A whirlwind trip

 Saturday 31 October 2020

   We were full of excitement and rolled out of the campground at 10 am.  Everything was still wet this morning packing up.  I had to wipe down all the hoses, cables etc.  We tried to hurry but it still took forever.  It was a nice sunny day and we went down I95 through Washington.  It wasn't to bad just two or three back ups.  We must of stopped 5 or 6 times wrong exit for fuel, right exit for fuel, lunch, a couple of rest area breaks, and poof we were there(Walmart in South Hill) by 4pm.  The weather forecast changed and now they were calling for rain on Sunday so we unhooked and drove the last 30 miles to see the rig.  The folks were really nice and the coached looked  fairly well.  We knew the sofas had been removed but as we walked  around our feelings started to change.  The carpets really needed a good cleaning but not a big deal.  The rest of the inside looked good until we came to the refrigerator.  They have replaced it with a smaller whirlpool unit and never fixed the cabinet opening. We went for a drive, put the sides out, jacks down, ran the heater etc.  The guy starts to tell how they took care of the tires, batteries, and furnace and other things for the five plus years they had  it.  To me that means it will need tires for sure and probably all six batteries very soon.  We said our good byes and headed back to the Moho.  It was after 7, we haven't eaten anything but cheese and crackers on the way down so we had warmed up sausages and called it a night.

We tried, just couldn't
make it happen!!

Sunday 1 November 2020

   Woke up around 6:30 cooked some coffee and the rain started.  Rudy got up and I guess he had to go because he went right out in the rain.  We hooked the truck up in the rain. None the less a bowl of cereal and we were on the road at 7:30.  The only good part of overnighting at Walmart we were ready to go early no jacks, only one slide out, and no utilities to unhook.  It rained on and off (mostly on) the whole way home.  We stopped for fuel in the driving rain fueled up and then I had to zip tie the windshield wipers on.  We talked about the coach we looked at and kind of decided if  we bought it we wanted to have is professionally refurbished but we did like the Newmar style.  We arrived back in Dillsburg at 2:30 hooked everything up.  We got busy get prices for what we could(mostly guesses) and came up with want we thought was a good price.  I call Will (the owner) and although he didn't call me obscene names the price we had was way to low for him.  Tired and wore out we had dogs and beans with wine for diner and the excitement is all over.

    Just a note on about this trip.  It was our first night in Walmart,  it was ok for what we needed to do.  I don't think we need to try it again.  Give us water, electric, sewer  and we are happy campers.

Monday 2 November 2020

   Windy and I mean windy.  Tough night for sleep, the motorhome rocked and rattled all night.  Diane went to the store while I kept thinking about the Moho and should I up my offer 5 grand.  Diane came back with the groceries and I was nauseated from thinking.  I had to finish hooking up water, sewer, and satellite I was just to tired to do it last night.  I worked on setting the the satellite for hours upon hours with no luck.  The thing has been acting up so it maybe time to replace it. The good news for today Diane made meatloaf for diner. Yum.  Tomorrow  we are heading to Lynne and Rick's place for diner.