Enroute to Buffalo

Wednesday

Yesterday I left Huntsville at about 7am and after changing time zones arrived in Knoxville at noon.  I had been told the bill would be prepared and submitted first thing in the morning.  When I checked the bill could not be found and had not been submitted.  They worked on it right away and faxed it in.  Interstate rejected it be cause it did not guarantee 90 days parts and labor.  This was a new requirement to me.  So after about 3 hours of back and forth between Freightliner and Interstate, FL finally submitted a bill that said 90 days.  Now we had to wait to see what they would agree to pay.  I said I had to leave and I paid with my credit card.  Once it all gets sorted out they will credit my card.

So finally at approximately 4:30pm I got on the road.  I fueled up at Flying J and jumped on I-75 hammer down.  By 7:30 I was 150 miles up the road and out of Tennessee and into Kentucky near a city called Berea.  I pulled into the OH-KY Campground for the night.  They told me when I got there the water had to be turned off as a camper pulled a faucet out of the ground.  No problem I had plenty of water on board.
Here was my site.

The tree was nice shade last night.  My neighbors were already gone when I looked outside.

It was hot and humid but the AC in the MH worked great and it kept me nice and cool.  My mirrors were all out of wack from being folded in when it was towed.  I adjusted them some but did not finish before dark, so finished it up in the morning.

I took it easy this morning and did not pull out until 10:30am.  I took my time and stopped for a stretch about 4 times and about 45 minutes for lunch in a rest area.  Wow the traffic was heavy heavy and most of it was trucks.  I try to drive about 62 even though the speed limit down here is 70.  I drove around Lexington, KY, Cincinnati, OH, and right through Columbus, OH.  Finally arriving in Seville, OH about 40 miles south of Cleveland at 5:30pm.  I am set up at the Maplelakes Recreation Park and it is much cooler here but still hot enough for the A/C.

My site is full hook up and nice and level

A shot of the neighbors, its nice and quiet here.

So my GPS shows 251 miles to home, so if all goes well I will head past Cleveland after the rush hour in the morning and be home in the afternoon.

I am thankful for all that have written to let me know they are praying for a safe trip, all is going well.  The coach is driving better than ever, makes me wonder if there was a problem for quite a while.

Thats about it for tonight.

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Escape from Knoxville

I am having internet issues.  I just will say for tonight that I am out of Tennessee and spending the night south of Lexington KY.  Coach drove great but did not leave until about 4:30pm.  More tomorrow

Monday-What news will today bring?

Monday

Up this morning and after breakfast Robby is cleaning up the house getting ready for the rest of the family to return home.  I think we are also going to make a trip to Home depot.

I am hoping that the inspector will show up at Freightliner today and I can get headed home tomorrow.  I feel like I need to head home no later than Wednesday, I need RX medicine and I need to take care of my obligations at court.

I called Freightliner around 2:30 and she told me that the inspector had been there and that she, the service writer would be putting the paperwork together as soon as she could.  I waited about an hour and called the Service Manger and told him I really needed to get headed home tomorrow.  He said he would get involved and would call me back before he left for the day.  He called back in less than an hour and said they would get the bill to the warranty company in the morning and they would get me out of there tomorrow.  Great news.  I plan to leave Huntsville in the morning and hope to be headed home early in the afternoon.

Robby decided to go out and work on his car before everyone got home, hoping to get the spark plugs changed and the fan belt tightened before the family all got home from the beach.

Changing the spark plugs

Trying to get to the belt

Well the family got home before we finished.  Boy was it hot out.

Well the car got unloaded and Robby wrapped up his work on the car.

We ordered pizza to be delivered and then I will call it a night.

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Sunday in Alabama

Sunday

Up a little later than normal this morning.  Had our breakfast and then got ready for church.  It was nice to worship at Robby's Church Capshaw Baptist.

Then back home and Robby grilled some sausage on the grill, along with salsa and chips we had a good lunch.

