Generalissimo Franco and my Battery is Still Dead

Day 4 from Weed to Woodland, Wa was yet another misadventure. We stopped in Yreka, CA to buy a battery charger and jumpstarter for the Mini which we could run off the motorhome's electrical system. I had actually read the manual for the auxiliary braking system which suggested that running with the rigs parking lights on would trickle charge the battery, something the installer at Camping World neglected to explain. We drove through Oregon without spending money as I have personal issues and a personal boycott against the state which I will not go into here. It took over an hour and a half to get through Portland traffic, and we arrived in Woodland at 7 pm. We were staying along the river at the Columbia River RV park, who were more than happy to inform us that we did not have a reservation there. I reminded them I called over a month ago, but hey were not hearing it. Fortunately, they had ONE cancellation, but it was a back in spot and we would have to unhook the tow vehicle, which again, despite running parking lights in the MH was now with dead battery again. No problemo, I turned on the generator in the rig, hooked up the battery jump starter and as I was getting into the Mini to jump it the generator stopped for lack of gas in the MH, so no power to run the charger to jump it. After backing into our space and hooking up, Jane insisted they check the reservation log for someone who had not shown up yet, perhaps with our phone number. Turns out, they found Mr "Crunchfield's" reservation, and that big empty space was ours after all, but after unhooking and and hooking up, I was not in the mood to do it again. I went to Walmart to do our 4th of July shopping and fell asleep on the couch.