We spent 4 nights in Greensburg, Kentucky and were feeling well rested, but now it was time to leave. We’d planned to get away early to avoid the heat, but these things never go as planned. 

I forgot to mention that yesterday Mike fixed the problem with the battery draining when he forgot to flick the isolator switch. He found a fuse that was on with the ignition on and the engine cranking, but off when the ignition was off. He then put piggyback fuse on this and wired it into the coil. This meant we no longer needed to switch the isolator switch. This was all working well until we drove away.

Now, suddenly the petrol gauge and speedo weren’t working. I make Mike to back to our camp, just in case there were other problems. I didn’t want to get stranded on a Sunday needing a tow. Back at camp he quickly found the problem. The other fuse had blown. Thankfully it was a quick fix and we were on our way.

As I mentioned, we also bought a generator, but it only had a fabric cover and I was worried about the generator getting ruined if it rained or was dusty. So we stopped at Home Depot (Mitre 10 equivalent even down to the orange!) and bought a plastic outdoor storage box to put on our rack.

Mike put it together in the carpark and it was hot already! The storage box wasn’t cheap and it was pretty flimsy to put together, but hopefully it won’t fall apart. We put other bits and pieces in there too, like power cables, fuel containers etc.

Then we were on the road again and it was so hot. We are heading west now, and the sun is coming straight in at us and we are both getting very grumpy with the heat. We eventually made it to our camp at Land Between the Lakes, the same spot as we camped on the way up. It’s gorgeous spot overlooking the lake, but no time to enjoy the view. We collapsed out of the car, it being no cooler outside. First thing we did was dragged our generator out, fired it up, and got our AC running. And thankfully it powered it ok! So we sat inside in the cool until the thunderstorms and torrential rain came. 

Then it was a mad panic to get the generator undercover as it’s not supposed to get wet. But I must admit, standing out in the rain was so pleasantly cooling, I just stood there and raised my arms to the sky like I was praying to the rain gods. Okay, maybe I’ve been in Kentucky too long!

It stopped raining long enough to cook some dinner and pack up the generator properly, then the real show happened. Thunder and lightning, hail, heavy rain, Rodger leaking. It was all kinda exciting and scary at the same time. Then we settled down, played a few games of Monopoly deal, and went to bed.