Wondering where we went?   Well this is the abbreviated story.

Back on June 21 we dropped the Lake House off at Best RV to take care of some repairs from an accident when the hitch was released prior to setting the jacks.  As everyone is told and knows you never do that, but we all slip up once in a while.  So the nose landed on the truck, thankfully! and we discovered a crack under the bedroom slide about 200 miles and 5 days later.  So our warranty appointment has become a repair appointment. and we get an estiment of 1 week for all the work.  We are having toppers put on the slides, and a receiver hitch welded to the back for bikes, and a pull out slide installed in the pass thru storage, also having a black water flush installed.  I already told you we are going to be staying at my daughters place in Stockton while we wait this out.

While staying at Tina's house waiting for the repairs and enhancements to get done on our home, the travel gremlins visited us.  The repairs and enhancements were suppose to take 3 weeks.  On July 7 we took a drive to Best RV to check on the progress of the Lake House and were told 2 more weeks.  So we found a service center in Sacramento to get the truck looked at and have the gearVendor serviced.   They took care of that and told us something was leaking and they couldn't get us in for a week.  So we headed home, got the under carriage power washed and the following week got the leak taken care of.  Seems the last service had failed to torque properly and we were lucky to get everything taken care of before we head out.  So On July 26, 5 days beyond the "2 more weeks" we were told the Rig would be ready in the afternoon.  We drove to Turlock, and the service department called us and said, sorry we had to pull your rig so priority work could be done first.   Well that was enough, we drove over and told them to button it up we were taking it away,  the only thing remaining was to finish the new slide tray in the pass through and CaptDan said he would finish it up himself.  So there is no way after our delay that we would recommend this service center for anything!  and we weren't done yet.  We hitched her up and took her back to Flag City in Lodi, 50 miles north.  Upon arrival, we looked at the repair job and it had failed!  the fiberglass cracked and budged out.   Talked to our insurance and basically we were stuck taking it back and making the original repair place make it right.  So back on the phone and they could get us back in on July 29 when their fiberglass guy was available.  So we had 3 days to clean and get it ready to go back.  On July 29th we returned to Turlock....And on August 8th ( 11 days!) we finally got to go pick her up again..  Did I say I would never recommend this place?  I will go further and say I will warn anybody from doing any business with this place.  Best RV in Turlock is the Worst business I have ever had to deal with.

But now we have spent 7 weeks sitting in Stockton, CA.  hot and tired of waiting, but we take another 4 days in Flag City to prep for our new life.  Clean everything.  Sort the storage and try to find containers that will fit in and around the new slide.

Other excitement during this stay in Stockton included:
1: I had a dental implant fail and was very fortunate to find a dentist who could get me in, order a new screw, and reseat the crown, overall not too bad.
2: Tina, took her NCLEX (Registered Nurse exam) worst test ever! she said.
3: She got the results about 5 days later, SHE PASSED, now she is officially an RN.
4: CaptDan woke up one morning unable to stand upright, so we are off to the Urgent Care Center and he gets to meet Dr. Birlew, (this is the same Dr who treated all my family for years) and seems he has strained his back, a shot to relieve the pain and a few scrips for pain meds and muscle relaxants.  24 hrs later he is feeling just as bad and is worried there is something else going on, so back to Dr. B and a referral to the hospital ER for a CAT scan.  This takes about 6 hrs and after tests to confirm it is a bad strain, more shots, an IV to help with dehydration, and instructions to take it easy! no lifting, no bending, no nothing for a week, and then ease into it.  So CaptDan moves into the "office" at Tinas which is equipped with an adjustable bed and gets about 5 days of good rest and is walking upright again.
5: Tina has her first job interview, at a hospital she really wants to work at, with the 'we'll call you next week", means she has to just wait.

We get moved into the Lake House and clean out a few more boxes that we have decided aren't going to travel with us and fortunately Tina had storage room for them.  We get our new bike rack out and transport the bikes from Tina's using the truck hitch....When we arrive back at the Lake House, ready to move the rack from truck to rig, hummm something is wrong here.   Now this is the frame hitch we had installed at Best (Worst) RV.  The pin won't go through the receiver, now we just took this rack off the truck so we know it is fine.  Then we examine our new receiver. The freaky thing was welded on with the holes going vertical!  Then new holes were drilled horizontal and they hadn't been aligned with a hitch post, so they aren't square to the hitch.

How much more will we find??  Fortunately there is an RV place right next to Flag City so we go over and have a chat with the folks at Discover RV.  They can fix our problem if we want to bring her in, I ask about the "mobile service" and she tells me that'll be $89 just to come out, that sounds really good to us, talk to the technician, he thinks 30 mins as that is the minimum service call. So $170 and he will come out tomorrow.  When he arrives it takes longer to unload the big drill then it takes to correct the problem.  What a blessing, not to mention the very idea of going back to Worst RV in Turlock is very unpleasant.

It looks like we are ready  Friday August 12th we pull out.