Here we go again!!!

I was in such a good mood when I posted last. That all changed within the next two hours. We went back in the shop to see how the installation of the "Big Foot" leveling system was going and it was going great. However, our slides were not doing so well. Every time they moved one in, another would move out and there was no real logic to why it was happening. After about 2 1/2 hours of checking things out we were asked if it was okay for us to stay inside their shop for the night and they would work on it first thing in the morning. We have experience with spending the night inside a building by now, so we agreed and hoped for the best for the next morning.

They came back at 7 am and started working on our rig right away. To make a long story short, they had removed one to many valves and the loop therefore did not close correctly. The problem was fixed within a couple of hours and we were on our way. Hooray! We traveled north to Manistee, MI and other than that Highway 131 was closed by Shelbysville, the trip went fairly smooth and we arrived at Manistee around 2 pm. This is a really nice campground at the Little River Casino and they said it would fill up by the weekend. When we arrived there was maybe 10 other rigs here.

Wednesday we went to Walmart to stock up on some stuff and get a prescription for Doug filled. Ludington is a small town right by the lake and we drove to the beach to have a look.


It was really windy and a little bit cold, but I just love the water. It has a calming effect on me and after all we had been through in the last two weeks, my nerves deserved a rest. We went back to the rig and had a nice dinner and relaxed for the evening. Got up on Thursday, made breakfast and decided to straighten out the belly again, since the guys at Quadra put things back a little bit disorderly.

That is when we noticed that there was water under the rig again and the underbelly was wet.

We called Master Tech in Elkhart right away at 11 am and waited for a return call. In the meantime, the whole belly was emptied and a lot of our stuff had to be wiped down, since there was transmission fluid on a lot of our stuff. I guess when they reinstalled the valve on Tuesday our stuff was in already and transmission fluid must have squirted out during the install of the valve. I'm just glad that Clorox wipes clean that stuff up pretty good. We got the belly nicely organized again and were still waiting for a phone call back from Master Tech to see what the plan would be. I really don't want to go back to Elkhart, but we need the problem solved and fixed.

To make a long story short, it is now Friday afternoon, we called three times yesterday and once today and still have not gotten a phone call back from Tim (the owner) on how he plans to fix this problem. In the meantime, I have been able to do dishes last night and the underbelly was dry. So this morning we took a shower and we will see if the underbelly stays dry. At this point we are thinking that it might be the plumbing from the bathroom sink. We will keep eliminating things and decide what to do next. If it is the bathroom sink, we can travel and will get it repaired where we bought the rig in Minnesota, but trust me, I am not done with Master Tech yet. My level of frustration is rising by the minute. The holiday weekend is coming up and there is no solution.

In the meantime, the RV park is really starting to fill up today and we will try to make the best out of our weekend.