Month: July 2017

By no means am I comparing this with bi-polar disease, but the manic swings of emotions right now are off the chart.

We are scheduled to leave in the RV, tomorrow morning, with our first night on the Colorado River at Blyth.  Up until an hour ago, I was checking for flights to North Carolina, because we didn’t know if the RV would be fixed before the 1st of Aug.  How can you plan a 6 week trip, when you don’t even know if you can do it?

After several days now, of not knowing when the fan clutch assembly would (or could) be shipped, we took matters into our own hands and located the parts we needed, in AZ.

SIDE-NOTE: why can’t people do what they are paid to do?  How is it that the customer (me, in this case), can make 2 phone calls and get what I need, when the Customer Service Rep, can’t get the job done in 5 days?

So with a little help from FedEx, we might……… (dare I say)…….. be able to get the RV fixed and back to us by tomm……….., nope, I’m not gonna jinx it 😉

Hello Mr. Sunday, how are you?  Us?  Oh, we’re stressing. The RV is not out of the shop and the fan clutch that was on order, is still on order.  We’re hoping to find out Monday, if it is arriving Monday and will be installed Monday.  Because we still plan on leaving Wednesday.

Work is crazy busy, but we’ve been doing a pretty good job preparing and planning for “working from the road”.  After all, we’ve been essentially working from the road for the past 10 years.  Just never a trip of this magnitude.

Let’s get this party started.  It’s only been since forever that Laura and I fell in love with road trips and travel.  So we might as well bore you with all the silly details.

While we’re only a few days away from an epic 6+ week trip, it’s starting off with a bang.  The RV is in the shop for what could have been a major mechanical failure.  Instead it’s just a warranty claim away from success.  A new fan clutch oughta do the trick.  Maybe a drive belt too, seeings how the old one is wearing funny (does this mean the bearings might have been compromised too?).  Only time will tell.  With a little luck, we’ll find out in the middle of New Mexico, about 1pm, with the temp outside at a comfortable 120˚.  No worries, we’ve got booze, time and insurance.    Plenty to go around.

But hey, we’re 5 days away from wheels up and our Service Advisor is confident he can get it all done.  So let’s see how it all plays out in the next few days…

 

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