One morning we raked the leaves on our site and I spent a Saturday helping power wash the patio slabs at each site. We did half of them on Sat and others completed the rest on Sun. There were around 110 sites to do and the slabs ranged from 8 x12 to 8 x 30. Beryl has been helping serve at the dine in suppers on Thursday and the Snacks at the Friday Jam sessions. We've each also have read several books.
On the Jan 30th, Wed., we headed to Lazy Days to get the AC’s replaced, awnings installed, front end alignment and several minor items taken care of. Our appointment with the Service Advisor was for 1300 on the 31st. We were told they would probably start work on Friday Feb. 1st and be finished Tues. You have to be out of the rig while it is in the service bay during working hours which are 0800 to 1700. No one had come for the rig by 1530 so we went looking for Shawn our SA. He said things got backed up and they would get it in the bay first thing Sat. It went to the bay around 1130 Sat. They got 1 0f 3 awnings installed and change the shower nozzle.
While we were waiting at site Sat afternoon, a van pulled into the site and it was Jack & Red Salvatora. They are members of the Midlantic Travel Club and stay at a campground 3 miles down the road. We passed the afternoon with them and decide to get with them to go to Parksdale Farm Market for Strawberry Short cake. One good thing about Lazy Days is we got a membership in the Crown Club. They serve breakfast, lunch and Happy hour and it is free and the food is not bad.
Sunday we had brunch at Bob Evans. Jack and Red showed up around 1330 and we headed to Parkesdale Farm Market which is about 12 miles east if LD’s. Here are Jack and Red.
Here is what we ordered. There is one Strawberry Shortcake with ice cream and whipped cream, 2 ice creams with strawberries and whipped cream and one ice cream with whipped cream
Needless to say we didn’t need any supper
Monday around 1100 we picked up Jack and Red and headed to Apollo Beach to see the Manatee. Usually at this time of year there are around 100 manatee in this area because of the warm water from the power plant. As luck would have it, we saw one youngin. We'll have try Crystal River area next.
We stopped for burgers at Steak n Shake, dropped off Jack and Red at their park and headed back to LD to see what had been done. Our tech said rather than replace the AC’s they installed foam under them as an insulator to quiet them down. They were a lot quieter than before. Around 2130 the front AC stopped putting out hot air and when we started the rear AC it sounded like a jet taking off.
I was up at the office at 0700 Tuesday to talk to Shawn. He wasn’t in yet, but his boss Ken, who I had talked to in Jan, was there. He assured me the AC’s would be replaced as promised. Around 1000 I got a call from Shawn telling me that they had ordered the wrong AC’s. Around 1430 they still had no answer on the AC’s. When I went to the rig at 1630, the tech had both AC’s on heat and said the ones they had received were the right ones. He switched them to cooling and they seemed to be working ok and fairly quiet. We left them on cooling and went to supper. When we got back we shut them down, waited about ten minutes and switched them to heat. Guess what, the front one produced hot air and the rear one blew cold air like it was still set to cooling. This is where we spent Sat thru Tuesday nites
Wed morning it was backup to the office. Shawn said since they had an opening in chassis, They would do the front end alignment and then fix the AC. Around 1600 I tracked down Shawn to find out what was going on. He said it definitely needed a front end alignment and they were trying to determine whether Freightliner or Winnebago would pick up the tab. He also said the AC had been fixed. A little later Shawn called and said they would have about an hours work tomorrow to complete the alignment so they would move the rig to a site and pick it up first thing tomorrow morning. We were on a site similar to this one.
Thursday they picked up the rig early and it went to the chassis shop. Remember they only had one hours work to go. Around 1600 we headed to Shawn’s office to get an update. He was busy and we had to wait about 15 minutes. He said all work was done and the rig was being washed and would be moved to a site. We headed to the rig and went to lower the jacks and got an alarm that the parking brake was not on even though it was set. A tech came to check it out but he didn’t have any idea what was going on. They said it would have to go back to chassis in the morning. I remembered talking to another couple that had a similar problem and it was a loose plug an the parking brake switch. I reached under the dash, found the plug and pushed it back on. No more Alarm.
Friday morning we left LD’s a little after 1000 and got back to the campground around 1130. We got setup and headed out for lunch, Winn Dixie and CVS. We also stopped at a dentist so Beryl could get an appointment to have her broken tooth looked at. That brings everything up to date.
Thought For The Day – Some people aren’t just missing a screw, they’re missing the whole damn toolbox
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