Tuesday April 14

This morning saw us cross the big (really big) Ohio river into the state of Ohio. Today was another rainy day. The sun didn't even try to come out today. The hills of southern Ohio slowly gave way to the flatter farm country of the central part of the state. We arrived at the small town of Jackson Center at 5 PM. The Airstream service center was closed for the day. On the grounds is a small RV park called the Terraport. We parked and hooked up to water and electricity. This was the first time we had done so since we left Grand Junction. When our trailer doesn't have an outside source of electricity, the 12-volt pump, lights and furnace are powered by two RV batteries. When we plug into electric service, a DC converter power the 12-volt stuff, plus we then have regular 100-volt AC power. That allowed us to turn of the television for the first time. Water is pumped from a 23 gallon tank. When we connect to a water hose, the pump and water tank are bypassed. Water pressure is higher and showers are longer.

Before dark we donned our rain gear and walked the back lot where several Airstreams were parked. Some of them were quite old. Before we got to Jackson Center we had seen a total of three Airstreams. Now there were Airstreams everywhere. Next door was the factory with many newly built trailers awaiting shipment. 8 or 9 others parked in the Terraport. We had called ahead on Monday and learned that the service center had no power. Now we were worried that their work would be backed up and that they might not be able to get to get to our trailer at the appointed 7 AM Wednesday time and how that might effect our subsequent plans.