We went to the Escapees Escapade in Stockton, CA. It was great. About 2000 attended driving about 1500 rigs. Organization is the key. We attended classes on tire safety, fire safety, and how to clean the rig. I can't remember all the classes we attended. We shopped and bought some RV stuff, which included a Comfort Air bed. I attended line-dancing classes.
We had to take Duster to the vet. He had some kind of rash on his feet and was chewing his feet until they bled. He is fine now after taking medication.
Willard and I entertained at the Ham-A-Rama before about 1500 people. Guess we were okay, since no one threw any tomatoes and they clapped when we finished each of our two songs. There were about 12 acts, mostly comedy and music. The next night we attended the farewell party and met some wonderful people. We hope to see them again on the road.
We also traded in our Sea Breeze for a 2003 40' Alpha See Ya! It is the first used vehicle we've ever bought. Hope we are not sorry. We offered them an offer we thought they would laugh at, but they accepted it. You can see it in the pictures below on our way to take delivery. You see, if we license it in another state, we can't take delivery in California, so Tom drove it to Boomtown, NV where we took possession.
We spent 6 days at the dealership in Salida, CA while they fixed the slide motor, replaced the seals on the big slide, washed, and serviced it. It took us two days to move in. We have since discovered some minor problems with door latches and the like. But, it is ours now and we must deal with any problems we encounter. Willard loves to drive it and I like the interior. We have to remember a rig is like a home in a 3.5 earthquake everytime you take it down the road. So, things happen.
I remember when we moved to Cedar City and bought our home there, we had many costly repairs to make and thought nothing of it. Guess we will have to have the same mindset with our roaming home.
We drove from Boomtown, NV to Winnemucca, NV and stayed two nights. It rained most of the time we were there. Then we headed for Wendover, NV (on the Utah border). We should be at Joey's (our middle son) home in Ogden by 3:00 this afternoon. That's when they get home from church. We just hope we can park this bigger rig in the area we parked our Sea Breeze. If not, we will just have to go to an RV park.
We don't think they serviced the generator because it started leaking oil last night. I hope we can fix the problem. I guess it's things like that causes us some concern about purchasing a used rig. We'll keep our fingers crossed that it's just a small inexpensive repair.
In the posts below, I published some pictures of our stop at Donner Pass. There was a big snow storm at that elevation the day before we left the valley. Chains were required on Wednesday. On this day the roads were clear, but snow was still covering the countryside.
