Forest City, IA - Gary's Fantastic FAN-TASTIC Fan Adventure Part 1

Here we are in Forest City, waiting for our turn on the list and thus our turn in the Service Center. What to do? But, let me backtrack for a bit. While we were in the rally, I happened upon the Fantastic Fan display and saw that there was a Upgrade kit for Fantastic Fans of which we have two. This upgrade not only has a thermostat with 14 separate settings, an automatic and manual setting AND a remote. Wow-eee. I spoke with the sales person who told me that ALL we needed to do to install these was to remove the 4 screws in our fans, re-do the wiring, put the new fan in and put the 4 screws back in. How easy is that?

I rushed back to the RV to tell Gary about my marvelous find.

‘What problem is that going to solve, my sweet pea?’

‘Well, hugga bunch, it has 14 settings and a remote, will be so easy to install and they’re half price.’

He looked at me as if I had two heads. But, now we have two fan upgrades and he gets to install them and what better time to do this than while we’re waiting in the Winnebago ‘campground’? And, it will be so ‘easy’.

The first clue that ‘easy’ might not be the correct adjective is when he unboxes the fans and finds two sets of instructions. Two pages which have some of the same write-ups but all different pictures. Hmmm. Maybe this is the time that I’d better make him a batch of brownies.

The salesperson was right about how easy it was to unscrew the 4 screws. Maybe even I could do that. Always easier to take something apart than to put it together. But, wiring? Nope, not me. Sounds like a job for Big Gary. I wil l say that they did give us enough wiring to do three fans.

In the end, Gary figured it all out. What he realized is that the instructions assumed that we had no wiring for our fan at all and that it was all manual. Actually, our Winnebago had some wiring but not enough for the fan to be remote and have a thermostat. It might have taken a few hours and a few brownies but Gary got it all done. What a guy.

And, here’s the finished product:

Perfect.

But lest you think that all we do is find problem: we took a long walk along a trail which skirts the rally grounds and a small city park. Nice wide level trail and we enjoyed walking through nature next to a meandering stream and over the beautiful suspension bridge which we had walked across several days ago. Quiet and relaxing.

Very nice facility for such a small town. There is a beautiful golf course and a disc golf course also. And, did I mention Sally’s and Scoopy Do’s? If you’re in Forest City, try breakfast or lunch at Sally’s and ice cream at Scoopy Do’s, right next to each other on the Main Street. Great city planning.