A Light is Out

It was another travel day and it didn't start out so well.  It had been raining during the night and was raining as we packed up the rig and readied it for the road.  Our destination was outside Indianapolis, about 150 miles away, where we would stay one night.  We planned on arriving early so we could go out and tour the scenic countryside and visit Columbus, which is supposed to have a lot of neat architecture.

 

We were on target with our plan to leave by 10.  We hooked up and were checking the lights on the toad, which have never had a problem.  The left tail light (brake light and turn signal) wasn't working.  After checking the cable connection and reseating it, Jim spent almost an hour trying to diagnose the non-working light, trying to determine where the signal was and where it wasn't.  Eventually he concluded that it was the coach wiring.  While we didn't want to drive w/o the turn signal, we didn't want to be trying to fix it in the rain.  So we decided to travel w/the running lights on and, since Jim doesn't do a lot of lane shifting, hope for the best.

 The drive went well and by the time we arrived at the campground the sun was poking through the clouds.  We set up camp and even though it was already after 5, took off for that scenic drive through the country.  Surprisingly, the road went through beautiful farmland

then up onto a ridge

with views we didn't expect to see in Indiana.  We passed through Nashville, IN, which appeared to be a very cute artsy town, but everything was closed. 

 We ended up in Columbus, and walked around this quaint town with wonderful varied architecture, from early 20th century mid-west,












to ultra-modern,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and then we had wonderful vegan pizza -- perhaps the best we've had.

 

The light?  Jim studied the wiring diagrams and figured out that a fuse was blown.  In 10 minutes before leaving the next day, it was fixed and the light was working!

 For more pictures of Columbus, Indiana click Indiana