A stowaway and up in the air!

Yesterday when I was setting up in the parking lot, I opened one of the cabinets of my entertainment center to turn the antenna booster on.  There, I found evidence that a small mammal had stowed away in the rig and hitched a ride with me from Anahuac NWR.  And here I thought I had made it unscathed by rodents for this year’s volunteer tour.  Not so, grasshopper!  So, I got out one of those plastic traps; loaded it up with peanut butter and within two hours that little bugger was on his way to the happy hunting grounds!  I reset the trap and put a second one under the sink where I had found further evidence.  So far, there haven’t been any other snaps in the night.

 

I was ready early this morning for the guys to take the rig into the shop to begin the long list of repairs and recalls.  I needn’t have hurried so because they didn’t come for the rig until after lunch. 

In very short order, my home was up in the air and the water pump and clutch recall work began.  In the meantime another tech started doing some of the other things on the list.  Emma and I took off in the car to take a drive around this area of Louisiana.  It wasn’t long before another front moved through and the rain began.  We’ll try that trip again, maybe tomorrow, when I hope things will be better for pictures. 

 

Billy Thibodeaux is the man that owns this repair facility, and it’s a family run operation.  His son tackled the repair on my Splendide washer'/dryer this afternoon.  In order to get to the machine, he had to take off the cabinet doors and remove the toilet.  When he got it out, he discovered that the cement block had come loose, crashed, and messed up the electronic board and several bolts and other stuff.  He will now do battle with the extended warranty people about this as a repair would probably cost more time and money than a replacement would. 

 

Not all of the work was finished on the engine, so I’m spending tonight under the huge shed cover.  At least they brought the rig down to ground level!  :)  Not sure how we would have gotten into it otherwise.  I have water and electric (and a reinstalled toilet) so I’m good for the night.  I wonder what tomorrow will bring??

 

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