We are scheduled to have our motorhome looked at to find out if AC in front can be serviced or needs to be replaced (really hoping for serviced). We decided to park in their parking lot overnight so we would be there first thing in the morning. I even called to see if they had space for us and I was told “yes, we even have poles with electric and water”. Sweet, that would be awesome.
Well, in the real world that didn’t happen. It seems whomever I talked to was not at this location (they have 4 locations) because when we got there they not only didn’t have poles with electric and water, the parking lot had locked gates. But wait, It gets better. The service drive was on a side street and the motorhome had no place to back up or turn around. I’m already to crash for the night but that’s not going to happen, at least not for awhile. We need to find someplace to park this behemoth. It turns out that at the bend in the road we were on was the location of one of the cities Water stations with a hard packed driveway long enough for Rob to back the motorhome on, after he maneuvered it between the two ditches on each side (with water in them). Having complete faith in Robs ability to get it where it needs to be, I assist in being eyes to make sure we stay on course.
We are now settled in for the night, sort of. Not too long after we got set up we heard a train coming….right next to us. And it was loud! Why didn’t we notice the train tracks when we were backing in. Want to know how often they come through? Almost every hour, all night! Needless to say, sleep was not in abundance that night.
We were there when they opened, car packed for the days adventure since “our house” was going to be worked on. I called and got a campground reserved for the night. We took a ride and found this very nice city park just down the road from us. As we were leaving the park we got a call to come get the motorhome. Turns our the AC had to be replaced along with control modules on both units. But....yep, always a but, the AC and modules had to be ordered but they would not be there until Wednesday, possibly Thursday. Not much we could do except go back to the campground and see if we could stay for 2 more days.
With a few extra days on our hands we did some exploring and shopping. Come Thursday we got a phone call that the parts wouldn’t be in until Friday morn. Repeat of Friday....get an extension at the campground. Luckily they had room.
We get a call on Friday all parts are in and they are ready for us. We are packed up and ready for another day of exploring while they fix the MH. We arrive, Rob drives it into the bay and talks with the mechanics for a few minutes. He calls me from the car to come inside. Oh oh, this isn’t good. It seems when they opened up the AC box, it is broken in several places!! They are not comfortable using it not knowing the extent of damage. Best they can do is to have one shipped to them Monday morning. There are no options since the AC units have been disconnected and so far, weather has been cool. Guess you know what came next....call the campground to see if we can stay for 3 more nights. So here we are a week later waiting (almost) patiently for Monday morning.
We took a ride to Waco (Magnolia)one day, really big rainstorm yesterday, and went antiquing today. Two more days and we should be headed to MI. We just never know what is in store for us. No reason to get upset. We just figured there must be some reason why we were meant to still be here. That’s what retirement is all about.....no schedule and flexible.
Beautiful attitude my friends!
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