Getting Home

We have been home since Monday evening, sorry to wait so long to let you know.

On the way home from Florida, we had some difficulties, but now that the bus is in the storage facility, we can begin the work to repair what’s broken.

Let me see if I can tally it all up. Somewhere between Florida and Biloxi we had a leak in one of our leveling jacks, waited five hours for a mobile mechanic to come and bandage the situation until we could get home.

Somewhere in Louisiana, after crossing the Mississippi River, we hit a massive crack in the road, prompting our center set TV to jump out of its frame and dangle perilously in between us as Dave drove down the road. I managed to get up and grab it, sitting on the dash for support, until he could pull off the road and disconnect it!

We get here to my brother’s house, and partially unload the bus for the night, being beyond tired. David goes to lock up and the entire deadlock assembly falls out in his hand! He managed to open the passenger side window, unlock the door, and just relocked the bottom lock.

So…yeah. We also had problems with the front room air conditioner, so that will also need repair. He is going to try to do what he can himself and save some money. He also had designs on another bit of remodeling -to put new countertops in. We will see based on all the repairs that need doing.

Short story is, we will probably be here a month, which also gives us time to see some friends and family as we can.

Stay tuned!

31 responses to “Getting Home”

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  1. Oh, my goodness! I hope nothing else breaks or goes wrong. It is good to know you are now home.

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  2. Sorry to hear of your troubles.

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  3. Glad to hear you guys made it home safe, especially with all the complications you endured along the way. Hopefully you can get some quaility time in with family and friends before you’re off again. Have a relaxed day my friend.

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    1. Thanks, my dawg. 😉
      I’m ready for some good Mexican food! Hopefully I will get some by this weekend!

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      1. Enchiladas sound pretty tasty right about now.

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      2. I had a fajita salad. But I did enjoy a Paloma, it was strong and a bit bitter, but it was small. I’m trying to lose a few pounds, its hard with all the bad guy influences around, lo.!

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  4. I’m glad that you guys made it there safely considering all you had to endure!

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    1. Thanks, Tre. Its par for the course when owning a motor home. Just like a house things break. I tell my husband all the time, driving to and fro is putting our home through an earthquake every time. You have to tighten things up and check things constantly, but he doesn’t believe me. He has to learn the hard way. Lol, he has a hard head sometimes.
      Hopefully, it so t cost us too much to fix everything.

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      1. Yeah, sounds like he likes learning the hard way.

        But you’re most welcome!

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  5. Whoa, that’s rough, but I’m glad you get to see family over the next month.

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    1. Yes it will be great to see my brother, brother-in-law and his wife, and my oldest boy-Sean, but I’m also prayerful that m6 youngest son -Chris – gets to come home while we are here.
      I also get to see all my good friends, usually over dinner!

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      1. That’s wonderful! I hope you get to see Chris.

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      2. Fingers crossed!

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      3. Fingers, toes, and eyes … all crossed! LOL 😀

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  6. Life just seems to throw out curve balls one after another..You are safe at home and that is what matters..Good that Dave can tackle some of the problems himself.

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    1. He is quite the handyman!

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    2. Yes, I’m happy for that as well! Thanks for being here, I need to make time for your blog. I’ve been so busy this is the only time I seem to have any more is at night, right before bed.

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      1. LOL. no rush..I haven’t blogged myself in a long time but do on occasion repost others.I keep paying because you never know when I might jump back in.

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      2. Good to hear! I think writing is so cathartic, even if what I have to say is not much. 😁😉

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  7. Iam so happy you back to home. Hopefully you can get some quaility time in with family and friends before you’re off again.

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    1. Thanks, Raj! I pray its all true!

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      1. Most welcome ,Kim!

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  8. Im glad you will be here for a month so that means you can make a little time to come see me and Chrisitna! I pray your RV gets fixed!

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    1. Thanks and you bet I will come see you all!

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  9. I figured you were back in Texas, but I didn’t know all of the setbacks of the trip. I hope the repairs go well.

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    1. Thank you. I’m sure Dave can fix most of the work.

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  10. I hope the repairs go well. Considering what your home on wheels goes through, that’s not rally a bad list, especially f Dave can fix a few. Good luck.

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    1. Thanks, Dan! Yeah, I think with my brother here, he might get most of it done with his help holding a tool or whatever. I want to help, but physical limitations being what they are…
      I just wish he would have listened to me about preventive maintainence and we might not be having these woes!

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  11. Wow, that’s a lot of repairs. I hope they aren’t too difficult and time consuming to take care of. The upside is enjoying unscheduled socializing opportunities. 🙂

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    1. Yes, and I take full advantage of those!

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