The Patient is Thriving

 

I don't think I've ever noticed the freezer this cold before. The fridge is holding at a steady 37 degrees. All it takes is $$$ and all issues will be resolved.

Now all we need is the weather to cooperate. The next two days they are forecasting some heavy rains and high winds, so we are going to wait until Friday to leave. We may need to wait a day or two in Canyonville before we can get over the pass. Of course this past week has been perfect for travel, oh well.

This has put us a whole week later than originally planned, but we have adjusted our arrival and where we are staying. We have cancelled our two week stay at Colorado River Oasis and increased our visit to Desert Pools, we are going to CRO later in the season anyway.

Now we need to reload all our stuff that we had to remove so they could do their work.

More Later,

Rich

 

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Motor home is in the hospital

This is the new cooling unit being tested before installation. It has seemed like a long day just waiting for the call saying it's fixed and ready to pick up. We are looking at what changes we'll have to make to our schedule since it looks like we will be a week late. I'll post those here as soon as we make them.

More Later,

Rich

 

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There is Hope

Paul's RV in Orchards has agreed to slip us in tomorrow at 9:00 AM. Bob and Mikey picked up the new cooling unit today in Portland (I still don't have a truck), and they will install it then. We'll have to wait until Wednesday before firing up the fridge so we are hoping for a Friday escape.

Yesterday and today were perfect driving days and it would have been an easy drive over the pass. Now there is a storm coming in and we may have wait it out. If we can make it to Seven Feathers we can just wait there for an opportunity to assault the Siskiyou pass. Things are looking up.

More Later,

Rich

 

 

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Houston We Have a Problem

 

Gorgie took some of our frozen food and a bunch of condiments out to the refrigerator on Wed and all was well. On Friday I went out to take some stuff out and looked into the fridge and found the temperature rising. Well the cooling unit has failed and there is no cooling going on in there. It is my belief that the cooling unit itself has given up the ghost. Now of course being Thanksgiving there is no one to call before Monday.

The good news is that it happened before we hit the road and lost all our food as it was we found it in time and nothing was lost.

The bad news is that our departure will be delayed until it's fixed. These things cost around a $1000.00 plus installation and at this point we have no idea if it is available locally. Or if we can get into a repair shop, so the only thing we know for sure is we are stuck in the land of wet and cold for at least a week. If we can't get into a shop but we can get the parts I may try the repair myself.

Watch here for the latest developments.

More Later,

Rich

 

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Getting Ready to Hit the Road

We have been spending lots of time making lists, and preparing for the start of our annual snowbird trip south. The motor home is ready to go, and we have both packed most of our clothes (we don't need our shorts around here right now).

 

We plan to drive south on I-5 and sped our first night at the Seven Feathers Casino RV Park. Deb and Jerry are driving down to see us off and we'll have a nice farewell dinner there. This is just the right distance from the siskiyou pass. If the weather doesn't cooperate we can spend another night or two there.

We will be leaving our furry friend behind but maybe next year she can come along. Chrystal has been spending more and more time in the house with us and we will surely miss her.

The rest of this week will be spent preparing for and cooking for the 25 or so guests that will share our Thanksgiving holiday.

See you on the road,

More Later,

Rich

 

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