The way this trip has started out you begin to wonder what is going to happen next. This morning just as I was getting ready to brush my teeth, I heard a pop and water rushing somewhere under the floor. A quick look outside revealed water pouring out all over under the rear of the MH. I turned off the water and went to investigate. I didn’t know where it was coming from.
I looked up an RV repair guy in Lafayette and gave him a call. He would check it out for us if we could get it down to him. We were heading for Lafayette this morning anyhow because our fan was supposed to be in. We don’t even get one problem fixed and there is another.
The RV repair shop was Greg’s RV Service located on John Wayne Dr.. He is located right next door to an RV parts place. I thought it was all one in the same business so I stopped at the parts place. In the meantime, my mechanically inclined spouse, had removed the floor under the bathroom sink and discovered our problem. A valve had burst. It would be a simple repair if they had the part. They did and it was. I didn’t have anything to heat the pipe with to get it off the fitting so I moved the MH over to Greg’s. One of their men came out with a torch and it was off and new one on in a minute. They only charged me $20 for their time and the part.
We called Service Auto Air to see if our part had arrived. They were still waiting. We drove on over there. Marla came out and told us the guy at the place where she ordered it had quit his job and no one was sure if the order was even put in. Oh, Great!
She had someone on the phone who was checking on the order. Finally they were able to confirm it had been shipped and should be arriving by Fedex sometime today. Marla told us we could go out back and park and wait for it if we wanted.
We parked outback and started up the generator, turned on the air and laid down for a nap. I had just fallen to sleep when a knock came on the door. It was Marla and the mechanic, Frances. Frances had the part in hand and was there to install it. Hallelujah.
An hour later we were ready to go. We took pictures of everyone at Service Auto Air and said our goodbye. They truly are fine people and if you ever need some air work done in that area be sure to tell them Pete and Darlie sent you.
We had a couple of hours driving time left so we headed north on I-49. We decided to stop at a commercial RV park along the interstate rather than driving the extra 15 miles off to a state park. Big mistake.
We stopped at Nakatosh Campground at the Natchitoches exit. They had a big impressive ad in Woodall’s. Don’t let the ad fool you. This place isn’t even good for an overnight stop. It is located next to a truck stop. The roar of trucks made talking inside the MH difficult. We wondered how we would be able to sleep. The trucks did hit the road during the night and it was quiet for a time. Also, they advertise wifi. It is wifi in name only. I got on it for a moment or two and then it quit working. That is why I am posting this at some later date. We paid $33.15 to spend the night here. That was more than twice as much we had paid at a state park. State parks are under used and quiet. The pad and facilities are better too.
Tonight both of us are on the verge of just going home. It has been a stressful day without promise of much sleep. We will see what the morning brings.
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