Another chapter begins

Tuesday 2 January 2023

    I was up early to get the car over to the hitch place. It is less than a mile from the campground so a very short drive.  They opened at 8:00 and I was there by 8:30. They got all the paperwork in order then took our car (22 Equinox) and brought around the loaner vehicle (04 Malibu) with 165,000 miles, check

If it were my business
I would be ashamed
to call this my loaner!!

engine light stay on, smells like crap and has what appears to be mouse turds in it. 😕I didn't ask anything about it when they said I could use their loaner. We only have 3 days, so I sucked it up and drove back to the Moho.
   Diane was waiting to go to the grocery store when I returned. She looks at the car and says you have got to be kidding.  Off to the store she goes. She walks in with groceries and just gives me 'that look'.  Just a day or so I tell her.  The car is like sitting on skateboard.
   Next trip out for dinner.  Just across the road a bit about two miles to Texas Roadhouse.  Diane orders the prime rib; I order steak and shrimp.  Her prime rib was ok, and it came with fresh rolls. My steak I could not chew, several bites half chewed laying on the plate when the manager comes over to see what is wrong, I tell her, and she says that happens occasionally and leaves. Waitress comes back same outcome. 😡. We leave with Diane's leftovers she gets in the car and holds the container because she doesn't want it to touch the seat.
   And the first day was over.     Oh, and by the way cold, raining with snow mixed in.😞

Wednesday 3 January 2023

     Day two woke up 30 degrees with on and off drizzle. We had planned on going to the RV Hall of Fame and Museum, but it is closed. We really didn't want to ride in the car anyway.  Instead, Diane went to the laundromat, and I did dishes, dumped and filled tanks.  The temperature got all the way up 33 degrees and the drizzle changed back and forth snow/rain/snow. 
     For something fun we went looking for a wine store.  We drove around to three different liquor stores before we found our brand.  Good news it was cheaper than we have ever seen. 😁 Back to the Moho baked haddock for dinner.
   And the day was over.

Thursday 3 January 2023

    Day three begins the same way with clouds, cold (25 degrees) but no rain.  I took Rudy out for his

walk this morning just like always and just as we return, I noticed ice icicles hanging off the Moho. Oh great.
    Diane's mission for today is to make lasagna and stay out of the car.  She made a nice breakfast. I kept asking if she wanted to ride along with me down to Nappanee to check out the Newmar's repair facility and some hotels in case they need to keep the Moho inside overnight.  She thought long and hard (less than a second) before bellowing no way. I put it off as long as I could then after lunch she chased me out the door.  It was an uneventful 20-mile drive down to Nappanee.  There are RV facilities scattered all over the place. The Newmar repair place is closed but the campground appears to be open.  We are planning to head down Friday as soon as the car is done.  I stopped at a motel, it looks ok, and they allow pets (for 20 bucks). The only good news is fuel is cheap out here. 

Ohio was even
cheaper!!

Back to the Moho.  Diane has for the most finished the lasagna and whole place smells wonderful. Can't wait for dinner.
   The sun has not shown but for 30 minutes on the 31st. Haven't needed sunglasses for a week! The clouds wind, snow and drizzle are getting old.  We are anxious to get heading south.
   And on another note, Diane asks every hour or so if the hitch guy called. (We are both sitting in the Moho)