Steve, the RV mechanic at River City Ford, says now he just needs to reset the computer, fill the water reservoir, and winterize the engine and we’ll be ready to go. The problem we experienced yesterday was a ruptured heater hose. Steve said it felt all mushy, and so did another one that hadn’t broken [...]
We had just crossed the Mississippi River at Davenport, Iowa when Phil pulled off to the shoulder and shut off the engine. “The temperature light came on,” and an alarm was sounding. “Maybe a belt, or a hose broke?” First thing we did was dig out the insurance policy to find the service phone number [...]
Yes, this is a little different from our normal mode of transportation but for getting in and out of the city (in this case, Chicago), it is definitely preferable. We found out just how much preferable yesterday, when we missed the 12:00 train and decided to drive in rather than wait two hours for the [...]
I think the drought has broken. We tracked the thunderstorms all across Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois Wednesday and Thursday, watching the rivers and streams cautiously since they all looked pretty full. When we got off the interstates both evenings to camp at RV parks things were pretty soggy. And it keeps on raining. According to [...]
After spending about an hour on the phone trying to find someone who would look at our refrigerator quickly, we had resigned ourselves to losing another refrigerator full of food and having to put Phils meds in the 12-volt cooler we bought last time this happened. So I called a RV service center listed on [...]
We’ve just pulled into the Grand Island KOA. This is another shady, pleasant, conveniently located campground on our northern Midwest path. However, all is not wonderful. There’s nothing wrong with the campground. Our drive from Cheyenne went reasonably well (except for driving through a bit of a thunderstorm). We arrived just after closing time, but [...]
We’ve been in Cheyenne for several days now, but today I took the opportunity to drive down to Boulder, Colorado to have lunch with some friends from the Serious Second Life in Boulder meetup group. I’ve been participating in their meetings online from Second Life for the past few months, ever since I told one [...]
In spite of my uncharitable comments earlier, the KOA RV park at Gothenburg is a pleasant one, and in fact the lady at the front desk when we checked out was very nice, and apologized that she’d forgotten to include the slip with the WiFi password in our registration package. She did have one made [...]
We pulled in to the Gothenburg, Nebraska KOA campground just about midnight. We got a late start out of St. Joe, and then had to go out to Naomi’s farm to get the tow dolly for the Z car. Naomi & Bill were getting packed for a cruise to Alaska, and Naomi had some questions [...]
Tuesday began with a phone call from a robot. Well, an automated call, anyway. It was from Nebraska Furniture telling us they would be delivering our table & chairs Wednesday morning between 7 and 9 AM. Ouch! Then I had to go to the dentist. No, doesn’t sound like things were improving, does it? Just [...]
