We are outta here...

You will not believe this - we are on the road again. It's time for somersaults, applause and cheers with the splits!!!!! We have been in Conway Arkansas since 7-7 waiting and praying for the right parts for our RV warranty repairs.  Parts have arrived several times, however, never the correct ones!  So one day short of a full month "we are outta here."

We were so excited when we crossed over the Mississippi into Arkansas the first time to pick up the rig.  I have to admit after the issues with parts and repairs the rv has lost some of the sparkle.  However, some of that was luster was restored by the our dealer on the final day.

The owner of the dealership made his third twenty-four hour drive round trip to Indiana to pick up everything the manufacture had said "is in."  He came back with the items promised except for the couch. He knew by looking at the couch it was entirely wrong design and about three feet short.  Every other part from this trip and in the past they given us has been the right name of part but did not match what was installed or fit our RV!  Steve went in and said,"we give up, we are ready to leave and just live with the defects now." National Traveler Rv Center, to their credit would not allow us to leave with this outstanding.  They cut us a check for the defective replacement parts costs.  All this, not knowing for sure if they would be reimbursed or not from the manufacture. They have been awesome from beginning. For any one reading I fully recommend Chris, the owner, and David from National Travelers RV Center .

We left our "Big Tin Shed" aka "The Fallout Shelter" from the dealership in Conway AR at 5:30 pm.  We drove all night long and arrived in Rochester Minnesota at about noon.  The traffic that time of morning and night made it easy.  Don't get me wrong Arkansas is actually a beautiful state we hope to be back.  We were just done with it and wanted to be moving again for a different view.  We said to one another several times throughout the night how nice it was to be "on the road again" <--- insert Willy Nelson here...

Brodie actually became quite comfortable with Arkansas.  He became the "Puppy of the Corn..."   But wait, some of you might not know Brodie.  Brodie is a West Highland White Terrier that just worships me and only pays attention (gives time of day) to Steve when I am not around.  Those who know us already know that Brodie is the king. He rides a BMW motorcycle.  He kayaks with us. He tubes the Salt river, a popular Phoenix past time. He does just about everything.  He is in national advertising and Facebook for the goggles (Doggles) he wears. He has made several national publications just for being cute...Need I say more.

Back to "Puppy of the Corn."  Brodie has discovered bunnies, frogs or toads, and mice live in the tall grass aka "corn."  The RV center is right on I-40 as it goes through Conway AR.  There is a large median that separates the freeway from the dealership and access road.  In this area the grass grows like mad as do the bunnies.  We loose Brodie in there for hours on end as he hunts them.  Can you find the Brodie in these picture?  He had a blast but never caught one.  Westies were bred to catch vermin and they will fall over before they give up.  We had to go in get him to so we could get on the road for our next destination, Minnesota.

While on horror movie themes. We switch from "Puppy of the Corn" to the next one which is "The Fog."  The drive towards Minnesota was uneventful except through Missouri and some of Iowa where we ran into a mass of fog for several hundred miles.  It was a white knuckled drive with 18,000 lbs following closely behind.  We pulled off in a rest area hoping to catch some some sleep and let it burn off a bit. We did not sleep with all the big rigs pumping their diesel fumes, puffing air brakes, so for the couple of hours we laid there or walked the dog around the lake which was there. We continued on drove all night across a few additional states to Rochester Minnesota.

What is in Rochester? Steve's boss, who he has he has only met and grown to respect over the phone.  In addition to his manager many of his team members are based here also.  We are planning to spend a week here so Steve can spend time with his boss and team mates.  We have a nice RV park nine miles away from the IBM plant in Rochester where they are all working.  More on this in future updates.

It has been 24 hours of no sleep. It is time to catch up..Night Night

Heather and Steve

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