It's been a busy couple of days with our trek north to get the coach to Winnebago. Short story: we are currently parked in Winnebago Customer Service RV parking - plugged in, and we will turn over the coach to them tomorrow.
The longer story: when I last left off, we were in York, Nebraska. It was an easy day's drive to my brother-in-law's house in Iowa. We had a nice, but brief stay with him. I don't have a brother, but that man is my brother in my heart; it was good to see him again.
Looking at weather forecasts, it made sense to get out of there this morning. Mother Nature gave us a brief freezing drizzle overnight, so we went out for breakfast with John before hitting the road, letting the sun do it's job. The coach got filthy with road grime in this last stretch, but we got to Winnebago before 1:00pm, with sunny skies and temperature around 42º. That last part is important because we needed to dump and flush the black tank before settling in. There is a Winter Storm Warning, with the crap weather predicted to start overnight - this was our "window" for getting the black tank dumped and winterized; done.
We have some paperwork to fill out and turn in tomorrow, but we should be able to sleep in (that's relative, considering we have been rolling very early most days) before we turn over the coach. We have a shuttle scheduled to take us to a hotel by the Mason City Airport tomorrow, then catch a flight out early Saturday morning... if weather allows. In the meantime, all the planning worked out, the temporary roof repairs held together, and Stephanie and I have both enjoyed spending the time together.
Now, it's up to Winnebago to do their thing. One fly in the ointment: the metal hood and fender panels have been back-ordered by Ford. It could come to pass that part of this repair may not happen (just found that out today)... none of that is function or safety related like the other damage. As tired as I am right now, I won't be losing sleep over that.
Earlier this week, the Aspect in a rest area with the big guys...
And, here in the overnight RV sites (by permit) at Winnebago Factory Service...
And now, the winter weather warnings are being scrolled across the TV screen; so, that's fun.
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