it seemed like a good campground. And it was. For a large campground, it was very quite and behaved.

Here are some pics . . .

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NEXT STOP — OB Fuller County Park in Bark River, MI.

New AV Wiring Diagrams

We’re in JW Wells State Park in Michigan, but here are some late-breaking Ottawa Lake photos (photos from JW Wells coming up soon) . . .

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NEW AV WIRING DIAGRAMS
I added several wiring AV diagrams I considered before finally installing a DISH Hopper and Joeys in our RV.

Ottawa Lake Campground — The “E1” Fix

Just when we thought our air conditioners were on the fritz and we envisioned leaving Ottawa Lake early to get them fixed, along came Horn’s RV.

Horn’s installed our new Penguin II ACs last year. After we got the dreaded “E1” error message, I gave them a call. Then they called Dometic, the manufacturer of our ACs, and they gave us a procedure for resetting our thermostat and air conditioners.

I performed the procedure and both our ACs came back to life!

Here’s the procedure which I “beefed up”: Dometic_CCC2_E1_Error_Recovery

Ottawa Lake Campground — Storms & the “E1” Code

Look familiar?

We’re in the Ottawa Lake Campground near Dousman, WI, and the hits just keep on coming . . .

It’s not the storms, it’s the HUMIDITY. OMG! Take the dogs for a short walk and come back dripping wet. Yikes.

I’m watching the local weather report and it’s going to be warm & muggy for the rest of the week. Oh goody.

But, hey, we have two air conditioners, right? Well, not quite. We’re at 50% (1 AC) because of the dreaded E1 error code on our thermostat:

The dreaded Dometic E1 Error Code

Basically, this just means that one of our ACs is not playing well with the thermostat. Since our ACs are under 1-year old, we’re covered by warranty, but it is a PITA because we’ll probably end up taking our RV back to the dealer who installed them — Horn’s RV in Sheboygan, WI. No rush though as long as we stay perfectly still inside the RV. Just kidding. However, Country Music USA plays through the weekend in Oshkosh, so we won’t be going anyplace till after that.

Could be far far worse. Jan tells me that THOUSANDS of people in parts of Minneapolis have been without power since Sunday.