May 27, 2016. Ogston RV Park and the Faulty Faucet..

May 27, 2016.  Ogston RV Park and the Faulty Faucet.  Today was much like yesterday, except it rained all day and there was no need to do the laundry.  We stayed in until after dinner, then took a walk around the campground again.  With these pictures, we have exhausted all the photo opportunities here.  Just as well, we'll be leaving in the morning. 


The final picture is the faucet in the kitchen of Harvey.  The handle was loose, so Annie resolved to tighten it.  The adventure was a marvelous success.  She handled it like a real handywoman would handle it.


She first found the manual which accompanied the faucet and identified the location of the Allen screw holding the handle in place.  In the picture, it is the blue dot on the left side of the handle.  She popped out the blue plug and located the Allen screw.  The problem she encountered was the screw took only a metric Allen screw wrench.  We had only US standard Allen wrenches. 


My resourceful bride called the troubleshooting number listed in the owner's manual.  The nice man on the other end of the line explained that yes, she needed a metric Allen wrench.  That really didn't help because we still didn't have one. 


But, Annie recalled there were a couple of Allen wrenches in one of the drawers of Harvey when we bought him.  She located them and gave one of them a try.  Bingo.  It fit.  With just a few short twists of the Allen screw, the handle was good as new.  Annie beamed with pride. 


You are wondering where I was during all this.  I was here, watching and cheerleading.  I thought it was important for her to develop confidence in her ability to fix things by herself.  Well, that, and she told me to sit still and be quiet.  She has the advantage of seeing me try to fix things before and it is not a pretty sight. 


Congratulations, Annie.  I am proud of you. 


Goodnight, all.