They Don't Mak'em The Way They Used To

Well, I certainly thought that I would post on my blog more often that what I have done. Sorry about that, I will try to do better.

We left Sisters, OR on September 11 and went to Coberg, OR. We had to get some more work done on the RV. It only took a day or two so we were able to meet some friends and play golf in Eugene, OR. It was a nice course - not too difficult and we didn't get rained on this time.

We then headed back to Chris and Tanya's thinking that we would stay there for a few days until we left on our river cruise out of Portland, OR. But, as luck would have it, on our way to their house, we discovered that our alternator was not charging properly. This is the second time that this has happened with this RV. We were scheduled to go to the factory in Yakima, WA on November 4th for other repairs. Larry was so upset that he called the VP of sales at WRV and told him that we were about to drive the RV off a cliff because of all the problems that we have been having with the RV. So, the VP scheduled us in the factory right away. We spent one night at with Chris and Tanya and then headed for Yakima.

It was a very stressful drive. We kept watching the voltage going lower and lower not knowing where we would end up. We got as far as Toppenish (45 minutes from Yakima) and red lights and buzzers started going off. We just had to stop because the RV just wouldn't move. Larry called AAA to set up a tow. While he was on hold, he decided to see if the RV would start again and it did. We were able to make it across the street to an Indian Reservation RV park. We were so relieved to park the thing. Whew!!! We made it. It started to rain after we got hooked up - we didn't care at that point because at least were were plugged into electricity and knew the batteries would charge enough to get us to the factory parking lot. We both needed a drink at that point.

The next day, we made it to the factory. We gave them our long list of problems and packed up the car with a few clothes, etc. and headed for Idaho. We took three days to tour some RV parks in Idaho and Washington for future RV lots to buy. After three days of touring, we went back to the factory.

Upon returning, we found out that they were not done with our repair work. We decided to leave the RV again. This time we drove towards Portland, OR because we had reservations on a Paddle Wheel River Cruise. Good By Factory!!!