Plumbing repairs! why me?

300 miles to Quebec city

Wednesday August 15 2016

Today was another driving day. We departed Sugarloaf Provincial Park near Campbellton New Brunswick at 8 am. Our destination for today was Camping Transit, a campground just outside Levis, Quebec. The trip was 300 miles and we did it with one stop for fuel and lunch. First part of today's journey was through the Appalachian Mountains, the second half was along the Saint Lawrence Seaway, both territories were very scenic. All the traffic that was going north with us yesterday dispersed in New Brunswick. Traffic on Quebec Provence roads was light, lots of road construction, the jeep and the motorhome are very dirty.

One of the many views we had of the St. Lawrence seaway during today's travels

We arrived early in the afternoon, which was a good thing because I have a priority repair to make. When leaving the campground in New Brunswick this morning I could not dump my grey water tank. The valves on my tanks are operated remotely via a cable. When it comes to RV tank systems, I think simpler is better. The more complex the system, the more there is to go wrong. And believe me, you don't want anything in your holding tank system to go wrong!

This panel must be removed to access plumbing

I dismantled the water hookup bay to gain access to the valves, I've done this several times since owning this coach so was familiar with the procedure. I freed up the stuck valve, lubricated the cables and slides and reassembled the whole mess. I think I will start shopping for replacements valves and have them onboard for future adventures in holding tank repair.

Easiest way to work on these valves is take the whole section of piping out.

Our location here was picked because; it is convenient to the ferry to Old Quebec City and it had good reviews online. We stayed in the campground after the plumbing repair, let Maggie play in her pool, had dinner in the motorhome and went for a walk around the campground.

Other than the campground owner who speaks good English we have done no more than say hello to the other campers. We are deep in French Canadian territory, and it is the first language here. During our drive today we figured out some of the highway signage that we need to know. Neither of us has any working French language skills, just a few single words. I can usually figure out details I need, for example, pay at the pump refueling in French uses the same steps in the payment process as in English language service stations.

We have WiFi for the first time in two days, $2 a day for both our computers, not a bad deal. It was pretty fast this afternoon, Millie said it was slowing down this evening. That is a common occurrence nowadays in WiFi equipped campgrounds, everyone starts watching video's at night, Netflix, hula, YouTube, many, many streaming sites to choose from.

Tomorrow we take the ferry to Old Quebec City where we will ride the hop-on hop-off bus tour.