...and the service rodeo begins

It's an RV.  That, by definition, means you need your own technician!

So our semiannual trailer service began today.  So far, so good.  I think preventive maintenance is so foreign to RV techs - RVs in general - that when you arrive and that's what you want, you've actually caught them off guard.  It's not that they don't believe in preventative maintenance.  It's just they don't see people doing that, I guess.  And, believe it or not, Lippert Service Center was not busy today.  Usually, it's crowded, busy as heck, maintenance vehicles going in & out, people scurrying everywhere. Not today.  One gentleman in for an emergency repair on a Class C motor home and us. Three service bays and only us two there to occupy them.  Very unusual!

Yes, I'm a glass-half-full kinda guy.  And while most stuff on our trailer actually works, so much doesn't work that you tend to forget what works.  And for once, it looks like we might just get in to Indiana Interstate Enterprises on Monday without an emergency repair that keeps us from getting other needed repairs completed.  Have you every had a plumber come to your house to make needed plumbing repairs, work on your house all day fixing several things that needed to be repaired, and yet not fix the two items that you requested to be repaired when you made the original plumbing appointment?  Well, I have and that's how our trailer service appointments have been going over the last couple of years.  And it's gettin' pretty darn old!

So we're sitting for the weekend at Shipshewana.  Originally tried to get into Elkhart Fairgrounds so we'd be close to Lippert, but a Montana owners rally had that place booked.  Ben's Pretzels still good.  Road shoulders still covered in horse poop.  US 20 closed between Shipshewana & Lagrange.  Got a chance to eat lunch with Chris.  He stayed late so he could eat with us.  Sorry he got home late, Emily!

Been a little warm, but we've got thunderstorms this evening & tomorrow.  Weather people saying that'll cool things off and get the area back to "normal".  We still think we're doing OK.  Still planning to be in Virginia early October.  Remember - it's just a plan!

So that's it for us this week.  Thanks for dropping by and checking in on us.  Until next week, David

Bud's Body Shop, May 2018