Back to Wilmington!!!!

Quite unexpectedly we are back at Wilmington Thousand Trails. It has been a week full of tension, surprises, and long waits. Our original plan was to go by the Cummins facility to get our generator repaired. There was a stud or bracket (I'm so mechanical) on the back of it that was broken. We anticipated one night in their lot and then on to Indian Lakes, IN Thousand Trails. We've also been having intermittent 12 volt problems for years.

The great crew at Cummins chased down the 12 volt problem to a "short to ground on the positive line," but couldn't find where the wire was damaged and/or broken. They had to lift the MH up on their mega lift and then drop the generator out to fix it. As they tried to chase the short, they found a catastrophic problem. There are four brackets on the MH that hold the body above the frame. All the wires, air lines, etc. run along in the space between the frame and body.

One of the two rear brackets was totally missing, the other was greatly bent. The front two have started to bend as well. The wires and lines are on the side where the bracket is missing so the body is rubbing on the frame with the wires between the two. Hence the intermittent 12 volt problems.

Cummins didn't have the expertise or equipment to fix us. They called Fleetwood and after lots of back and forth, Fleetwood agreed that we need to take it back to the factory for the repairs. It seems they are backed up SEVEN weeks. So now the story is that they are trying to find a time to fit us in. I think the factory is in Decatur, which is closer to Wilmington than Indian Lakes. The folks here at Wilmington TT has been so helpful with our little emergency.

And, I can't say enough good things about the Cummins staff. Mike, our service manager and Michelle, the Admin Assistant, really went the extra mile. Even after we had paid and thought we were ready to leave, they continued to work for us. Fleetwood needed a statement and some pictures so someone had to crawl under the motor home with a camera, etc. and then email them to Fleetwood Owner Services.

Hopefully Fleetwood can fix our frame problem and our front air conditioner. Sure is hot without both air conditioners.

One thing about being a Full Time RV'er with an aging motor home, it is never boring.
So onto brighter skies: I have been reading a mystery series. So far six books have been published. I was amazed to find that five of them are available in Amazon's Kindle bookstore while Number 5 was only available in hard or paper back editions. I began a campaign to get the 5th one on Kindle. I wrote the author, Julia Spencer-Fleming and the publisher asking them to release the book for Kindle. Mission accomplished. All Mortal Flesh is now available in the Kindle store.

It's been a long time since I have been wrapped up in a series. I highly recommend the Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne series. Each of the books will stand up on their own, but each subsequent book builds on the previous ones. Clare is an single Episcopalian Priest new into the northern New York town. She meets Russ, the city's married Police Chief. There is a romance building and along the way, the two of them manage to solve several murders. I just hope that Julia Spencer-Fleming will hurry up with the next edition.

With that, I'll sign off for now and go read book #5. Enjoy until we meet again.