Sept. 25

Beautiful morning with some clouds but a typical day in this part of Texas. Took the van back to Auto Zone and they determined that there was no output from the alternator but did not think it was bad. They suggested we take it where they could do more extensive testing. They suggest Central Automotive as being a quality repair facility and not too expensive. They checked and found the same thing, no output from the alternator. Also there was no current going to the alternator, so in checking found that the battery isolator had failed. So, none being available we just attached the two battery leads to the center post of the isolator and all was working satisfactorily. Only thing is we have no separation between the batteries but that should not be a problem we can not live with.
Back at the campground, we had coffee and donuts and then we had the door price drawing and after all of the door prizes were taken, we had 5 envelopes from an anonomous doner that had $20.00 in each. A very nice jeature on their part and much appreciated.
We also had our wheelchair races. The ladies power chair race was won by Carlyn Drew and the mens powerchair was won by Clark Bostlick with Roland first loser and Merle second loser. We gathered, in the evening, at Billy Gene's, an upscale reataurant overlooking the Guadalupe River. Ellen Johnston, one of our charger members, chose the restaurant and we had a cake with "IN HONOR OF ELLEN and IN MEMORY OF SAM" on it. We had photos taken of Ellen and the cake. Then Ellen said how much she appreciated us and that she and Sam had no idea that the club would last this long. She also said that she did not think she would be around much longer and wanted this to be her party and that she was going to pick up the tab for the dinner. There was a big round of applause in appreciation for her generosity and kind words. A great lady in deed. She invited us all to stop by her house when in the area and gave her address. We were informed that the RV/tailer park where she lives is the oldest RV park in Texas. We returned back to our units after having overeaten by a considerable amount and called it a day.