Sometimes, the weather up here just doesn’t cooperate. Right now I’m sitting in the RV in the wee hours of the morning instead of working because we got too much rain. That meant the farmers couldn’t get trucks in and out of the fields and the roads got too slick with a bunch of Minnesota mud. So the harvest stops temporarily while we wait for conditions to improve. Just as an FYI, the harvest could also be stopped for temperatures that are too hot or too cold.

We’ve certainly had cold weather, just not cold enough to stop yet. About the only good thing about the low temps is that we’re bug free. I suppose we also burn off a few more calories than usual as we try to stay warm.

Back to the RV in the middle of the night. My next stop after here is the Olympic peninsula in Washington. I’ve been operating under the assumption that no campgrounds along I-94 and I-90 would be open at this time of year but just found out I’m mistaken. Normally I wouldn’t even consider a campground for an overnight stop but this time I have a residential refrigerator that does NOT run on propane. With the use of an inverter it will run off the RV batteries; I’m just not sure how long. The truck will provide some charging to the batteries but it’s not the most efficient method. Since I didn’t purchase a generator, I’ll be better off plugging into shore power at night.

Since the trip to Washington will take 3 days, plugging in somewhere is virtually necessary. Somebody on rvillage.com mentioned a smartphone app called RV Parky. It shows various places to park your RV, including rest areas, truck stops, Walmarts and campgrounds. I started checking along my route and found several campgrounds that will still be open when I leave here, located very conveniently just off the Interstate. So, that’s the new plan. 2 overnight stops on the way where I can recharge the batteries, put the steps out without fear of someone driving into them and run an electric heater in the bedroom while I’m sleeping. I won’t even bother putting slides out or unhooking the truck.