The people who own Suburban Furnace also own our thermostat. They decided replacing it should be the next thing tried. So our technician, Darrell, ordered a new thermostat. When it came in he thought we shouldn’t have to pack up and come back for just that so he brought it to us Friday.
Nice guy.
He doesn’t know yet that didn’t fix it either.
I think he’s going to suggest they replace the entire furnace next. Stay tuned.
TTYL,
Linda
Dave puts a lot more effort into his maps than I do mine.
The Red line is 2008. We went to Wyoming for the Escapade followed by a family reunion in Idaho. Then to Ohio for the Gypsy Gathering. Then drove Route 66. Then scurried up to Oregon to get solar panels. Then drove down CA Hwy 1 then over to Arizona for our SKP class graduation to fulltiming ceremony.
The Green line is 2009. We started in Arizona and followed the southern US border all the way around to the east coast and up as far as South Carolina before we had to head back to Minnesota for doctor appointments. Then we headed east intending to go see our daughter in Maine but we traveled too slowly so weather chased us south via the Blue Ridge parkway and the Natchez Trace and we wound up back in Arizona again for our first annual SKP class reunion.
The Blue line is 2010 where we apparently spent the Spring bouncing around the southwest then again back to Minnesota in the summer. Then we finally made it to Maine and spent the fall driving around the northeast traveling at the same rate as the leaves were changing colors so we had six weeks of beautiful autumn leaves. Then we headed to South Carolina and Alabama to get work done on our RV. We’re still stuck in Alabama waiting for parts with the big question being: will we make it to Arizona this year or not?
TTYL,
Linda
Poor Arkansas. I wonder if it feels left out? We are in southern Alabama so we could go to Arkansas from here. Except it’s really not the right time of year to go any further north. I hope its feelings are not hurt.
TTYL,
Linda
Saturday afternoon Camping World called to say our parts were in so when would we like to come back? Dave said ASAP. So they scheduled us for 10 am Monday morning. That meant it wasn’t nearly as dark when we left our campsite today.
Once checked in we went back to their Internet Cafe to spend the day. Of course, we took breaks from that and I learned something new about handicaps.
The ladies’ room has one handicapped stall.
A BIG stall.
I use it when it is available as I can’t always get up easily from short toilets. I’ve been known to grab the lower edge of the wall to pull myself up and then I might bang my head on the door before I get upright.
So, I waited for that big stall to become available. The young woman who came out of the stall looked amazingly healthy. But, as we all know, looks can be deceiving. Her handicap? Claustrophobia. The size of that stall allows her to work at Camping World. I knew small spaces could be a problem because I have a friend who needs a window by his bed on a train but this is one aspect of claustrophobia I had not considered–the ability to take a job being dependent on the size of the restroom.
So, the day went by and, once again, people were leaving while we were still waiting. Finally, they came and said our RV was ready. So we paid for the LP we had them put in our tank and headed out. Me to the car and Dave to the RV. It was getting so late we knew we weren’t going to get back to camp and get set up before dark.
Which turned out to be more true than we realized. Because before Dave could drive away, he had to find out why our refrigerator was beeping. He was checking things out when I finally reparked the car and went to see what was happening. I suggested he go right back in and tell them we had a problem before our service tech went home.
It turns out the recall work we had done on our Norcold refrigerator has a reputation for randomly failing. Then the frig shuts down until you get the recall re-done! Now what?!
The tech checked out several other potential causes before concluding our recall fix had failed. Now, we live in this thing people; we need our frig. So the tech “borrowed” a black box from another RV on the lot and installed it in our RV. He will order a new one for the RV he borrowed it from.
We finally got home past supper time so we promptly turned right around and went to iHop for supper. We felt we deserved a treat.
When we got home from iHop it was cold in our RV and the furnace was not running. The fix Suburban sent didn’t fix our furnace! So, tomorrow morning we get to call Camping World and tell them that. At least it is supposed to warm up again later this week. Right now we are going through about 1.5 gallons of propane per day. With a furnace that still can’t be counted on to keep us warm.
Life sure has its ups and downs, doesn’t it?
TTYL,
Linda
When this passed us on I-10 today I went flying for my camera. I wish I could show you a side view but this is the best I could get.
No it’s not one truck cab tailgating another. It’s one truck cab towing another that’s towing another. The oddest double tow I’ve seen yet. They looked to be all brand new–triplets! Yes, you are welcome to play with the words “trip” and “lets” to see how much fun you can have with this t-t-truck.
TTYL,
Linda
