OK- so we picked it up yesterday (Saturday) instead of Thursday. It needed somethingmechanicalthatIdon’tknowabout and was at the shop. My husband picked it up and was about halfway home when the power failed and he couldn’t even use the brakes to stop himself, so he rolled backward down the freeway until he could roll himself off (down an exit in the opposite direction from traffic) uphill until he found a nice ditch he could pull into to stop it.
I’m so glad I didn’t go with him to pick it up.
He sat about 6 hours in the sun waiting for help.
The tow cost us about half of our fuel budget for this trip next week.
But he was able to repair the power issue on the side of the road and drive it home.
He arrived around 3am and I stumbled outside in the moonlight to get a look at it. There must have been ten million stars in the sky and it looked like a BUILDING in the driveway.
This morning I went out to take a look at it. The process of removing it from the ditch damaged the backside of it. It’s cosmetic, but it’s also protective. We need to repair it or completely avoid rain. We might spend the rest of our trip budget on repairs.
It needs a generator and a mattress.
I’m not too crazy about the 1980′s textiles on the inside, but that’s a license to redecorate and that’s my “thing” anyway.
He said it has a lot of storage, but honestly, does he realize that we all have clothes… I can’t imagine where, in that kitchen, our pots, pans, dishes, food, utensils and art supplies will go. OK, the art supplies in the kitchen were fantasy, still..
Anyway, I’m so glad we HAVE it. I’m very very very bummed that it’s not diesel. I’m also upset about the expense of the towing incident but I’m really just glad he’s alive.
I can’t wait to go snap some “before” pictures.
The bathroom is nicer than the one in my house.
I’m not sure how to handle the probably change-of-plans, we’re supposed to leave for our trip in 8 days…
Recalculating… Wondering if anyone owes me money…. wondering if we have anything we can sell… Once we get the generator, etc we’ll end up about $1000 short. Damn. At least we have it.
I’m so glad he’s alive.
Where’s my tape measure.
I’m glad he’s alive.
What if gas is cheaper elsewhere.
I’m so glad he’s alive.
What if it gets better mileage than we were told
I’m so glad he’s alive.
I can’t believe it’s really ours, now.
