RVing With a Purpose

Saturday, November 11, 2017

So we arrived at Max’s brother’s house Wednesday night in the rain. Then it rained all night long and then all day on Thursday and into the night Thursday night. Thursday was way more rain than Wednesday and was a total rainout. Debra, Michelle (Debra’s sister) and Max and Anne sat around, napped, ate and visited all day. Randy got home from his trip Thursday night. Friday morning we finally saw the bright sun for the first time since Monday. Nice. Friday was cool and blustery but sunny.  It was another great day of just spending time with family with lots of (too much) good food. Friday afternoon Max’s nephew David and his wife Jennifer also come over. It was great to get to spend some time with them again, too. This morning we had a wonderful breakfast with Randy and Debra, readied Fred for travel and then Anne, Max and Michelle headed back to Alabama. We were glad Michelle got to spend the week with Debra and have some good sister time and very glad we had some time with everyone. It’s the holiday season and time for family. We are now back in Alabama until after the holidays. Our next NOMADS project is in January. We have doctors appointments, accounting, moving the remainder of Max’s mom’s things from her house to Helen’s, and all sorts of things on the to do list for the next few weeks. Feeling a little overwhelmed by the size of the list but we will just try to mark things off one thing at a time.

Looking forward to going to Lester Memorial tomorrow. We had thought about going to the dedication at Rosalie Baptist Church, the church we helped build with Constructors for Christ last June. We would love to see the completed church, but we decided we really wanted to be at Lester more. Don’t forget to be in prayer for the services at your church and all the other churches. Hope you will check back in on us tomorrow.

 

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

This morning was a rainy morning and it rained off and on most of the day. We were up early and got busy packing everything up for the move. Yes, Fred was just moving from the parking lot into the service bay but it’s basically the same pack up as when we plan a long driving day or days. Everything off the countertops, slides in, jacks up, all cabinets and drawers secured, bedroom doors latched open and the list goes on. Of course, first we took time for a wonderful Sunny’s Donuts cinnamon roll. Now that’s a great way to start the day.

Anne went on in to class at 8:00 while Max waited for our service technician to come do the walk around for the rig and discuss what was to be done today. There were several others getting service today so we really just reviewed yesterdays’ information until everyone could join us. We have learned a few important items over the past few days. Since some of our readers may have a Freightliner, you might like to know that Cummins endorsed and recommended Diesel Kleen +Cetane Boost and Diesel Fuel Supplement+Cetane Boost as a fuel supplement. Anyone needing information on this, drop us an email. We also learned a good deal about our air brake system and exhaust brake which improved our understanding of our coach operations. We also learned some maintenance items that will be added to our pre-trip check list. We definitely feel the classes were time and money well spent and would recommend Camp Freightliner to any owner. We got a good report on Fred as expected and all the preventative maintenance and fluid changes were performed.

So not much most people would be interested in today. However, Google did show us what we were doing this time last year. We were here in Gaffney getting service, but no class, so we went biking on the Swamp Rabbit Trail with our nephew Phillip and his wife Lauren and daughter Dorothy. That was a really fun day. No biking this year but maybe next. We made our appointment to return for our annual maintenance next year and won’t have classes then.

Monday, November 6, 2017

It was a very cloudy and foggy morning, but was a bright and sunny afternoon. We were up early so we could go to Sunny’s Donuts before class. Their fritters were as good as we remember. And we have a cinnamon roll for tomorrow. We tell people we come to Gaffney for the doughnuts and just get the motorhome serviced while we are here. Not quite the truth but we sure do enjoy the doughnuts.

Class started at 8:00. We had a working lunch then a break from about 4:15-5:15 and then a working supper. We have seventeen people in the class (we think), some of which are are very, very new to RVing so there are a lot of questions. We have learned some very useful information and expect more of the same tomorrow. Fred will be in for his first service tomorrow. We don’t expect any problems to be found and plan to leave Gaffney on Wednesday morning. Class is about all we did today with only about 30 minutes of walking. Talked to Mama Ruby and Anne’s brother Jim tonight and both seem to be doing well. Thank you Lord! Praying for some good times for both of them.  Hope everyone is having a good start to their week.