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The Van Broke Again…So We Made the Best of Tennessee

31.2K views· 2,707 likes· 22:05· Nov 26, 2025

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Sorry for the cliffhanger from the last episode—Mr. Lemon decided to keep the drama going. In this video I catch you up on the real problem: we’ve got no secondary alternator to charge our battery bank, which is a pretty big deal when you’re trying to boondock your way through a 50-state route. We ended up at an RV park (Sun Outdoors was the cheapest I could find, about $50/night) because it was cold, our batteries were down around the 20% range, and we needed shore power. Then I walk through the three options we had: service center (hard pass), drive 500 miles the wrong direction (also hard pass), or order the replacement alternator from Amazon and hope it shows up in time—likely when we’re back in Arizona for Thanksgiving. Since we were already in Pigeon Forge, we decided to pause the lemon saga and go to Dollywood—bucket list item for me. We scored a big veterans discount (about $60-ish each), ate all the “health food” (garlic knots and that famous cinnamon bread… phenomenal), and soaked up the Christmas lights. We also toured Dolly’s old tour bus and learned some wild details (650,000 miles, mirrors because she was claustrophobic, and yes… pink toilet paper). We wrapped up by checking the batteries (65% after hours with Starlink and an upload running), marking Tennessee off our 50-state list, and admitting the next few episodes are going to be tricky with only one alternator.

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