You got it—
Time for another Reed Family Camping trip!
Mom and Dad took the liberty of pulling us from school
(Why do we have Friday off, Monday and Tuesday on,
and then the rest of the week off???)
So we hit the trail today after we all got off the bus.
We’re headed east,
Which means we’re passing through Columbia,
Which means we have to eat at Shakespeare’s.
Our overnight in St. Louis should not have even warranted a blog post…
But the night became rather eventful.
The battery appeared to be dead when Dad pulled in the driveway,
So we made a quick stop to buy a new one.
Everything worked great as we set up for the night.
But then, around 4am,
The carbon monoxide detector started going off—
Not because there was any CO,
But because there was no power to the camper.
Mom and Dad did a lot of trouble shooting
And eventually called the helpline for the camper rental company.
They tried a bunch of other things
And eventually concluded our converter—
The thing that changes AC to DC—
Was broken.
And it was 5am.
Nothing is open at 5am
And no technicians are awake at 5am.
So we had to bundle up without heat
And wait for morning.
Well, this isn’t starting out well,
But many of our trips start with bumps.
We’ll see what daylight brings.
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