6 August 2010

Repairs, painting, and cleaning at our condo. Late afternoon, Bill from Ehler’s informed me that the RV stairs would not be repaired this week. So drove out there to remove all perishables from the refrigerator and retrieve items that needed to go to Virginia, such as the keys to the van, dirty linen, the shopping list, etc. When I closed the main cabin door for the final time the steps cycled in (like they were supposed to), then out, then back in again. Almost like Delores was sticking her tongue out at me for leaving her parked in a foreign field for two weeks. Returning to Ehler’s office to drop off the RV keys, I parked in front of an RV that was backed up to the building. When I got out of the car, noticed that there was a driver in the left front seat of the RV and it looked like I had just blocked him in from leaving. Long story short, the RV was just arriving, not leaving, and was a 2010 Winnebago Adventurer – same model as Delores, only 14 years newer. The couple who owned that magnificent creature had me in for a tour. Wow!!!! All the bells and whistles, including a washer and dryer, solar panel array on the roof, a king bed, and a big screen TV. If we ever trade in Delores for a younger woman, I know just the one to go for. Of course, the price tag was somewhat over 10 times what we’ve spent for Delores… and you’d definitely have to shave and put on clean underwear every day if you owned her younger sister.