Oct. 16, 2009

Last night when the coach came out of the service area there were four items to be completed. After the rain we added back the leak in the front of the bedroom slide.
We slept in for an hour more than the last couple of days, they didn’t come for the coach until 7 AM.
When we got here Monday there were 24 items on the list to resolve. Today the took the coach to the rain tank to test to see if the leaks had been fixed. I was told there were no leaks. The did wash the coach. This was the first time it was cleaned since we had it washed at the Home Coming rally in July. My excuse is all the rain while we were parked or driving. In discussion with the service writer after four full days they seemed to think they had done all they could. I left understanding that the problems with the bedroom TV wasn’t fixed and that after rain I had a procedure to follow to keep water coming in with the full room slide. Their outside contactor wasn’t able to match the vinyl. I guess we will be looking for a company when we get back to Las Vegas.
We left the service center at about 2:30 PM and headed for Monroeville, In about 14 miles away. At Monroeville Chassis the dismounted the front tires and installed the Tyron System that Spartan wouldn’t or couldn’t do. The Tyron System is designed to keep the tire on the wheel in case of a flat or blowout. It came with the coach from Beaudry and I thought it best to keep it. After the installation the tires were remounted and balanced. We were out of that shop at about 4:15 PM.
I had called Kevin Mallory at Cruising America while the work was being done at Monroeville. He had my new batteries in and said come on over. Counting moving around the Service Center all week, the trip to Monroeville and then to Celina we have traveled 76.2 miles and are parked at Kamp Kevin in Celina, OH, 32 miles from Camp Fleetwood Decatur, IN. We got to Cruising America RVand set up by 5:30 PM. No one else is here. Since Kevin and John don’t usually start work until 8 AM we get to sleep in again tomorrow. Hopefully the new batteries will give us the amperage to handle the the evenings we aren’t in RV parks. With this coach we haven’t been able to stay off the grid as long as with the last one. With the Revolution it wasn’t difficult to park at 4 in the afternoon and still have power at 8 or 9 the next morning. We have found this coach takes more power than the old one. I guess the extra TV, computers and fridge in the basement make a big difference.
I think we finished off the leftovers at supper tonihgt.
When Gerri turned down our bed there was water on the pillow. Mmm, I guess my list starts again for the next trip to Decatur. The control for the bedroom TV didn't work as well as it did before they checked it. Another item for the new list.
We hope to leave for Texas on Sunday. This drive will be more leisurely than the one from Vermont Back to Indiana. We hope to take a couple of days of downtime along the way to rest, relax and refresh.
BTW, this was a day without rain, no sunshine either.
"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;" Hebrews 10:16