CRACK!!!! STOP!!!! and 52 And Counting

Rantoul, IL
73 Deg., clear, SW wind @ 8 mph.
Forecast today = High temp. 85 deg. mostly sunny, NW winds @ 10 to 15 mph.

CRACK!!!! STOP!!!!! That's what I heard from the site next to me yesterday morning. That awful "CRACK" sound when something is breaking, and then the man yelling "STOP"!!!!! You just know something bad has happened to an RV!!

Well, it had. You see, the man was outside getting things ready to go. He had one of the basement doors open so he could put hoses and cables away, and his wife was doing her thing inside. Well, she was done, so she decided to put in the slide-outs. The only problem was that the basement door was still open and when she retracted the bedroom slide it caught the open door and ripped the bottom edge off of the slide and badly bent the hinge on the door.

So..... the man got out his tools and proceeded to try to get things put back together again. Jim waited a little while to see how things were going, (he didn't want to go over there if the people were really upset), and then went over to ask if he could be of any help. The man showed Jim what had been damaged and told him what he was trying to do to repair it. The man's wife and his teen-aged daughter were trying to hold things in place while he tried to fasten things back together, but it wasn't working too well, so Jim helped hold the pieces while the man drilled new holes and put screws in it to hold it in place. Then, with a little help from Jim's hammer, they were able to straighten the door hinge enough to get the door closed.

I really don't think that the damage was too bad. The people live up near Madison, WI. so they didn't have too far to go, and the man thought he could repair everything himself once they got home.

Before they left, the man, Bob, thanked Jim for coming over and helping and then shook Jim's hand. Jim told Bob that he was just glad that he could be of some help.

You see, RVers are like that. Almost all of them are more than willing to lend a helping hand when another RVer is having problems. It's kind of an unwritten code that if someone needs help, or even looks like they need help, you go over and do what you can. Sometimes it's just moral support that's needed, but sometimes it turns out to be something where an extra pair of hands or a strong back is needed.

And you know what? The day will come when you need that help from a fellow RVer. Sometime, somewhere, you will need help and the RVer next door will come over and volunteer to help you, and you will be so grateful for that unwritten code that brought the assistance.

What goes around, comes around. ;-)

The weather was hot and sticky again yesterday, with a few showers and even some thunder in the distance. That meant not much got done outside again. Then last night, a front came through and even though we didn't have much rain here, they had some heavy stuff go through just South of Champaign. Today the temperature is still going to be a little high, but the humidity is supposed to be much lower, so it should feel much better outside.

Today I think Jim and Linda are going to go to the IGA grocery store here in town. There's a few things Linda wants to pick up before we head up to Wisconsin. Also today, Jim wants to start getting me ready to travel. He needs to check my itchy tires, and start putting stuff away so that he doesn't have to do it at the last minute. Linda also wants to start getting the inside of me ready to travel, so I think both of them will be fairly busy.

What am I going to be doing today, you ask? Well, all I can do is sit here and try to be patient. It's not going to be easy though, my itchy tire condition is getting worse and it's getting harder and harder to just sit here. :-(

I can make it though. Only about 52 hours to go. ;-)

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