I’ve become a tree hugger. :(

First, I’d like to thank all of you for your advice and concern.  I decided if I felt like crap this morning, I would seek out an urgent care facility.  Wouldn’t you know it?  I had no fever last night, slept like a log overnight, and had no fever this morning.  So, I decided to head about 110 miles up the road to Columbus, IN.  I took my time getting ready, and pulled out shortly after 10:00.  I didn’t want to push it too hard, and only tackled one major city today…Louisville, KY.  It was an uneventful trip until about 100 yards before the entrance to the Columbus Woods-N-Water Kampground.

A 40’ motorhome was in the ditch near the entrance.  It’s hard to see, but the front tire of the rig was actually about 10” off the ground when I arrived.  I turned on my emergency blinkers, shut off the engine, and settled in to watch the extraction.  It only took about an hour for them to be pulled out.  Of course, there’s more to the story.  It turns out that as they were pulling out around 9:30, a Fed Ex truck came barreling over the hill at very high speed.  They’re only choice to avoid a head on collision was to head quickly for the ditch.  The Fed Ex guy didn’t even stop!  They then called their road service company – Coach Net.  Coach Net sent out a tow company, but they refused to take the job.  So, they called again.  The second company said they could do the job, and did without any damage to the coach.  Turns out Coach Net won’t cover the second call, so these folks have to pay the whole bill.  That doesn’t seem very fair to me since the first company refused to do the job.  Would you believe that these folks have only had the rig about six weeks?  They’ve been on the road for several years, and had just traded up to a new model. 

 

When I finally got into the campground, I was assigned site#24.  The approach to the site was a very tight S-curve.  I proceeded very slowly watching my mirrors, but dang it, I crunched into a tree.  My awning took the brunt of the ‘hug.’    Immediately, three men showed up to ask if I really liked trees.  I could not appreciate their humor at this point.  Since I was on a curve, it was a monumental task to detach the toad.  Two of the guys, campground employees, helped me with this, thank goodness!  I could never have done it myself.  Then they helped direct me off of the tree, and into my site.  Ugh!  How embarrassing was that!  Another repair on the horizon.

Soon after I got into the site, the rain began once again.  Even the blue jays are looking bedraggled. 

 

I’ve got about 180 miles left to reach Pioneer Family Campground, and I hope I’ll be able to do that tomorrow.  I’m ready to settle in for a bit.  My friend, Jack, is staying there right now, and has agreed to meet me at the exit off the interstate, and lead me into my summer home.  He even offered to come down to KY and drive my rig for me if I needed that.  What a friend!

 

Thanks for stopping by…. talk to you later,  Judy