After a month’s respite, we have retuned to our avocation of RV repairs. This time some staples are popping out from their assigned positions in the luan paneling on our slideout roofs.
* Which will eventually puncture the roofing material laid over the paneling.
* Which will then admit water and interplanetary aliens.
* Which will make me wet and unhappy, in that order. Abducted too possibly.
Peterson Industries, the trailer manufacturer, readily agreed to repair this flaw at their factory, somewhat inconveniently located in Smith Center, Kansas about 1,000 miles from our present Utah location. Thus have we altered our itinerary.
It appears that Smith Center, the county seat of Smith County, was named due to its location. At the center of Smith County. Now that's practical!
We will depart for said Center on 5/9, eventually arriving on 5/26. After a few days of aforementioned alterations, we will somewhat retrace our 1,000 mile path and return to our planned route through UT, ID, OR, and back to Concrete, WA.
This detour will take us to places we had not expected to visit, including the Rocky Mountains, Kansas (of course), a bit of Nebraska, and southern Wyoming. We do know that Kansas is flat and the Rockies are not. Which exhausts our knowledge of the mid-West, even tho we lived in nearby Arkansas for 10 years.
Eastward ho!
Bruce
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4 comments:
Bummer that you have to drive 2000 miles out of your way to get your trailer repaired. Always something isn't it. At least you will see some new sights, as you venture back to WA. Glad to hear you got a job in OR for Oct. That will be fun.
Safe travels...
Barb and Steve
Doesn't the Wiz of Oz live in the center of Kansas?? Watch out for those flying monkeys along the route, and be sure to carry plenty of water to douse any uninvited witches!
I bet Denbe can do a mean Todo! So, the way things are going, you may just make it back in time to take up your Ranger Rick (Hey, that's my gig!) role in Astoria. Seriously, sounds like something both of you will be very good at.
We are about a month out from this year's bike ride...Bandon, OR to north end of the Golden Gate Bridge..leave here on 6/4, back 6/17. I'll be pumping the pedals and Sheila will be goosing the gas...
Take care, be safe, give my regards to Kansas, cause I hope I never have to go there!
Tell Denby it was a typo, I really did know how to spell his name!
Dear Bruce and Jenna, you are a couple of great courage and fun. I got your blog quite accidentally, thank god for that. Are you taking your home where ever you go? Best of luck for future adventures.
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Jack
Kansas Treatment Centers
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