Monthly Archives: June 2014
I Miss My RV . . .
That’s what Jan said this evening watching TV in motel room. And I agree.
Yesterday, we had a number of comments wondering what Mister was doing during the whole windshield thing. And the answer is, as usual he was trying to get right in the middle of it.
At times he would even be hanging out the opening watching the guys work. Finally I put him on his leash and tied him off to a scaffolding by the rig and he just lay there and watched.
Jan and I both got up early this morning, (well, 8am early, early for me) so we could check out the free (that always gets my attention) continental breakfast here at the motel. And it wasn’t bad at all.
They had muffins, English muffins, toast, and Belgian waffles, as well as cereal, milk, coffee, and OJ.
About 9:30 Jan and I drove over to our coach to pick up some more things for our extended motel stay. While we were waiting for Josh to open the shop, we met Jerry and Tish Unterkoefler who showed up in their Monaco Diplomat. They wanted to talk to Josh about getting some new Captain’s Chairs for their rig. Said they were next heading down to Decatur, IN to have Monaco replaced the seals on their slide.
Started to ask them if they could pick up the correct windshield gasket from American Coach.
Leaving Coach Supply we headed over to Wal-Mart for some cat food and chips, and then on the way back to the motel, we stopped off at Steak and Steak for lunch.
This time I had the Jalapeno Crunch Steakburger.
And Jan had the Chili 5 Ways.
Both very good, just like our last visit.
Although we don’t usually eat two meals out a day, we made an exception and met Nick and Terry at the Wings Etc. over by the Wal-Mart. And by the time we left, we both hurt.
But, as Jan said. it was a ‘good hurt’.
I guess Nick just doesn’t see enough of me now since we’re not parked right next door, so he called a little before 9pm with some made-up computer problem just to get me to come over.
But I did come home with strawberry-rhubarb pie and warm chocolate chip cookies, so it was all good.
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Thought for the Day:
"The defect of equality is that we only desire it with our superiors." – Henry Becque
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I love it when a plan comes together . . . or not!
Well, today got off to a good start. We were up about 7am, had our coffee and muffins, cranked up the rig at 8:40, and then pulled out at 8:45, heading about 6 miles up into Michigan to Coach Supply to have our passenger-side windshield replaced.
We pulled into the bay about 5 after 9, and a few minutes later Josh and his helper started removing the old windshield.
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The driver’s side took a little longer because they wanted to be careful to get it out in one piece since it will be reused.
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Next the old gasket came out and area was cleaned up and the new gasket started to go in.
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But then the first problem showed up and it was a big one. The gasket was the wrong sized. It was too big.
So after a lot of back and forth with the supplier, Josh headed down to south Elkhart to get a new gasket.
And after comparing the old-new gasket with the new-new gasket, the new-new gasket was noticeably smaller. So things were back on track.
Soon the new gasket was installed and they were ready to reinstall the driver’s side glass. The new-new gasket still seemed to be a little large, but they were hoping that the glass would seat it into place.
But when they got the glass in place the glass was still gapping around the gasket. So they took the glass back out, and the gasket back off. So we went back and compared the original gasket with the new one, and the differences were obvious.
Not only the size difference, but even the corners were rounded differently.
So now we’re stuck. I suggested they get a new gasket from American Coach down in Decatur, IN. But now RV Glass is sending a guy out on Monday morning who says we don’t know what we’re talking about and he can make it work. We’ll see.
So now Jan and I will be spending the night in a motel for the weekend until at least Monday, maybe Tuesday.
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Thought for the Day:
"The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." –Tacitus
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