Like the driver-side truck camper tie-down that I replaced last year, the passenger-side tie-down seems to be pulling out of the frame of the truck camper.  Time to replace it:

First I cut away the fiberglass skin:

Yeah, that’s not good:

I capped the rotted wood above the aluminum frame rail with aluminum L-channel, added a second L-channel on the outside, and replaced the eye bolt:

Finishing up:

It’s much more solid now.

After a nice Shabbos here at Frye Lake, I woke up Sunday morning to no power.  A fuse holder cracked, which broke the fuse inside:

I had a spare fuse and holder with me, so I fixed that without issue.

Good morning from a dispersed camping near Alamosa, Colorado:

The fridge isn’t working at this higher altitude (7500’), and I suspected that it’s a bad regulator, so I went into town to buy a new one.  Old regulator removed:

New regulator installed:

Turns out the problem didn’t go away.  RV propane fridges aren’t rated to operated above 5500’.  I did a little reading, and it sounds like at higher altitudes the ratio of air to propane becomes biased towards propane because there’s less air at altitude.  The solution seems to be to reduce the propane regulator’s pressure to bring the ratio back into balance.  I tried this and the fridge seems to be working now.  I’ll have to buy a manometer to be able to accurately control the propane-air ratio.

While in town I visited the San Luis Valley Museum:

The museum’s collection is eclectic but interesting:

On the way back to where I’m camping, I stopped at the Blanca Wetlands, but it turns out they’re closed for seasonal bird breeding:

Back at home.  Not bad!

In the afternoon, the neighbors came out for a visit:

I’ll be here for a few days, I think.