My mantra has always been " look on the bright side, it could be worse" and it did get worse!
Sadly, we have returned home. I was apprehensive of heading to the mountains, not knowing if something else was wrong from the blow out that we are unaware of, plus we only have a short time to get an estimate from where we will get the RV fixed, (which will be back home) to the insurance company.
On Monday morning, we left our campground where we had stayed and headed out. We spent that night at Cecil Bay campground again.
The trip there came with problems too. All went well for about an hour. Then we hit several blinding rain squalls. All of a sudden the dash indicated we had lost the air brakes, and then it was OK but a little while the a light indicated the batteries were not charging and we began to lose power, but then it straighten out., too.
Once we got to the campground and turned on the TV, more bad news. The county we were in was under a severe thunderstorm warning until 8:00PM and a tornado watch until midnight. The campground lost power for several hours but luckily we still had power from the inverter but no AC.
Big Bob checked the fluids before we left the campground Tuesday morning and all was good but once again, problems. We were one hour in when the coolant light came and we began to lose power and then the motor shut down. We happened to be at an exit and we took it and coasted to where we were past the guard rails. Although the reservoir showed it was above the minimum level, that was the the problem. So Big Bob added water and the rest of the trip was fine, although nerve racking, waiting for the next thing to go wrong!
This trip did not turn out as we had planned and this is not the summer trip we had originally planned but at least we spent a little time away. We found out that that Columbus GA is really a neat place with lots of history, and we will try to return when things open up and Covid is a thing of the past.
And there is much to be thankful for! Because it really could have been a lot worse!
Once we get the RV fixed, I will have forgotten how stressful this all was and I will be ready to head out again!
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