Pete was so proactive about this trip. Even though we are veteran travelers and campers, he took it upon himself to make lists for me so preparing was easier. He also made many of the reservations. As vacation quickly approached, his efforts were appreciated. The two weeks leading up to vacation were bears!
We lived through: the end of school for the kids, the end of my school year (in addition to actively operating my catering business, I have been working full-time with special ed in our local elementary school as a para-educator), the end of Isaac's work portion of his Eagle Project, Isaac's driver's test (he passed!), all culminating with Millie's dance recital on Saturday June 22, the day we were pulling out on our road trip. OY.
When we showed up at Cruise America to pick up the RV on Friday June 21, they didn't have the one we had reserved. They had a smaller one. There was a mix-up. They DID have a 30-footer, it just didn't have a working compressor. The guy behind the counter suggested we just rent a compressor and they would pay for it OR we could take the smaller RV OR take a 3-hour detour to pick up a working RV (add in unpacking and repacking!!). None of those options was going to work for us.
As soon as I pressed Counter Guy for details about how we were going to be compensated for our troubles, he quickly found another solution: They changed the compressor from the smaller RV to the 30-footer we had ordered. The only issue was that Pete opted to stay at the RV office for those three hours while I readied Millie for that evening's recital dress rehearsal and finished packing. Not such a great start.
But that was soon forgotten. We got dress rehearsal out of the way. One BFF stopped by to bless our RV before travel and bring us a wonderful Bon Voyage Bag. Other BFFs stopped by with wine while we finished packing and we toasted to our road trip.
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