Getting parts

Monday & Tuesday, July 25 & 26

We extended our stay for two more days as we knew it would be at least until Wednesday before the parts show up.  We had to move our site as someone had booked the one we were in.  So we moved from site 59 to site 21, which I think I like better.  They promised not to book anyone in this one for a few days in case we have to extend again.  When Bill went to the office to see if they had a date and cost yet he found out that the jack company had not returned any of the phone calls.  When he got back to the rig he called and left a couple of messages.  I decided to check rv.net (a forum we read).  Back in Dec a guy was complaining that he couldn't reach them either.  The company is RVA in Escondido, CA.  I was ready to send Nick down to get the part in person!  I posted on the forum and a person there took it upon himself to try to contact them.  He finally got through and told the guy to call our service center!  The guy at RVA was complaining that they have suddenly gotten busy and haven't been able to hire someone to answer the phones.  Yeah right, like there aren't any out of work people in Escondido that would take a job at minimum wage.  Anyway, we finally got the part ordered and it should be here Wednesday, hopefully.  If it shows up we have an appointment that afternoon to get it repaired.  We will stay here until Thursday morning.  Then we hope to head to Pigeon Forge, TN. 

We had a really big thunder storm on Monday afternoon.  It rained really hard for awhile.  Then it spent a couple of hours just raining lightly.  We spent part of the afternoon before the rain driving around town checking out laundromats so we can do our laundry tomorrow. 

This morning we got up and went to do the laundry.  When we finished we returned home and had lunch.  I know, exciting.  Actually we did go for a drive to the next town over, Old Fort to check out a geyser.   Turned out to really be a fountain but hey, it got us out for a bit.  The town also has a big stone arrowhead at the main intersection.  We did see a deer by the side of the road. 




We went out to dinner to a local BBQ restaurant.  It really was a regular family restaurant that also serves BBQ.  Tonight's special was ribs so that is what we had.  They were pretty good, not great, but good. 

So keep your fingers crossed that our jack shows up tomorrow and we get out of here soon!  Marion, NC is a small town and we have just about run out of things to do.