Well, the day finally came! We picked up our baby (3055RL) from Butch and Karen at RVs-for-Less in Knoxville. We really can't say enough about them and their staff of good people. Seth, Paul, Kenny and Allan were super in putting on the final touches and responding to our short PDI list.
The trip home was an adventure in and of itself! Karen's (of Butch and Karen at RVs-for-less) father passed away and had we stayed in Knoxville for the couple of free nights of camping it would have been smack dab in the middle of the funeral, so we headed out without actually doing the dry run alone. There had been a mix up on the additional a/c unit and we had to wait for the right one to come in. This put us on the road later than we had hoped so we tried to get as far down the road as we could toward Louisiana. Had to detour to avoid those horrible storms that came through the south last week and we found ourselves pulling into a Wal-Mart lot around midnight in Jackson, TN in a driving, cold rain. I'm embarrassed, but I flat didn't see the pipe they had recently put across the entrance to the lot limiting vehicles to 12' 4" and drug it right into both new a/c housings!
So here we were, at midnight, in the cold rain, up on top of our less than one day old trailer putting duct tape all over the housings to try to keep them on and dry. Boy did I feel stupid! But as luck would have it, the next morning we got a local phone book and found Smallwood’s Camper and Trailer Sales in Jackson, TN. What a FANTASTIC bunch of people! They not only replaced our two a/c shrouds, they fixed a leak in the bedroom unit and repaired a slow leak we had in one of the (Chinese) tires. We were in by 11:00a.m. and out by 4:00p.m.!!! We couldn't believe it! We got to know Jason the service manager, Tommy the parts manager and Joe Smallwood the owner. They treated us like royalty and, if you can believe it, apologized for how long it took!!! They made me want to move closer to them so I could depend on them for all my service! Unfortunately, the slow leak didn't get fixed and we had to nurse the trailer from air hose to air hose since we left our generator at home! Oh, and we also got to meet the Hamilton's and their "Love Shack" Landmark in Knoxville.
Finally pulled into the driveway at home last night and unpacked. What a trip! But you know what?? We're ready to head out again! Will probably just camp somewhere close this weekend so we can enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!!!
Denny
The trip home was an adventure in and of itself! Karen's (of Butch and Karen at RVs-for-less) father passed away and had we stayed in Knoxville for the couple of free nights of camping it would have been smack dab in the middle of the funeral, so we headed out without actually doing the dry run alone. There had been a mix up on the additional a/c unit and we had to wait for the right one to come in. This put us on the road later than we had hoped so we tried to get as far down the road as we could toward Louisiana. Had to detour to avoid those horrible storms that came through the south last week and we found ourselves pulling into a Wal-Mart lot around midnight in Jackson, TN in a driving, cold rain. I'm embarrassed, but I flat didn't see the pipe they had recently put across the entrance to the lot limiting vehicles to 12' 4" and drug it right into both new a/c housings!
So here we were, at midnight, in the cold rain, up on top of our less than one day old trailer putting duct tape all over the housings to try to keep them on and dry. Boy did I feel stupid! But as luck would have it, the next morning we got a local phone book and found Smallwood’s Camper and Trailer Sales in Jackson, TN. What a FANTASTIC bunch of people! They not only replaced our two a/c shrouds, they fixed a leak in the bedroom unit and repaired a slow leak we had in one of the (Chinese) tires. We were in by 11:00a.m. and out by 4:00p.m.!!! We couldn't believe it! We got to know Jason the service manager, Tommy the parts manager and Joe Smallwood the owner. They treated us like royalty and, if you can believe it, apologized for how long it took!!! They made me want to move closer to them so I could depend on them for all my service! Unfortunately, the slow leak didn't get fixed and we had to nurse the trailer from air hose to air hose since we left our generator at home! Oh, and we also got to meet the Hamilton's and their "Love Shack" Landmark in Knoxville.
Finally pulled into the driveway at home last night and unpacked. What a trip! But you know what?? We're ready to head out again! Will probably just camp somewhere close this weekend so we can enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!!!
Denny