Good News on the Fit

We got the Fit back already!  We were afraid that the front end had been tweaked and would need some work.  But the news was good!!

They said the alignment was not even off!  All it needed was new tires where they had been chewed up.  So Rick was right, we could have gotten by with getting some tires on locally and continued on our way.  But after being stranded in Pendleton for 11 days last April, we were not anxious to repeat that scenario in Umatilla, OR!!  So we are home, the Fit is home and we are trying to decide what to do next.

Fear is a funny thing.  It kinda sneaks up on you and before you know it, it has you in its grasp.  Those nasty little thoughts about what has happened and what might happen chase themselves around in your head like a nightmarish Merry-go-round.  It’s been that kind of year here and we need to figure out what to do to get ourselves out of the funk.

Just heard about someone who had their motorhome broken into and all their electronics stolen, and some other damage done.  This was while it was parked in their driveway behind a locked gate.  There are bad people out there and bad things happen.  But theirs is not my story to tell.  It just goes to show that you never know what is coming at you next.  If thieves will break into a motor home parked in a driveway behind a locked gate, what might they do if they notice the RV is gone for an extended period of time and the house is unoccupied?

Bad things can happen whether you are at home or on the road.  My sister could have died while I was gone.  We could have lost Rusty while we were gone.  But both of these things happened while we were at home, not on the road.  It doesn’t matter where you are, you cannot hide from life.  But you can evaluate your choices and make decisions based on life experiences.

If we choose to stay at home and get rid of the RV, it will not be because of things that may happen on the road.  It will be a conscious choice made on the basis of what is right for us.  It seems, with our physical limitations, and perhaps some mental lapses as well, that we might just be better off sticking closer to home.  We think the latest problem with the Fit just might have been operator error.  If we could mess up in such a simple matter and cause such damage, who knows what else we might do? 

This is not meant to be a downer.  It is simply a statement of fact.  We are doing some serious thinking about what we need to do with the rest of our lives.  RVing is a wonderful activity and we enjoyed it for many years when we were younger.  If we choose to stop RVing, it is not an indictment of that lifestyle, it is simply what we need to do for ourselves.  We will always have our memories of trips we have taken and things we have seen.  We can always go for a short trip somewhere close and stay in a rental.

And so, the next few days will be spent thinking and talking.  We can’t take off right now anyway.  We have some kind of electrical problem here at home.  I turned on the A/C in the motor home yesterday afternoon as it was so HOT inside.  Went back a couple of hours later and there was no electric to the rig.  The pool pump was also dead.  Both of these are on separate circuits and Russ checked the breakers and they were not tripped.  He reset them anyway but that did no good.  The motor home plug-in is showing no power on the tester.  So Monday we will call the electrical company that put the plug in for us and see what they can do.