Off and running

The door keeps jamming.  One time it had us locked inside, my catastrophia immediately took hold.  I kept pulling up on the handle and somehow it finally released.   I kept thinking what we could do for a short term fix, I realized the bar the door latches onto was just a big fat screw and convinced Don to remove the screw.  That means our door doesn't latch but also doesn't lock us in or out.  We have a deadbolt lock which still works to keep the door shut.  It is a pain but works.  We will try to get it fixed ASAP when we get to Florida.

The back camera stayed on all day, at least something works except not the way it is suppose to work as the side cameras don't work.  Don says he seldom uses them anyway but we will also get that fixed in Florida.  The motorhome purred along just fine.

We made it to Osceola Iowa for the night.  The roads in the campground have huge potholes which I hope they fix or it will soon be impossible to get in and out.  The campground is right off the interstate and not expensive so a place we always like to park.  It has been a warm day so good to get the air conditioners running.

MH problems

The move went fine but still having problems with the door sometimes not opening and the rear view camera not working.  We decided to spend another day and take the MH in for repairs to no avail.  They need to order a part for the door and that would take a week or more, probably more.  They got the back view camera to work sometimes but now the side view cameras are not working.  Don says he seldom uses the side view cameras so we are OK for now.  We will try to deal with things until we get to Florida where there is a a well known repair place.

We now plan to head south tomorrow baring any more problems.

Maybe we need a new MH:

Sunday

Still doing last minute stuff.  We had to move to another park today as the first is closing for the season, couldn't have stayed open two more days----

In the afternoon we went to the house to continue to get it ready to leave and wash some things.  Brenda came over for a visit and then we went to Sheila's for dinner.


Spearfish Canyon in western South Dakota

Saturday

We spent our first night in the motorhome.  We were missing some things so went to Walmart and spent about $50 on stuff like a dish drainer, coffee filter and the all important wine bottle opener, etc.

Then we went to the house and cleaned.  With moving out the place got fairly dirty.  I also did some laundry.  We are still tired, working too hard.

Dish, ish

Long story but then new Dish TV has been returned.  They misled us on the DVR capabilities.  Suprise.  We decided we would rather have nothing and pay nothing than a expensive set-up that doesn't do much of anything.   We will eventually get some satellite service.

We are mostly moved into the MH except for last minute stuff.

October 1

The only reason I have time to post is that Don is installing our Dish network with a new dome antenna.  We have been working so hard all week getting the MH loaded.  Now we have the odds and ends stuff to move which is almost harder, always hunting for something.  Then when we are ready to live in the MH we will have to move our stuff we use every day.  We still have our colds and get tired easy, we are dead on our feet come bed time.

We got the MH moved Monday and went back with a load of stuff and the door wouldn't unlock.  We though the lock was repaired.  Thankfully our neighbor stepped up to help, loaning us a coat hanger and a latter and Don broke in.  It opens from the inside.  Thinking we had it fixed we came back with a second load and guess what.  Had to lean on our neighbor again.  Has worked ever since.

We have been bring a car full three times a day.  That means our motorhome is a mess, our house is a mess and we get nothing else done.