Lesson learned. Full hook up and power outages - fill your water tank!
This last weekend we were traveling for my daughter's softball. We stayed at a KOA with full hookup. Given the full hookup, we didn't bring our generator, and didn't fill our water tank. We came back the first night and within minutes of our return the power went out for a large area, not just the campground. We had no water and 2 softball players that needed showers (badly after a long hot day
). We had to use bottled water to brush our teeth, etc. It was hot and the power company had some issues keeping up with the AC in the area. The power came back on a few of hours later in the middle of the night. Ok, things happen, it was a minor inconvenience. Then the next night a huge explosion type bang wakes us up and there is a flash that lit up the sky that you could see through the window blinds. At the same time our AC turns off, campground lights go dark, etc. Here we go again! This time it's not the general area, but the campground itself. We left late morning and it still was out at that time. But, as far as our experience, do you think we filled the water tank after the first incident? Nope, we had mentally added it to our list of things to do at the beginning of our trips. We weren't smart enough to fill it after it happened the first time!
So, reminder, bring your generator if you have one, and always put some water in your tank in case you lose power!
This last weekend we were traveling for my daughter's softball. We stayed at a KOA with full hookup. Given the full hookup, we didn't bring our generator, and didn't fill our water tank. We came back the first night and within minutes of our return the power went out for a large area, not just the campground. We had no water and 2 softball players that needed showers (badly after a long hot day
So, reminder, bring your generator if you have one, and always put some water in your tank in case you lose power!
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