Heading South for Winter… With a Little Hiccup

With my summer To Do List checked off and a few days chillin’ at the hotel, I left northern Illinois yesterday, heading south for winter. But there was a teeny-weeny hiccup in my plan. Leaving the hotel… I packed everything up, headed to the van, and turned my Jackery on so I could plug the fridge in and get ‘er running. But the Jackery was deader than a doornail. My Jackery is a solar-powered battery that runs things when I’m off the grid or not hooked up to shore power at a campground. I love that it keeps my fridge running when I’m traveling. No Jackery? No problem!… I have a little RockPals battery as a backup. It doesn’t power as much as the Jackery but it comes in handy. The bad news was… I forgot to charge the RockPals. It only had 3 bars… meaning its small power bank was only about half full. That’s barely enough power to cool the fridge down, let alone keep it cool for the next 3 hours while I head to the next campground. An “Oh crap!” moment… I was heading to Walmart for a…

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