In my last post I said we were headed to North Carolina. Well, we are but first had an important engagement to keep. After making a trip to Grand Rapids, MI to have the RV worked on, we were able to spend a few nights back in Kalamazoo so I could attend my granddaughters baby shower.Thankfully, we were able to stay at the church our kids attend. They have RV hookups in the parking lot. Yes I know. We are so lucky. Well, almost. Little did we know that we were going to be smack dab in the middle of a blizzard that dropped 22” of the fluffy white stuff in 3 days! We, and the RV, are not prepared for this kind of weather. Thank goodness, a gentleman from the church was so kind as to keep the parking lot clear so we were able to at least get our car out. Saturday, the day of the shower, the sun came out and plows worked hard to keep the roads clear, and I was able to attend the baby shower. It’s was a bit smaller than planned because of the weather but was beautiful and fun. Mother Nature wasn’t done though. We got home and toward late afternoon the clouds opened up again and dumped the last of the snow. That delayed us one more day. After all, safety comes first. The plows were ready and got to work again. By Monday morning traffic was moving good and we were able to pull out and find our way to North Carolina.
The trip was quite enjoyable, considering what we left behind until we were south of Raleigh-Durham, NC. Every RVers nightmare is to breakdown on a highway. Yep, you guessed right. Just like that, the RV stopped and luckily Rob could coast it off the highway onto the shoulder. He got out to investigate and it didn’t take him long to determine what part of the problem was. First indication was our car being towed behind us was covered in diesel fuel! Yuck. I am going to give you the very short version of what followed. We had to have it towed to a diesel mechanic 25 miles away. He determined it was a break in the fuel line that feeds the fuel injector. Oh ya, did I mention this was Thanksgiving eve? Everything shuts down, not just for the day but for the weekend. Without any other choice, we got to spend the next week in a motel room. And a very uncomfortable one at that. Thankfully the Wednesday after Thanksgiving, our bank account feeling abused but we were on our way again. We were only a days ride away from our destination so we could begin our next adventure. That’s our home being towed.
We arrived safe and sound but with a lot of house keeping to do and a refrigerator to clean out. We were thankful to have a few days to catch-up before we started our workamping job. This whole ordeal was very stressful but am thankful it all turned out just fine. Spending a week in a motel room sure made me appreciate our comfy motorhome. We had to remind ourselves, it’s all part of the adventure.
I hope all of you had a blessed Thanksgiving and were with your loved ones. Did you get a chance to take a nice walk after dinner, perhaps play a game of football? Regardless of the day or tradition, don’t forget to take time to enjoy the wonders of nature. And don’t forget to look up, it’s amazing out there.
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