WHAT A STORM

We were warned it could be bad storm heading our way so we put down the sat. dish, laid the bicycles on the ground and made sure everything was secure. We did some additional storing of outside gear as we needed to go to Ford first thing in the morning.

Tuesday night there was a heck of a storm after we returned from Family Feud but it was mild. The wind blew very hard for about 20 minutes and there was additional passing thunder and lightning storms through the night. We could feel the coach rocking back and forth. The coach weighs just over 11 tons. I started thinking about the wind hitting the back side of the trailer and possibly pushing it into the back of the coach. So I got dressed again to double check how the wheel chocks were doing and adjusted one which was loose. Everything was fine in the morning.

Heading over to the Ford dealer which does coach maintenance I noticed the engine light was not on (that figures) but the code was still in the computer indicating the issue. We arrived at  10 o’clock and met Jeff and they started on the coach right away. It did show the same code. They checked the connections and decided to replace the sensor at the catalytic converter and cleared the code. So we are good to continue our journey but Jeff said we will have to travel some mileage to see if it is corrected. We were on our way by 1 o’clock. One thing we notice here in Texas, where ever we go everyone is very friendly and when it comes to customer service it is all top notch, from the store clerks to the customer service staff. While waiting in the waiting room we had a couple start talking to us about our coach and their travels – this would not happen in Canada.

They even had a large awning for us to drive under when arriving. This was good as it was raining.

We were home in plenty of time to re-setup and do some relaxing, waiting for Happy Hour. “Doc” a retired Air Force Pilot who flew B52 Bombers and after his retirement flew Commercial Transatlantic flights mainly to Paris dropped by. He was telling me about the Arizona sites he and his wife Nancy have visited.

Happy Hour had another great turn out which took up some of the street behind Dale and Linda’s unit.

While chatting we all noticed a beautiful glow from the setting sun.

For dinner I BBQ’d one of the steaks and it was the best steak we have had in a long time. Now we wish we bought more.   

   

Til tomorrow....