MEDFORD, OREGON
We woke this morning to rain but not cold enough for it to snow. Had breakfast, if you can call Little Debbie’s breakfast, packed everything and we’re ready to go. We hit the button to pull the slide in and only half of the slide was moving. I hit the button to stop the slide. We both stood there with a terrified look on our faces. I pushed the button to see if it would slide out and again only one side moved…...!!*&$F#%?>*&<!!! Barry went outside to see if he could see anything. I heard him open one of the basement doors. A few seconds later I hear it shut and inside he came. By the look on his face, I knew we were in trouble. “We are so screwed (paraphrasing),” he said. The rod that pulls the slide in and out snapped! If we can’t get the slide to close, we are dead in the water. And it being Saturday, who was open. We talked about our options for a bit, had a shot of tequila, and I called the winery to inform them we are stuck. They were so understanding and said, “No problem”. We could stay as long as needed. Whew….that was a relief.
The first call Barry made was to Gander RV. We passed them right before arriving to EdenVale. They didn’t have any techs working since its Saturday, but he did give Barry a recommendation to call. He called but only received voice mail. We looked up a few other numbers and he called a mobile RV repair place. They answered and asked Barry to send a photo so he did. He was talking about maybe being able to weld it back together. Chance agreed to come out and take a look. He arrived about half hour later, took a look and decided that welding would not work. He did feel that he and Barry could push the left slide back in since the other side was working. We setup the Walkie-Talkie’s and I pushed the button to start the motor and they pushed the broken side in matching the speed of the other side. Successful! If any of you followed our trip in September, you will remember we had to have our alternator replaced in Nebraska after leaving a Harvest Host.....makes one wonder about staying at a Harvest Host. Unfortunately, we will have to leave our slide in for the rest of the trip. Kind of a bummer but we will make it work.
We are 3 hours late but back on the road again. Albany here we come. We stopped for gas at a Pilot Station outside of Medford. I ran into Subway and bought us 2 tuna wraps. I made Tuna to bring but we left it at home in the ‘fridge. Such a bummer! I’ve been craving tuna for days.
It was a travel day. Our route from Medford to Albany was I5 all the way through the Klamath Mountain range. Beautiful country, cattle, horses, llamas, and countless sheep. Luckily no rain and the roads were great. We pulled into Albany/Corvallis KOA Journey around 6PM. Nice park, easy access off the main road, gravel roads in the park, a bit muddy but Barry got us all hooked up. We settled in and after a while Barry made a small platter of salami and cheese in addition to pouring each of us a glass of wine. We also took a walk around the whole park to get some exercise and count jeeps, only 3. Quite the day.
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Oh, a bummer about your slide. I hope you can find someone to fix it.
ReplyDeleteMost likely not. A part has to ordered and who knows how long that will take with the supply chain.
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