In the Shop

Today we had an 11 a.m. appointment at Best Buy RVs in Springfield to get several things worked on. They are an authorized service center for Dometic, and the most important item was a toilet that's been causing us problems for months. We got to spend the day at this dealership and got to know the workers who were especially taken by Sweetie.

The first news we had was that they had to order a part--it would come in by UPS around 3 p.m. Okay, so we have some time to kill in the visitors' lounge.....

Meanwhile, they did manage to install a replacement courtesy light outside the door. We had received this part, along with an actuator arm for one of our ceiling vents, from Peterson, our manufacturer. Well, the mechanic reported that Peterson had sent us the wrong actuator arm--it was for a hand crank vent, and the one we needed was electrically operated. They also installed some struts on a cabinet door we had bought during our visit to Smith Center. We hung the door but somehow couldn't get the struts to fit properly.

When the toilet part finally arrived, we had high hopes of being on our way shortly. We planned to go over to Dayton and boondock at a Walmart near the Air Force Museum. Unfortunately, the tech determined that an earlier repair person had installed a bent brass rod, and the toilet could not be fixed. A new one had to be ordered from Elkhart and would arrive on Friday afternoon.

So back to Buck Creek State Park. Our site was still available