5/27 Sunday We attended the Tabernacle United Methodist Church located a short distance from the park. It is a small church and laid back (more traditional style service). They were a very open and friendly congregation. A woman who turned out to have lived only minutes from us in Houston greeted us at the door. Others there also had ties to the Houston area. They took time to greet one another, then all the time needed to share concerns and celebrate good news. Pastor Jack Davis gave a good message interspersed with stories that made the message more meaningful and not like a well rehearsed presentation. After church it was off to eat at a restaurant the locals recommend that was so close we hardly managed to get our seatbelts fastened before we were getting out.
The back A/C has decided it does not want to work, so I decided to check the unit to see if there was anything I could do to get it back running. While fumbling around with the wires looking for a problem I moved a wire and realized there was a black capacitor hiding under everything in the control box and it had burned up. It looked as if it is the only problem, as the wires don’t appear damaged at all. I will find a replacement part down the road in a day or so at an RV supply center because almost all RV A/C units have been produced under the Dometic brand name and this likely is a part that causes as much trouble on these units as does the starting capacitor on home units.
Much of the afternoon and evening was spent watching either the Indy 500 or the Coke 600 NASCAR race at Concord. This once little town of Concord is now trying to get its own identity as the location of the Lowe’s Speedway vs. Charlotte. The distance to Charlotte is over 20 miles. People unfamiliar with the area that fly in for the race will likely be surprised how far they must drive up I-77 and then I-85 to get there.
