Pretty much a totally boring ride across miles and miles of similar farm lands. Again impressed with the amount of corn and soybeans still in the field. Lots of harvesting left to do!
The day got a little more exciting when we arrived at the Fleetwood free campground and tried to lower our stabilizing jacks. The right front one refused to go all the way down and after recycling it a couple of times it refused to go back up either!
These electric motor powered jacks manufactured by PowerGear have been the Achilles heal of this motorhome from the time we bought it. It speaks for itself that I had the necessary wires to run from the battery to the jack to apply power directly to the jack to get it to retract. Just like the stories we hear of traveling back in the early 1900's! BYO tools!
The real problem is that in order to put our slides out, the leveling jacks must be down and the coach level to prevent any warping or torquing of the slide structure. Without the jacks, our living space is quite skinny! Also, it's not that comfortable to try to sleep in a bed that's not level......
Tomorrow we take the Fleetwood factory tour, then we may head on over to Columbus, OH for a nostalgic tour (for the not-family and not-friends reading this, we lived in Columbus in the mid-80's and haven't been back since).
Depending on when we can get an appointment to get the jack fixed, we may be home sooner than we originally planned. Stay tuned!
Under the heading of "It's my blog and I'll blog what I please", here are a few pictures of some recent artwork produced by our grandson Robert:
Robert's Picture for Veterans Day
First Place Winning Street Art Picture by Robert and his friend Johnny
Robert the ArtistLove to all!
MMG and DDG
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