Well sounds like the whole country is in for some lousy weather. It was just sprinkling a little before we left but the forecast for tonight and tomorrow didn't sound good. We left Campfire Lodgings in Asheville at about 11:00 am which was about one half hour after our neighbors left. The neighbors that just started full timing recently. The ones that took 11 hours to go from Savannah to Asheville. I intentionally waited that half hour to make sure he was down the mountain ahead of us. Should have waited 45 minutes. We drove on the ridge of the mountain to the office with our car hooked up ready to head down the mountain and there he was still hooking his car up. About 10 minutes later he started down the mountain with us behind him. I have no idea how he got up the mountain in the dark due to how long it took him to go down in broad daylight. Oh well he made it and we weren't in any hurry so it was no big deal for us.
We stopped at the South Carolina Welcome Center and later we stopped for fuel and pissed around inside the Pilot gas station for a while getting pop and coffee and paying for diesel etc. etc. We then took the scenic route to Gaffney and still got here at the Freightliner Service Center at about 2:30 pm. We then unhooked the car, got into a space, took the bikes and the bike carrier off the back of the motorhome and checked in with the office to go over our service appointment for tomorrow. We take the bikes and carrier off so they can access the engine compartment for the service work.
Here at Freightliner it is a no frills kind of a set up but we aren't complaining. We have 50 amp electricity but no water or sewer hook ups. This is not an issue since we can go the two days we will be here using our holding tanks for water, grey and black sewage.
My oldest son Gabe doesn't like it when I post without pictures so I told him I would post some pictures of the Freightliner parking lot today. Hope you like them.
I can do the service work myself. In fact I bought two 22 ton jacks that I have put the motorhome on when I greased it earlier this year. I just wanted to be able to do it in the event we have a problem and I need to change a filter or drain water out of the fuel water separator and I just want to understand where things are. I found all of the grease fittings but the one between the axles for my big ass was not easy to get to. Anyway I do other things myself but at least while the chassis is under warranty I will probably bring it back here and let them do the chassis/engine service work.
We are in the heart of Nascar country don't ya know.
This is the back on the service center
This the front of the service center and the education facility. Service bays on the right and a waiting room and class rooms on the left.
This is the parking lot behind the service area. There are two rows of motorhomes back here waiting for service. You can't see the second row of motorhomes but they are behind the building on the right.
Here we are set up for the evening. At around 8:00 am tomorrow morning they will knock on the door and we will get into the car and head to Charlotte for the day. Not sure what we are going to do other than eat Chinese food. We will have the dogs with us so that kind of limits what we can do. We will come back around 4:00 pm where we will spend another night in the parking lot and then head down to Gabe's the next morning.
Precision Paint in Breman sure did a great job repairing this side of the motorhome where the guy ran into us going through Atlanta last year. I have buffed every square inch of the motorhome this past summer which took me around 80-120 hours and I can't tell anything was ever done to it in the way of body repairs or repainting. The buffing I did removed every swirl mark and cob web that the guys didn't get when we had it detailed in Fort Myers last year. I think the finish on the motorhome looks better now than the day it was brand new. Polishing it brings out a very deep shine since the scratches have all been removed. I know Jim I am just a little anal about this.
How did you like these parking lot pictures.
