First we noticed the license plate was missing off the tow dolly. Then the fender was missing. Next part of the a/c cover was gone off the top of the rig. (She has a name now. We call her Marabelle.) Still, we pressed on. We did have a nice visit with Scott's son in Maryland. We stayed again at Greenbelt Park where we stayed last fall. The ticks were out in force and we had to check carefully to make sure they weren't tagging along.
The house battery wasn't holding a charge as long as it had been, but we were sure that was just due to being parked with no hookup and it wasn't getting enough run time to fully charge. We started the last leg of the journey home late Sunday night, but ran into very heavy traffic in Baltimore. When we stopped in Pennsylvania for a rest, we decided to get some sleep. The house battery lasted 6 hours, which reinforced our theory about run time, and we slept until it's alarm when off and got back on the road.
We were headed to Connecticut to see my brother, but Marabelle simply did not want to go back to Maine. She broke an alternator belt. Now, Scott had gone through her engine last fall and changed all the belts. The alternator belt was pretty chewed up, but he saved all the old belts "just in case". He was able to put the old belt back on and get us to a nearby parts store where we could buy a new one. We were hoping to buy a new spare one as well, but they only had one. (So, yes, Scott saved the old, chewed up one once again "just in case").
Marabelle's protests were not over. Coming across Pennsylvania and New York on I-84, there was a lot of construction, and in one place we hit some pretty nasty bumps and dips and our cabover took quite a jolt. It will need to be rebuilt.
We are still planning on going to Florida in the Fall and staying on a more permanent basis (1-3 years). Until next time.... Not all who wander are lost!
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