Finished, Part 1

When we pulled into our campsite last Spring our map of states we visited while fulltime RVing looked like this:

No visit to Arkansas. That was one of the things that made it hard for me to accept our fulltime lifestyle being done. Then, when we were planning our trip south, I asked Google Maps to suggest a route and it showed me this:

Do you see it? Here, let me zoom in for you.

That’s right. Our suggested route would take us right through Arkansas! So, that’s where we are tonight. Now our states visited map looks like this:

And I am, once again, a happy camper.

TTYL,

Linda

ps. Yes, we’ve been to Hawaii. No we did not take the RV; that’s an error in my post I chose not to correct. No we haven’t been to Alaska. If we go there someday it will be the same way we went to Hawaii the last time–by cruise ship.

Corn

I recently saw this amazing video on how to quickly make perfect corn-on-the-cob and had to share it. I know, I’m not supposed to eat corn but I am absolutely going to try this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnBF6bv4Oe4

TTYL,

Linda

 

Fixed!

Winnebago found a leak! That’s good. Because if they can’t find it they can’t fix it. But find one they did. So they applied some sealant then waited for it to dry so they could test again.

Found another one! So they applied sealant to it. But their work day was ending and the sealant wasn’t dry yet so they came to ask us if we wanted to leave in hopes that it was fixed or stay another night so they could test it tomorrow. We decided to stay.

So the next day they tested that fix and it worked. But, they found a third leak! So they sealed that one, waited for it to dry and tested again. No leak! No more need to put a bowl under the corner of the bedroom slide to catch the rain! Yay!

But, it was once again late afternoon so we stayed one more night then hit the road.

Whoa! Windy! Too windy to be comfortable out here. It was supposed to be mostly a tail wind which we thought might be OK but it was more like passenger-side rear quarter gusts. So, we only drove two hours instead of the four hours we usually do and wound up in Story City, Iowa.

Which turns out to be a good place. Our park is right beside the highway but we picked a spot in it sort of down in a hollow so had very little road noise. Dave said he heard one train during the night but I never heard any. The winds are still blowing but we are not rocking; still we’ll stay here a second night to let the winds die down before getting back on the road south.

We ate a late lunch at the Happy Chef here. They had so many good things on the menu we may go back today. More than once. But, it is not a good stop-on-the-way-with-your-rig place. It has a big sign at the entrance stating the lot’s weight limit. The McDonald’s across the street has truck parking, though, in case you need to stop in this area sometime.

A truck that passed us on the way here said “liquid chicken” on the side of it. Eggs? Chicken broth? What’s your guess?

TTYL,

Linda

Final Winnebago factory service?

One of the things I love about going to the factory for service is they do updates we didn’t know we were in line for. Apparently we are getting a new door lock even though we’ve had no trouble with ours. We have friends who’ve been locked in or out of their RVs when their lock failed but our unit did not show up on the recall list so we did not think we were at risk. Now, for sure, we are not.

As you all know, one the things I don’t like about the factory is that they start at 7 am! I don’t. But, I did today. So when I felt ready for lunch I checked the time and it said 9:30 am! I managed to wait until 11 but I sure blew my eating plan today. And yesterday. And the day before. I’m going to have some remedial work to do here.

The good news, I think, is that they have been able to replicate the leak of our slide. The reason I’m not sure that’s a good thing is that they are now on their second day of trying to stop that leak. I think they have the head slide guy working on it today. I hope that bodes well for a fix.

Although, I’m not sure what we’ll do if they do get it fixed today. Forecasts for the next couple of days is for gusty winds during which we prefer not to be on the road. So, I’m doing my research on lots of potential places to stop. Right now the next storm headed right at us is currently in Des Moines which is the direction we are supposed to head when we leave here. It looks like, if we wait that one out here, we should at least be able to avoid today’s thunderstorms while traveling.

Wish us luck.

TTYL,

Linda