Monthly Archives: June 2014
Finally . . . Maybe
Well, I was at the repair place at 8am this morning.
And then things went downhill from there.
When the guy from RV Glass, that was supposed to know all about installing this type of gasket on an American Eagle, didn’t show up, Josh, from Coach Supply, gave him a call.
And it turns out that the guy knew nothing about coming to help install my gasket. Nobody had said anything to him about it.
And in fact, he was already booked solid the rest of the week, anyway. And on top of that, he had never installed this gasket on any American Coach whatsoever.
At this point I threw a major snit fit (note the ‘n’).
I first called American Coach parts down in Decatur, IN to confirm, yes they did have the gasket in stock, and it was $266.69.
Then I got on the phone with RV Glass out in CA and jumped all over them, but politely.
The local RV Glass guy here in Elkhart had admitted on Friday afternoon that they were trying to use a cheaper, generic gasket instead of getting the real one from American. This, coupled with the phantom, know-it-all, no-show repair guy, was the last straw.
When I related all this to RV Glass HQ, that seemed to get the ball rolling. It took a little while but I later got a call back saying the gasket was waiting down in Decatur.
I had already mentioned that I was willing to go down and pick it up, so about 1:30 Jan and I hit the road for the two hour drive down there.
When we got there, the gasket was waiting as promised, and already paid for. I had told Josh not to worry about trying to install everything tonight, since we were already on the hook for tonight’s motel room, but that we would get a early start tomorrow morning.
We got back to Elkhart about 5:30 just in time to get with Nick and Terry Russell to have dinner at El Maguey, probably our last time this year.
So hopefully, this time tomorrow we’ll be back in our rig.
We hope.
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Thought for the Day:
If you don’t read a newspaper, you’re probably uninformed. If you do read a newspaper, you’re probably misinformed.
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Cabin Fever . . .
Jan and I headed out to breakfast at Bob Evans this morning about 10:30. It was either that, or take her down with a tranquilizer dart. And Mister too.
Both of them are getting severe cabin fever stuck here in this EconoLodge motel room. As far as me, I have my laptop, my Kindle, and my phone, so I’m fine.
But our breakfast was good. In fact we’ve never had a bad meal at Bob Evans, even when Nick steals my cappuccino.
About the time Jan was bouncing off the walls again, Nick called a little after 2, and we all headed over to Mishawaka for some shopping, finally ending up at Golden Corral for dinner about 5pm.
This is our third visit there and every one has been great. We’re going to miss it when we leave the area.
On the Landon front, he has his own version of the shish kabob. His is made from marshmallows and strawberries. Actually it looks pretty good.
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Chris sent over a better photo of his new Yamaha 1900 bike. He and a bunch of other retired firefighters are planning a trip out west later this year, and he’s really looking forward to it.
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Tomorrow morning we’ll have the continental breakfast here at the motel, then I’ll head down to Coach Supply around 8amto see how things are going to work out with our windshield gasket. I’m also going to call American Coach down in Decatur, IN to confirm that they do have a gasket in stock and how much it is.
I want something decided by 11 or so, in case we need a gasket from American Coach. Either way, I’m afraid we’re probably looking at another night here in Cabin Fever hell.
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Thought for the Day:
I’d rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate. – George Burns
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