Had to get up at the crack of dawn today, in order to get to Open Range early enough for them to hopefully complete the work today. Arrived at 7:15, was met by Joe, who was a very cheerful guy, who walked us through all the work we had agreed upon. Once we disconnected the truck and parked it, Hubby and I hopped into the van and headed up the road a half block to a nice little Amish cafe for breakfast. Shipshewana is so Amish it’s a tourist attraction, we saw dozens of horse and carriages along the road throughout the day. We went to a feed store on the same road and found some weight builder for Clio, who seems to be holding steady on her weight, but too thin for our liking. She’s lost a lot of her top line, and her hips seem a bit caved in. The store expert agreed with me that it was more muscle loss than anything, so he hooked us up with some stuff that he said would address that, rather than just a high calorie, high fat supplement. Drove out to a Walmart in a nearby town, considered going to a movie to kill the afternoon but decided against it because they all were too long and wouldn’t get us back to the RV place in time, so we just drove back to Shipshewana. For some reason, the dogs’ leashes were left in my truck, so I rescued those and took the dogs for a quick walk outside the repair shop. Then we spoke to Bill, and he checked on the progress and said it would be done in about 45 minutes, so we just hung around talking with some other folks for a while. In the end, they fixed a lot of stuff that we hadn’t talked about, but did it as though it was under warranty, for which we were very grateful. In addition to fixing the panel that had been creamed when a tire blew, they put a new motor in the slide where the desk is, instead of putting a new switch in the power jack (which had just quit working a couple of days ago) they put in a whole new jack, and instead of just putting a new bracket on the paddle fan (which also just went a couple of days ago, and which we’ve replaced several times before), they put in a whole new paddle fan. Unfortunately, when they went to close up the slides, they didn’t stop to make sure the blades were clear (a flaw they’ve apparently fixed on later models), so they ended up breaking the fan bracket again, and had to replace it entirely again! I had also hoped they could fix my bathroom fan, the sensor had quit working and it wouldn’t go up except manually, so they replaced the fan and the switch entirely, though they didn’t put in a rain sensor type like I had, it was just a plain raise/lower, off/on setup. Too bad, I liked the rain sensor one, when it was working. They ran out of time for fixing the digital antenna that we broke off last year near Fort Robinson, NE, but they sold us one that I suppose we’ll be able to install easily enough. Anyway, a lot got done, and the unit looks great, and we didn’t pay for hardly anything beyond the initial repair estimate, so we were happy. Hooked up and got back to Circle J by about 5:30, deciding not to bother with electric tonight so we could leave the electrical cords stowed. Bill came around to collect on the bill, but we had a small dispute about how much it was supposed to be (I had written evidence, so in the end, he agreed with my numbers), plus I wanted to buy 5 bales of their hay, which was quite nice, and which Clio seemed at least halfway interested in. Finally settled down after a long and tiring day, setting the alarm for a bit later. Another long drive tomorrow, but with the days as long as they are now, no sense in getting up at the crack of dawn again!
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