It’s Tuesday but just one note about Monday and our breakfast out.
We like to patronize the local restaurants wherever we stay so had gone to the Sundance last week. Our first clue that it might not be great was that there were no windows in the place. I don’t understand why restaurants wouldn’t have any windows. Eating in a restaurant without windows is like eating in a cave. Our second clue was that the table was so uneven that we had to change tables. That should have been enough to send us skedaddling out of there but there were lots of cars in the parking lot and the reviews were good.
Well, I’m not sure what those cars were doing but our car will not ever be there again. So, today we hit Micky D’s where we had had a good breakfast several weeks ago. Micky has been in the restaurant business 56 years and still works every day.
Then I looked up and saw two people we knew. What a surprise. So we spent some time talking with them. Good restaurant choice.
Now, back to today.
Sometimes spending money can be so easy. Today was one of those days. We had a problem with our RV and we decided that if we are taking it in we might as well get some of the needed maintenance done, too. Because we had made an appointment for 8:00, we arose at 6:00 so we could do the final things to get the RV ready to roll. We had done lots of them last night but still had a few things to do.
Of course, we have a big diesel engine which can wake the dead so I went out side to check to see which of our neighbors were up. The streets were dark at 6:58 and slowly but surely I saw lights come on in the various homes around us. 7:00 must be the hour. Neighbors awake, we rumbled off.
About breakfast we had a choice: get up early and have breakfast at home or get up later and eat breakfast out after we had taken the RV in. Get up earlier than 6:00? Yeah, right. Nope, we decided to break all rules and traditions and eat breakfast out twice this week. Wow, life on the edge with Nancy and Gary. And, here’s where the edge gets really sharp: we ate at Micky D’s, just like yesterday. We ordered the same thing and almost were seated the same table. Life just can’t get any more exciting than that.
Afterwards we headed over to the library to work. No wi-fi today - they’re fixing it but we’ve got other things to do. About 4:00 we thought we’d better rattle the cage of the service center since they hadn’t called us. Yep, it was ready and so was the bill. Ouch. Who would have thought that maintenance work could cost so much. A filter for $120? Wouldn’t it have been easier and cheaper to wrap two coffee filters together with duct tape?
We also discussed two other problems: the leveler and the microwave turntable.
We have 3 levelers on our RV, one in front and 2 in back. One of the back ones began leaking and didn’t work so we pulled them all up and are now just resting on our tires. Now, who would think that a 30,000 lb. RV on 6 tires would rock and roll when it wasn’t on levelers. Well, sure enough, every now and then, when either Gary or I move through the RV, we can feel its gentle sway. There’s a saying: ‘Don’t come a-knockin’ when the RV’s a rocking’. And, I sure don’t want our neighbors to think any thing askance when they see our RV rocking - it’s only us walking about.
Our microwave has a turntable which does not turn, it only clicks as it hemorrhages trying to turn. No big deal, I just open the oven at intervals and manually turn it. Well, we might as well get it looked at. Guess where the service center is going to get us a new one? Amazon. Yep, Amazon. And, yes, we are going to get a new one. Seems that’s easier than repairing the old one.
The best part about all this is that we have extended care coverage which will pay for it all except for our deductible.
We drove home, set the RV up again and ate dinner.
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