Our setup at Raeford
Our first task was to get connected to the utilities which Georgia and Don had graciously prepared for us. When Bill plugged in the electrical cord to the power we started noticing smoke coming out from under the trailer. We quickly disconnected from the power source but the damage was already done. It turns out that RV's are wired for 120vac and Bill had told Don we needed 240VAC. After rewiring the breaker panel and reconnecting to the power plug things started coming back on correctly. As it turned out we fried the central vacuum, Microwave and the refrigerator will only work on LP gas mode. A number of other less critical, smaller items are not working either. Two most important things we learned are we only need 120VAC and the heater still worked just fine. Today is 28 Dec. and we are continuing our attempts to get these issues resolved. Camping World here in Fayetteville has been very difficult to work with, I guess once you tell repair people that your an idiot and hooked up to the wrong power source they just automatically assume you are an idiot about everything. Hope to have all these issues resolved soon though.
On Saturday, 21 Dec. Bill's sister had a cookie decorating party while all of us guy's went to play golf. Both Stephanie and Bill had a great time. Stephanie had made her world famous (world famous to Bill at least) Red Beans and Rice with Gluten free cornbread for everyone. The weather that day was up to 78 degrees so everyone sat out on the back porch and talked and ate.
On Sunday evening we drove about 1 hr from Raeford to a winery which has a Christmas buffet and light show. They did a great job. The buffet was comprised of GOOD southern food and music and the light show was second to none. We had a very good time and bought a bottle of Christmas wine.
We had a wonderful Christmas even if we did miss everyone back in New Mexico and Texas. Know that we thought of you all often through out the season. On Christmas Eve Bill's sister prepared all sorts of finger foods and we had a great time doing what they call 'A Grinch Christmas' which is very similar to our 'White Elephant' exchange.
On Christmas day we had a very relaxed time with scheduled meals to be leftover Christmas eve food. We all went to the movies to see 'A Medea Christmas' which was really good and entertaining.
The day after Christmas we finally got the opportunity to drive around Raeford to see things. Raeford, established in 1899, is the county seat and only about 5000 people. It was originally established as a vinegar distillery. Here a few photos of the area.
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