Now just a lazy afternoon.  Looking forward to the rest of Robby's family coming home from vacation tomorrow.

We just hung around the house all day.  I worked on learning more of the features of LION on my Mac and playing with Reagan.  I also caught up on some phone calls that I needed to make and even got a short nap.

We spent the evening watching a little TV.  So not even any pictures to share from today.

Thats about it not really much to report today.

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Quiet Saturday in Huntsville

Saturday

Since nothing will happen with the MH over the weekend I am staying in Huntsville to wait out the decision by the extended warranty company.

Another hot day here in the South.  We stayed in most of the day and then mid afternoon we left here to check out some campgrounds and then on to eat supper.

We went up to the US Space and Rocket center first.  The sites there were pretty short and not very level.

Then we headed to Monte Sano State Park which is on a 1600 foot high hill.  They have nice sites and some have full hook ups.

Then over to Decatur to look at the cities camp ground.  Wow did it look crowded, but lots to do there.

From there it was time to eat and we went to McCollum's for catfish.  It was ok but not like I have had in Arkansas.

And of course some new pictures of Reagan from dinner

On the way home we drove through more of the areas where the tornados went through.  Sad to see all the trees gone and a lot of missing houses and heavily damaged houses.  Some are living in RV in their yards while they repair their homes.  Lots of work left to do here to get things cleaned up.

Now home playing with Reagan.  The rest of the family will be home on Monday.

Bonnie was busy at home today and got her car inspected, checked in at court for me, started my truck, and is working on some project that she is keeping a secret from me.

Thats it for today.

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Friday--The Plot Thickens

Friday


Freightliner called this morning and now the warranty company is sending an inspector to document all the broken and leaking parts.  I called the warranty people to see whats going on and the ETA for the inspector is next Tuesday.  Hopefully I can stay in Huntsville until its all taken care of.

Its hot here so we stayed in the house and soaked up the AC today.  Nothing to do now but wait on the warranty company to settle up.  It appears the MH is repaired but FL did not get all of the pre-authorizations that I reminded them several times that they needed.  So lets see what happens.

I am getting back to normal here as its great to be in a house with people you love.  I am enjoying watching Reagan develop and amuse herself.  Robby has pretty fast internet and I took the time to upgrade my MacBook Pro to Lion the new operating system.  It installed easily and I have not had a single glitch with it all day.  It was an easy upgrade.  Now to learn all the nuances of it.

We ventured out into the heat to go to Harbor Freight to look for a big 12 point socket, a Super Target with a grocery store in it to pick up some food, and then Little Caesar's drive thru to pick up pizza for dinner.  Reagan liked the pizza she ate a whole slice herself.

Shopping at Target for some fruits and vegetables

She really likes the rocking horse

Thats about it for today just to hot to do much.

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If itsThursday I must be in Huntsville, Al

Thursday

I checked out of the motel this morning and loaded all my stuff into the car.  I headed over to Freightliner expecting to leave today.  Not to be.  They told me they were waiting on a brake hose and not expecting it until late in the day, and then they probably would not be able to square things up with the warranty company.  I called my son in Huntsville and headed the 200 plus miles to his house, just outside Huntsville in Harvest, AL  His wife and two of the kids are down at Santa Rosa beach on the gulf, but he and Reagan are here.  Took me about 4 hours and I lost an hour as this is the central time zone.  So I am hoping again for good news tomorrow.  If not I will stay here until its finished I hope.  Getting here I started in Tennessee, entered Georgia, back to Tennessee, and finally Alabama.  I also drove through and then out drove some severe Thunderstorms, the warn showed up on my phone after I was out of the rain.

Robby took us out for dinner to the Greenbrier Restaurant.

Here's Reagan:

Enjoying her Hush Puppy

Robby checking his phone

My small pulled pork dinner

We drove around a little and looked at the damage still evident from the tornado and winds that went through here on April 27th.  Lots and lots of damage and not that far from his house.

Well I am here and safe.  Thats about it here for the tonight.

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