Day Ten
I'm afraid this episode of the amazing adventures of Sir James Montgomery Telford the first won't be too exciting.
After breakfast, I packed up as usual and got underway. My plan today was to drive from Lakeside, Montana to Spokane, Washington.
Over the past few days I had a few items on my RV that had"broken" and because I was ahead of schedule I called ahead and set up an appointment with the RV dealer in Spokane to have them repaired.
The other day I had stopped for gas and noticed that the fender trim on the right side was hanging off the coach. Upon closer inspection, I figured what had happened. Three screws that hold this trim piece on had vibrated loose and fallen off. When this occurred the wind caught the leading edge of the trim and blew it back snapping it in half. I had brought my tools and some miscellaneous nuts, bolts and screws so I was able to screw it back into place but the plastic piece needed to be replaced.
This morning when I had my shower I noticed the rubber hook that holds the shower doors closed in transit had split so I replaced it temporarily with a rubber band.
Last night when I went to pull down the window shade for some privacy one of the screws that holds up the shade came out of it's hole and dropped the left side of the shade. I tried fixing it but didn't have the proper tools.
When I called the dealer they were very nice but told me that the first two items would need to be ordered but to come in any way and they would fix the window shade.
I made it into Spokane around 2:00 pm and stopped for a quick burger before going over to the dealership. The haze from all the fires was getting worse the farther west I travelled.
The service tech. fixed the shade in no time but suggested I contact my dealer back home so they could order the parts and have them when I returned. He also told me that these types of failures were very common especially if the RV had travelled long distances over rough roads.
After leaving the dealer I decided to call the local KOA but they were full. After all, it was Friday afternoon, the temperature was over 100 degrees (today's temperature broke a record set in 1941) and everyone and his brother were headed to the lake.
I got out my map and figured I'd check the KOA in Pasco, Washington. It turned out that they had several sites available so I booked one and got back on the interstate.
Now that I was out of the mountains it was a slow but steady decline in elevation down some very winding roads to the rolling hills of Eastern Washington. The timing was perfect because all the heavy traffic was headed east up into the mountains. It was like driving into Toronto on a Friday afternoon in summer because all the traffic was going in the opposite direction.
This particular KOA was very nice and the staff was extremely helpful. They even loaned me a cable so I could watch cable TV.
Tomorrow I should arrive in Portland and finally see my kids. I'm very much looking forward to that.
After breakfast, I packed up as usual and got underway. My plan today was to drive from Lakeside, Montana to Spokane, Washington.
Over the past few days I had a few items on my RV that had"broken" and because I was ahead of schedule I called ahead and set up an appointment with the RV dealer in Spokane to have them repaired.
The other day I had stopped for gas and noticed that the fender trim on the right side was hanging off the coach. Upon closer inspection, I figured what had happened. Three screws that hold this trim piece on had vibrated loose and fallen off. When this occurred the wind caught the leading edge of the trim and blew it back snapping it in half. I had brought my tools and some miscellaneous nuts, bolts and screws so I was able to screw it back into place but the plastic piece needed to be replaced.
This morning when I had my shower I noticed the rubber hook that holds the shower doors closed in transit had split so I replaced it temporarily with a rubber band.
Last night when I went to pull down the window shade for some privacy one of the screws that holds up the shade came out of it's hole and dropped the left side of the shade. I tried fixing it but didn't have the proper tools.
When I called the dealer they were very nice but told me that the first two items would need to be ordered but to come in any way and they would fix the window shade.
I made it into Spokane around 2:00 pm and stopped for a quick burger before going over to the dealership. The haze from all the fires was getting worse the farther west I travelled.
The service tech. fixed the shade in no time but suggested I contact my dealer back home so they could order the parts and have them when I returned. He also told me that these types of failures were very common especially if the RV had travelled long distances over rough roads.
After leaving the dealer I decided to call the local KOA but they were full. After all, it was Friday afternoon, the temperature was over 100 degrees (today's temperature broke a record set in 1941) and everyone and his brother were headed to the lake.
I got out my map and figured I'd check the KOA in Pasco, Washington. It turned out that they had several sites available so I booked one and got back on the interstate.
Now that I was out of the mountains it was a slow but steady decline in elevation down some very winding roads to the rolling hills of Eastern Washington. The timing was perfect because all the heavy traffic was headed east up into the mountains. It was like driving into Toronto on a Friday afternoon in summer because all the traffic was going in the opposite direction.
This particular KOA was very nice and the staff was extremely helpful. They even loaned me a cable so I could watch cable TV.
Tomorrow I should arrive in Portland and finally see my kids. I'm very much looking forward to that.
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