Unable to light the stove for coffee this morning. Discovered both propane tanks were empty. Had checked them a few days ago and had about 1/2 full on one tank and second tank was full. Clearly, I had a propane leak. Fortunately, the RV park had propane, and the owner found that one of our tanks had a bad valve, which allowed all the gas in both tanks to leak out. I bought a new tank from him and solved our problem quickly and cheaply. Most RV parks don't have propane, and those that do don't have tank exchanges, so we were lucky.
A short drive today, so we were disposed to stop for anything interesting. We stumbled on Experimental Breeder Reactor 1, the world's first nuclear power plant, built in 1951 two miles off the highway in the desert. Decomissioned in 1966 and maintained in pristine condition as a museum. It was built to test Enrico Fermi's theory that a reaction of uranium could produce plutonium, also a nuclear fuel, faster than the fuel was used to produce electricity. The experiment was a success, of course, and the facility produced electricity for its own use while research continued. Very very interesting, and we were the only visitors at the time.
A cloudy day in the desert, and we could see ribbons of rain falling from the clouds with only sparse drops reaching the ground. Kept the heat down, though.
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