Back on the road

Cummins South Plains in Odessa, Texas went right to work on our RV first thing this morning.  They discovered that in order to install our new part they would have to remove the muffler from the coach.  After the new part and the muffler were installed, they took the coach for a test drive and declared it repaired.  Around 10:30 they presented us with the bill for the part and about 5 hours of labor plus taxes and fees….close to $900.    We paid the bill and hooked up the Escape and got organized for travel.  We hit the road around 11:30 and drove back to Pecos where we topped off the fuel at Flying J and continued west.  By making minimal stops to change off drivers, we made good time and arrived at the Dreamcatcher RV Park in Deming, NM around 5:30 local time.  (We’d changed time zones near Van Horn, TX)  From Las Cruces, NM to Deming we were driving in very strong winds and we kept an eye on the large awning which we had secured with extra straps.  As we pulled into Dreamcatcher we heard a loud banging and thumping and thought the awning had indeed come loose.  But, no, the large plastic cover on the rear heat pump had come off, crashed around on the roof and part of it onto the ground, in lots of pieces.  Nine years in the sun obviously is not good for plastic!  We picked up the pieces and got registered and parked before Tom climbed to the roof to get the rest of the pieces.  The wine came out shortly thereafter!!!  Tomorrow will be another day…and we had already planned to stop at Camping World in Tucson to meet friends for lunch