Since I have no fun travels to report I have my log of the progress or more to the point, lack of progress on the RV. (feel free to skip over it to get to photos....)
June 26: Phone call today was to La Mesa to see what the plan is.
(since they didn’t return the call on Firday) They still haven’t gotten with
the body shop people to see when they can do their part in conjunction with the
regular techs in the service department. Then, we talked about the washer and
he said he didn’t think anyone would pay to have it removed and reinstalled
again to do the work that is needed. WTH? We’ll wait to see if that is truly
the case before calling Whirlpool on that.
June 27: I called Whirlpool to let them know our experience with
Brandt’s Appliance. Our service advisor from La Mesa called and offered a very
nice solution for the roof of our coach. He said he could send a tech here to
the RV Resort and from here the tech could talk to the Fleetwood tech. That way
we don’t have to stow everything and ready the coach to roll just to come in
for the phone call. Nice touch! However, he said we had to wait for the body
shop to call us to set that appointment up. (clock is ticking….) He also said that
he would call Brandt’s and lean on them to pay for the uninstall &
reinstall of the washer & dryer since they didn’t fix it right in the first
place. I’m waiting to hear how that goes and if they refuse, I will make
another call to Whirlpool.
Had our first electrical storm experience in the RV last night. High winds and even some hail
with all of the rain. Quite an experience in the RV…..
June 30: After no response from anyone RV related. Greg called again
to see when they are coming out. We did get a call back from the body shop
scheduling a time to come out to estimate the work, which prompted Greg to ask
you mean to have a Fleetwood tech on the phone while you are assessing it as
they said that was what needed to happen. So. Greg told him to double check
with our service advisor to make sure we are all on the same page and then we
can schedule it. Right now, he made it for July 5th.
July 4: We went to the baseball game at First Data Field and
watched the St Lucie Mets play the Charlotte Stone Crabs. Wow, hot and sunny
and our seats faced right into the sun until it finely set. Tim Tebow landed a
spot on the Mets farm team, so the local area is excited about it. It looked
grim at first with a 6 to 1 lead by the Crabs, but finally the Mets got some runs
and tied it up. It went into an extra inning and the crabs finally broke the
tie for the win. The fireworks was billed as the best on the Treasure Coast. It
was a pretty good display. It was the first fireworks we have seen on the 4th
of July in the States since 1012. It was a late night, but the easy 5 minute
drive home was nice! I’d like to say we ate hot dogs and drank beer, but
Sonny’s BBQ pulled pork sandwiches called out to us. It was a nice break from RV issues.
the sign registers 96* at 6:38
brutal shot into the sun
Coke sponsored the fireworks
Tim Tebow
Tim Tebow
Tim Tebow
wow it dropped a degree in about an hours time...
finally, sun starting to set
July 5: Our appointment with the La Mesa’s Body shop visit
didn’t happen. He called an hour after the appointment time to say he was
running late and didn’t have time to come today. When asked if he had talked to
our Service Advisor as was discussed when we made the appointment, he said he
hadn’t. An earlier conversation this morning with the Service Advisor solved
the washer issue. Fleetwood is going to pay for the labor and La Mesa is going
to require that the Whirlpool tech makes sure it works before and after it is reinstalled
even if it takes a second service call for the tech to come back later in the
day. We go in for that on Wednesday next week. He said that the work on the
roof and the awning needs to start in the body shop and then they can deal with
how to reinstall the awning with Fleetwood and La Mesa working in tandem via phone.
No time set to do that yet. We are hoping we can drop it off Monday and
hopefully get it back before the weekend. At least that’s the pipe dream we
have.
July 6: Today we got a call from Fleetwood spurred by the letter
of issues that was required within a certain amount of time in case this whole
thing really goes South. One went to Fleetwood and the other to La Mesa. She
took down the timeline of events and said she would contact La Mesa.
I did call the appliance repair company to see if La Mesa
had scheduled them yet. They had not. They said the only call they had received
was from La Mesa to discuss who’s paying to do the job right the second time
around. I told them we had an appointment with La Mesa and made one with the
appliance company. They said they would call La Mesa to coordinate the timing.
The day came and went with no return call from La Mesa regarding anything.
July 7: Phone calls were made to La Mesa to see what's up. In the afternoon the body shop called and says he's coming out Monday. When asked once they do get a fix that works for them & Fleetwood how soon could the work start. He wasn't sure of the schedule, but week after next probably.
So, we are in a wait and see mode over the weekend. Meanwhile, we do our grocery shopping a little at a time not to be stuck with food that will spoil should they not keep the coach plugged into electric. Same issue with booking this space at the park. We started out booking 3 days at a time and then went to a week at a time and we keep renewing trying to guess when we might have to take it in to La Mesa.
Since I have no new and exciting places to post, here are some more shots around the park. (We go for walks twice a day.) It's hard to even go do some fun things around the area since it has rained a LOT since we have been here.
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the clubhouse
tennis courts
mail boxes for the owners
there are 2 small pools next to each laundry room
laundry room (which has come in handy since the washer is broken)
many sites are wrapped up for the summer
There are very few actual people staying here this time of year. Less than a dozen for sure. Many sites are empty, others have RV's sitting there plugged in, but they are up North for the summer. There is one couple here that rides around in their golf cart with their cockatoo. Too cute!
where oh where is a dog to go?
must be a lot of constipated dogs here
there are 2 Bark Parks where they can "go".
Anhinga drying it's wings
Red-bellied Woodpecker on someone's Bird of Paradise
Soft-shelled turtle (he is a small one)
Red-headed Lizard (yes, I know they are orange)
Curly Tailed Lizard
we startled these 2 raccoons
Great Blue Heron
One of these days we will be able to hit the road and then decide if this RV thing is for us. Right now we are having our doubts.....
