Captain’s Blog
Friday
Around 8 pm last night the new torrents of rain started and seemed worse then the previous days’ rain. The wind picked up and because of the water leak over the bed (on my side) I slept on the couch. Ronnie slept in the bed but did not like having me on the couch. The rain poured, the wind blew, the roof leaked and another poor nights’ sleep was had by all.
We had planned on going to Cape Hatteras but according to news reports there is a lot of flooding there as well so we will stop in the Richmond Virginia area and see if there is anything of interest to do there.
It is predicted to be a nice sunny day today. Hopefully, we can dry out the roof and patch it up.
We drove a little over 100 miles today and as predicted the sun is shining brightly. We stopped at the Virginia visitor center and got some great info on things to do in the area. Normally Ronnie would have researched and had all kinds of excursions planned but Virginia was never an intended stop.
We decided to stay at the KOA in Ashland 15 miles outside of Richmond and right off I95. It is great to have full hook-ups after 6 days of boon-docking and very short showers. Amazingly we never ran out of water and running the generator worked well for TV watching and web searching.
As we were taking the exit to the CG we noticed a huge RV place that sold RV’s and did repairs. Ronnie was going to drive over but I wanted to set up at the CG. Wrong move!!! Once we got a site Ronnie suggested we didn’t set up and take a ride over in the Jeep to see if they could give him any ideas on what to use to fix the roof or maybe get it fixed there.
We spoke to a great woman named Jay who was more then helpful. She didn’t think it could be repaired that day but would speak to the manager. He wanted to see the MH so we went back to the CG and drove the MH over to the shop.
Amazingly, the manager, was a man that came from Massachusetts and was the former manager at Campers Inn in Raynham, 10 minutes from our house. He recognized us because we had been to Campers Inn several times looking to purchase a Winnebago.
He told us that with the turn-down in the economy he and six other Campers Inn employees from the Massachusetts and New Hampshire stores were working here in Virginia. How lucky for us. He evaluated what needed to be done and had it fixed for us in one hour at a mere cost of $125.00.
The entire team at McGeorge's Rolling Hills RV SuperCenterwas amazing. All very friendly, helpful and they even treated Jewel to dog biscuits and lots of petting – which she loved. We were happy to get the roof fixed and in such a timely manner. This place was amazing with its’ great customer service and it is open for service 6 days a week and will open on Sundays by appointment if someone needs a repair in a hurry. This is unheard of in MA. When we called for a simple oil change at Marty’s they told us we would have to wait two months – no service there.
McGeorge's Rolling Hills RV SuperCenter
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The day ended well with the roof fixed, me being able to do the laundry and taking a very, very, very long shower.
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