From there we went to Indiana, the Elkhart area, where 80% of the RVs are manufactured. Our first stop was Shipshawana where there is a large flea market (3 guesses who decided that). Unfortunately we got stuck and needed a wrecker to get us out. Proof.. people came to help, to no avail.
After we got out, we went to Elkhart and ordered my new couch. The one we had was original to the coach in 2003 and starting to show wear. Lambright Custom Chairs made and installed my double recliner couch in 7 days. I love it. Then we be-lined it home to Pa.
When we arrived we stayed one night at our local WalMart. A couple from Canada pulled in beside us. Sometime during the night a terrible smell woke me up. I woke up John and asked him to check it out. It turns out that the other RVs tow dolly battery caught on fire. John rushed out pounded on their RV yelling for them to get out, grabbed our fire extinguisher and got the fire out. Only after talking to the family in the parking lot, did he realize that he was doing all this in his underwear.
Here we are parked at my son Jeremy's in Sonestown. This is where the RV was parked while we were in Pa.
While here we put a new floor in the living, kitchen and bath areas. I'll show it to you later in another post.
After the tenants left the house we went and stayed for 3 weeks cleaning. This is what my green carpet looked like.
We ripped it all out. Here is what the back side looked like in one area. The smell had also seeped into the underlayment so we had to treat and seal it
John spent 2 days with a wire brush and special paint to restore the top of our coal stove. This is how we found it. The stove door window is also cracked.
We spent our days working and our evenings catching up with friends.
On October 14th we loaded up and headed out south after attending the Sonestown Heritage Days. We are currently unwinding from our busy time at Forest Lake Thousand Trails outside Lexington, North Carolina.
