HOORAY FOR SMARTPHONES!

We’ve had an eventful day today.  It could have been an awful day, but was just eventful because of Yelp and good RV service technicians.

As we got ready to leave our camp in Gypsum this morning Diane had trouble with her slide, it was all akilter and wouldn’t close tight.  She thought it would stay well enough to get to a larger place but just yards out on the road made us realize that wasn’t going to happen.

We all put our heads and fishing gear together, yes fishing gear, we used our nylon fish stringers to tie the leg of the couch to the magazine rack which held everything in place well enough for us to cross Vail pass and descend into Silverthorn.  

Good old YELP on my smartphone found an RV repair facility in Silverthorn.  The guy was totally booked but had a truck service he offered to send out.  The guy met us within fifteen minutes of our pulling into a big parking lot that offered room for all three rigs AND a Subway!  Life is good.

The technician was very good, he had to remove the whole couch to fix the slide but it was taken care of and we were back on the road in less than an hour.  

If you believe in threes we have had ours.  My new unit had a bad solenoid valve and mother board on the refrigerator which meant I couldn’t operate the refrigerator on propane.  That took me much doing to get repaired and probably more to get my money back.  Luanne bent one of her stabilizers somewhere and will have to have it repaired when she gets home. 

We have made our way to State Forest State Park, it is a remote, lovely spot.  We are surrounded by snow capped mountains and a beautiful lake.  I’m sitting writing looking out over the gathering evening clouds with hummingbirds flying all around me.  The two boldest are ruby throated and quite beautiful.   I think they are attracted to the green color of the screen room.  

Getting water and finding our way into the park was a bit challenging it didn’t take long to get set up and have the dogs planing in the lake.  Teddy doesn’t get in too far but he does get wet and has a coat which takes a while to dry and attracts the dirt.  He looks like Pig Pen from Charlie Brown!  When he came up out of the lake he did his usual act and wallowed in the dirt.  Now I have him tied out in the grass where he is whining and chuffing and occasionally barking to be sure I am aware of his displeasure.  

Erlene was here when we arrived and has a less than stellar spot.  She tried to move by us but the whole place is full and she is stuck in a dusty spot at the beginning of the loop.  

It’s cocktail hour, more tomorrow.