It's Monday late afternoon and we are staying in Walnut Grove RV Park in Merriam, Kansas. It is about 9 miles to Kansas City, Missouri, where many of the things we want to see are located. We have had an adventurous trip today. When Van checked the car last night, it would not crank. So we knew it was time we went ahead and got it fixed. Matt (our son) had previously told us how to release the car from park to put it in neutral so it could be hauled. Thank you Matt because it came in handy today. We found a hitch place close to Kansas City. They had instructed us to turn in between the two blue buildings. We did and as soon as the entire coach and car were off the street, there was a great big downward slope leading to the work area. Needless to say, that big drop down scared us to death because the car was still attached. The service man assured us we could make it down without dragging. Before moving the coach down the hill, Van went into the office to check in and he was told to wait and someone would come talk with him. Van had tried again to crank the car before going into the office and had left it in park. Unbeknownst to Van, the service man got into the motorhome and drove it down the hill with the car attached....and still in park! Yes, that's right, still in park. If Van had not gotten thirsty while he was waiting on the service guy, he would still be up the hill in the office (hahaha) You can just imagine his surprise when he walked out to get a coke from the coach and there was no coach on the hill and he could see the car tire marks all the way down the hill from the car being in park. Turned out there was no damage to the brakes as best we could tell. They did fix our wire problem and, in fact, helped me with the washer/dryer unit. Apparently our spring in the door which locks the door and allows the washer to begin is broken. The service guy helped me "rig" it until I can get it repaired.
We have set up at the campground and it's really too late to go do anything so I began a load of laundry. It took me a little more rigging than he did, but I got the door to lock and the washer started. Now what concerns me is if I can open the door. You know how you get that funny gut feeling when something might not be right? Well, I kindda got it. I'll know in an hour or so when it's through. I have put out a service call to the Splendide people (that's the brand) and waiting to find out how to get it fixed and/or release the door if necessary.
While I was trying to get the washer "rigged," Van was setting up the coach and unhooking the car. He had finished and came inside and I asked him what the noise was I was hearing. We had just had neighbors pull in right next to us (and that means about 6 inches from our slideout). Van could tell that the noise was coming from the bathroom and noticed that there were bubbles coming up from the toilet. He decided to try to flush the toilet and when he touched the flush lever, blue water flew out of the toilet about 6 feet high. He went outside and discovered that he had hooked the water hose to the black water tank rinser instead of the water supply. You know this made him soooo happy because he had cleaned out the tank at the last stop and I had just scrubbed the bathroom down this morning so I was not happy. He drained the black water tank and everything is fine now. We are thinking about watching the Robin Williams RV movie tonight just to check to see if we are in it. We swear we must be.
If any of you have suggestions about things we definitely need to see while here, let us know. At this point we are planning on seeing the WWI Museum, the Jazz Museum, the Truman Presidential Library and Museum, the City Market and Michial (our son in law) recommended a barbeque/jazz place that we might see tomorrow night.
Hopefully the car cranks in the morning after all this. Talk to you soon.
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