Here it is Oct 18

What happen? Nothing since Oct. 2nd.

Well, we had so much fun, were so tired, that I just did not make time to Blog about our adventures.

So much for being lazy, yes lazy, as I can always make time for blogging. So, what and where are we.

We left Sunday, Oct. 13th., first stop, Elephant Butte state park. South of Albuquerque about 150 miles. With our NM State Park pass, we scored a 30 amp & water site for the night. So what did you do? Dumped the tanks, and slept. That is after a good dinner.

Elephant Butte St Pk - Press Here for Info

Our next stop was 35 miles further south, Lake Caballo State Park.
There are actually 2 Caballo lake St Pk.

As we arrived in time to talk with the Cmp Host, we found a spot with a Green Card (Good for 1 Night), Susan then went online, found it was available for 3 nights. Booked and settled in.

 

 
Caballo Lake St Pk - Press Here for Info

Our 3rd NM St Pk was City of Rocks, north of Deming.

Where again we scored a 30 amp site with water, for $4.00. Before I leave you, each state park has plenty of dry-camping spots. Where the cost is $0.00. Each park has a dump, showers and toilets.

Nice Overview of the State park 

Some of the unique Campers we saw

Beautiful Sunrise

The ever elusive bird called Alfa Roadrunner.

City of Rocks St Pk - Press Here for Info

Saw this one sunning next to a rock, and yes it has rattles on the tail. And yes I got Very Close for this Photo Op.

 Migration of Sandhill Cranes

Migration of Sandhill Cranes

Safe Travels and Journeys
DaGirls
Susan, Tilly, Dakota and me.

Pre - AIBF

3 Days and Counting Down.

Ok, so it was a grueling 50 miles. But we did it.

Of course day 2 and 3, was even more enjoyable. 

Rüdiger and Beate Gefeke arrived, Irene and Armand Mercier and Dave and MP arrived safety especially with windy conditions.

Day 2 also was a walk-a-bout with Dakota down to the Balloon Field and heavy clouds came in:

Along our walk-a-bout:

Glamping 

World Sphere 

Team Prichard 

DaGirls Rv

Susan, Tilly, Dakota and me.

Safe Travels, and Journeys

Walk-About- Hiking

7 Days 11 Hours and Counting down.

Ok, first let's get the Alfa MH work out of the way.

Topic, Generators and Starters

Some people have experience Starter replacements. This post is not about replacing the starter, but potentially why.

Items that can cause hard starting:

Fuel Pump, Glow Plugs, Solenoid, Cables.

Let’s discuss Cables, and a potential failure points.

Most Alfa’s generators B+ are wired this way.

Battery (B+), to the 200 amp Fuse.

To Battery Control Center (BCC).

Then to the Generator input terminal.

Anywhere along this line, a loose connection can cause a low voltage, thereby increasing the current and adding heat to the starter, thereby potentially causing a starter failure.

To minimize a failure, I decided to redo, my cables from the Generator to the batteries.

In doing this I found the Neg (B-) lead on the generator with a bad and improper crimp. In addition, due to this crimp, 6 inches of the Neg lead needed to be cut off.

Using 00 awg cable on hand, I made a new cable leading from the Positive input terminal from the generator, directly to the B+ post of the Coach Battery. Thereby by passing any voltage drop caused by the existing cable routing.

In doing this, I no longer notice a 1 second slow start when pressing the Start switch.

Before someone mentions it, I have never used my BCC disconnect switch.

Ok, by to the real world. What did we do today? Me, I decided to take a hike. Hike where you asked? Well if you look closely at the image below, you may notice a Earthen Dam. I decided to walk it and then instead of retracing my steps, I went cross-country (desert), until I finally hit the highway.

Total Distance = 6.5 miles 

Time = Little over 2 Hrs

Photos along the way:

Safe Travels and Journeys

Susan, Tilly, Dakota and me.