Today my wife and I took a drive up to Yachats for fish tacos. It's her birthday and she wanted to see the ocean. Of course we took the Magestic Minnow, the 1997, 30' Winnebago.
It's pretty stormy out today but the drive up to Yachats was clear, and the tacos were delicious.
We decided to split right after eating because it was getting a bit windy. Well, about half way home we needed to stop for a bathroom break. Bob Creek wayside had too many cars to park there so I stopped at Brays Point - spectacular views up and down the coast.
As soon as I stopped I knew this wasn't good. The wind was blowing the crap out of us. And it started raining hard. Like really hard. So we decide to get off the cliff and find a better place.
I turn the key and .. nothing. No click of the starter relay. Lights on the dash but no relay clicking. So I try the MOM switch. It's a switch that lets you use the house batteries to start the engine. like a jumpstart. Nothing....
I get out and about get my arm ripped off by the wind turning the door into a sail. I grabbed a pair of pliers out of the tool bin and proceeded to play with the battery connections.
I went in and out three of four times, all to no avail. Oh, and there was no cell service where we were at.
So we sat for a moment and I went through the whole process again...and the MOM switch worked! It started right up and we drove straight home, getting blown around so we went nice and easy.
A bit of excitement for her birthday
Riders on the Storm....