Day 2 started out cold and crisp. We packed up camp, and headed down the road to Old Fort, North Carolina – not without incident of course!
The first thing I noticed this morning was the red glow of the check oil light in the Jeep. It has come on before, but it still made me nervous. Are we running low on oil? Is the oil pump going bad? Are we going to die here all alone in the crazy campsite?!
The answer is probably not – I checked the oil level after getting out onto the main highway. Everything seems ok, and the light went out after I started up the car again.
I stopped a few minutes later at an Autozone to look into picking up a new electrical 7 pin connector. That’s when I noticed that the wires had pulled out of the current setup again. It looked like the cord had been dragging a bit on the ground, and caused the thing to pull out of the connectors. I bought some stuff at the Zone and ziptied the electrical cord a little tighter to the trailer tongue.
As we pulled into Old Fort, I took a fairly sharp right turn, and the brake controller switched to ‘n.c.’; the cables had pulled out again! This time, it was because they stretched too far. So basically, I can’t win – the cord is either too long and drags, or too short and pulls. For like the 5th time I pulled the 7 pin connector apart and reassembled. At least I’m getting pretty good at that.
Old Fort was pretty cool. There is a big arrowhead monument next to an old train station-turned-museum. The lady at the museum was really nice, but everything else in the town was closed because it’s Monday. You don’t do anything around here on Monday don’tcha know.
We kept going to our new campsite – the cord pulled out again, but I said screw it. We were only about a mile from the site. This place is better than the first night. It’s a “Passport” site, so we are getting a 50% discounted rate. They have free wifi, and all the RV hookups you could want. We spent the afternoon and evening just hanging out. Noelle kept organizing the camper, and I went around testing all the components. Everything seems to be working pretty well – the electrical is in good shape, the fridge and water heater work. The plumbing seems secure – the sinks and shower work! Everything drains out to the sewer pipe, so as of now, we are a fully functioning RV – sweet! 
I also spent some time adding about a foot of length to the trailer wire connection. I’m hoping this will solve the issue of the wires pulling out.
We’ve had another successful day on the road, and a really great night of camping. We’re hoping to do some sightseeing up in them mountains tomorrow!
