Oh Gosh What Happened?

5am was it when I went to the bathroom. Our toilet has a foot pedal for the water and the release valve in the bottom, a big difference to residential toilets.

I pushed down on the pedal and I heard a hard sound and the pedal hit the floor.

And the valve hadn't opened. Oh BOY! This spelled disaster. Well, there was nothing I could do now so I went to bed again. But sleeping after this was pretty much out of the question.

An hour later I heard Bea stirring under her covers. That led me to get her prepared for a different morning routine.

Breakfast was done with a subdued mood, and then the fun began. Now, I have removed toilet bowls before - at home. But this was a tad different. RV plumbing is always different. And right here the difference was that the bowl was connected with a very short plex water pipe. It was almost impossible to get any tool between the bowl and the wall. So I tried by hand only and got lucky.

Well, to shorten the story, I found out that a pull wire operating the valve was broken. There is no RV supply store in town, so I asked our friend from Quebec to come along and we went to Home Depot in Guaymas, a short ride really.

What I found at Home Depot was an outspoken friendliness and service minded attitude which I had never seen in neither Canada nor the US. And of course there was no problem finding a cable the same diameter as the old one. The sleeve would stay the same old but the cable inside could be replaced.... at much lower price than any original Part from an RV store. Being already in town we went to get groceries as well. I opted for a meatless diet which we had talked about earlier as a better alternative, especially under hot weather. (Saves propane too!)

Back home I got the valve mechanism repaired, and put the bowl back into place. And yesss, the thing is working again!

Many people complain about RVing as a very costly affair as some stuff seems to happen all the time. Yes it is true, and sometimes it's really expensive but many more times the RVer can fix things himself, IF he has the set of tools at hand and a base technical understanding things can get fixed. Today I spent 84 Pesos on parts about 5 bucks.

I am in the habit of enriching my vocabulary by inventing a lot of new words when I work. LOL!

Our friends came over in the afternoon and we have been sitting in the shade catching up with each other.

Morning glow

I walked barefoot across the beach and the sand was still cold. But stepping out into the water felt like somebody had heated the water in my bathtub. INCREDIBLE!

Evening Glow

One of the pleasures with a southern exposure is certainly sitting outside - still with minimal clothing - and watch the sunset.