Rained out

Baddeck, Canada

Lesson learned today – how to change the propane tank.

Last night, it started to rain at about 10 pm and was rainy and windy right through the night and got down to about 8 degrees. At about 4 am I heard the heater fan come on, as it does to get the air circulating and then the click of the ignitor and then nothing except the fan. And then after a few seconds the fan went off. Yup, out of propane. Fortunately it stayed relatively warm in the trailer and as long as I was under my summer duvet I was fine. I knew the office would exchange my propane tank but the office didn’t open til 9 am. So, it was a good excuse to stay in bed for a while this morning.

I hadn’t changed the tank before and I struggled a little with the wing nuts holding the straps that hold the propane tank on the hitch, but with the help of my pliers, I managed to get the straps off and the tank over to the office. Didn’t take me long at all to get the tank changed out.

The rain kept up and the wind came and went all day, gusting quite high at times. I was glad not to be on the road today.

The day was spent in coffee shops, a couple of gift shops, reading and watching netflix. Fortunately the forecast for tomorrow and Wednesday is good, as I have a couple of more places I want to get to on the west side of the island before leaving for PEI on Friday.