Traveling is so much fun--we have been to 10 states on this trip and have seen some fantastic sights---the rugged Oregon coast, Olympic NP and the Yakima wine valley of Washington, Redwoods NP of California, Lake Tahoe and Reno, Nevada for mountain drives and gambling, Couer d' Alene to visit friends, Salt Lake City to see Temple Square and all the little things you find along the way and all the great people that you meet. We really live in the greatest country in the world!!! We are so thankful that we have been able to travel these past 9 years in a motorhome and hopefully we will travel many more.
For those of you who think that traveling in a motorhome around the country is troublefree, just take a look at these pictures.
The steps went out the 2nd day on the road even though we had had a new motor put in the week before. We went to a shop but no parts. We ordered parts from factory in AL to be delivered to our friends' home in ID. Then we carried the part to Camping World to be installed but they would not install a part that they did not order. The next place we contacted in WA said they were backed up for a week so we decided to use the ladder and enjoy our trip
While camping in our friends' drive in Idaho, we had a flat tire on the new tire we had put on before we left. The roadside service came to fix it and told us that we needed a new one on the other side. But of course, they didn't have any in stock. (RV tires are specialty tires and not easy to find.) So we drove on to WA and called a Les Swabb tire store. They had them in stock so they put them on and gave us trade-in credit on our practically new tire. We were very impressed with this company as we read the history of the co. inside the waiting room. He sounded a lot like Sam Walton and the Wal-Mart story except as a tire co. and they are only located in the West. Wish we had them. They were so customer oriented and really went out of their way to answer your questions.
Later in the trip, our carbon monoxide alarm went off and made Tex a nervous wreck for several days. We disconnected it and worked on it and finally got it monitoring again.
Then the Washer-Dryer went out with a load of wet clothes inside. The next time I tried, it wouldn't even turn on. Got out the manual but whatever the problem, it is more than I can handle.
Our air bags won't air up properly the first thing in the morning so we start out with a Very Bumpy ride which improves as it all warms up.
A couple of compartment doors on the side (storage compartments) will not open so we have had to make do without the things in those.
Our front windshield now had three cracks from rocks, one of which is spreading and is now about a foot long.
A couple of days, we have had jacks that would not come up--the RV sounds an alarm and the MH will not move when this happens, so Fred has to get underneath and oil them. Some of this may be because of the dust and fine gravel that we have traveled through. But we will have to have them checked along with all the other things. We have an appointment at the factory in AL in February to get things repaired where they will have knowledgeable people and the parts on hand. So we will take it to the shop at home for the steps and get everything else done in Red Bay. We have definitely had more problems on this trip with the MH, but there are always problems just like with a house and we always end our trips with a trip to the shop.
We can't wait to be home again!!!
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