Trying Day for TiogaRV Team
3pm - Whatta Day!
Stuff happened today that kept on coming at us from 8am to just a little while ago at 3pm. That's the reason we are making our first Blog post now!
Here is what happened:
8am - We compiled a shopping list over the passed few days. At 8am, off we went to go shopping.
8:30am - Made an appointment over at RV Trailer Supply to install a dual propane holder onto Scampy’s tongue for Thursday, Dec 1st at 9am.
9am - Boid does not like his new seeds. Went to Kahoots Pet Supply to buy new seeds. Not sure if Boid likes these seeds either. I guess, time will tell.
9:30am - Went to Rite Aid Pharmacy for eye glass cleaner. While at Rite Aid, we were browsing and found a lot of stuff on our shopping list!
At O’Reilly we were looking for a blind for Honda’s driver’s side window.
11am - To install the window blind, we had to lower Honda’s driver’s side window. After installation of the blind, the electric window would not go back up! All the other windows went up and down. Only the driver’s side window would not work.
11:30 - Search in the Honda FIT manual for help. Nothing there about the electric window.
11:45am - Looked up the phone number for Honda America, and called service for help. But service asked for data on Honda FIT. Lots of data! VIN number. My home address. Phone number. Email address. She notified me about a recall for driver’s side air bag. I told her that the bag exploded in December 2015. She wanted to know how that happened to the air bag. Told her the bag exploded from a vehicle accident. She wanted to know all about the accident. Question after question….ad infinitum!!
After all of those questions [during which about 1/2 hour passed] she informed that I needed to take Honda to a dealer to fix window!
12:30pm - Off to Honda dealer.
8am - We compiled a shopping list over the passed few days. At 8am, off we went to go shopping.
8:30am - Made an appointment over at RV Trailer Supply to install a dual propane holder onto Scampy’s tongue for Thursday, Dec 1st at 9am.
9am - Boid does not like his new seeds. Went to Kahoots Pet Supply to buy new seeds. Not sure if Boid likes these seeds either. I guess, time will tell.
9:30am - Went to Rite Aid Pharmacy for eye glass cleaner. While at Rite Aid, we were browsing and found a lot of stuff on our shopping list!
- Universal Mount for iPhone to use in Little Honda
- Post-It note pad
- Package of rubber bands [ we use these for lots of stuff]
- Screwdrivers - tiny precision type [watches & eyeglases]
- Scotch Bride heavy duty green scrub sponge
At O’Reilly we were looking for a blind for Honda’s driver’s side window.
11am - To install the window blind, we had to lower Honda’s driver’s side window. After installation of the blind, the electric window would not go back up! All the other windows went up and down. Only the driver’s side window would not work.
11:30 - Search in the Honda FIT manual for help. Nothing there about the electric window.
11:45am - Looked up the phone number for Honda America, and called service for help. But service asked for data on Honda FIT. Lots of data! VIN number. My home address. Phone number. Email address. She notified me about a recall for driver’s side air bag. I told her that the bag exploded in December 2015. She wanted to know how that happened to the air bag. Told her the bag exploded from a vehicle accident. She wanted to know all about the accident. Question after question….ad infinitum!!
After all of those questions [during which about 1/2 hour passed] she informed that I needed to take Honda to a dealer to fix window!
12:30pm - Off to Honda dealer.
Honda engine would not start! The engine battery was dead!
1:45pm - O’Reilly Auto Parts
Went to O’Reilly located next door to Rite Aid Pharmacy. Bought a new battery for Honda.
1:45pm - O’Reilly Auto Parts
Went to O’Reilly located next door to Rite Aid Pharmacy. Bought a new battery for Honda.
2pm - Began installing new Honda battery. Had to go back to O'Reilly a couple of times. Once to have new battery checked. Once to return old battery for credit of the battery's deposit.
3pm - Posting about all of this stuff so that you would know about our day!
3pm - Posting about all of this stuff so that you would know about our day!
Whatta ya think?
4pm - One More Thing!
You will likely be incredulous to read learn that, just as we were about to leave the parking lot [The same parking lot where we spent most of the day], a boy passed by Scampy and using a key, deliberately put a scratch in Scampy's door!
Fortunately, it was a minor scratch. We once more returned to O"Reilly's Auto Parts, told about the boy putting a scratch in Scampy's door.
The manager at O'Reilly's suggested we use:
"Formula-1 Scratch Out"
We bought the Formula-1 Scratch Out and a little bundle of polishing cloths. The scratch disappeared. Like magic!
5pm - What else could plague us?
We returned to John & Mimi's home. What more could happen to us that is bad while here at the home of our friends?
8pm - IT'S STILL NOT OVER!!!!!!
After supper with John and Mimi, I returned to Scampy. And here is what happened THEN:
* I went inside the Honda to get the extension cords to connect up to electric power. And locked the Honda behind me. After running the cords from the house to Scampy, I realized that I needed the 30amp to 20amp plug which was inside the Honda.
* When I went into my pocket for the keys, the keys were not there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What is this F-c-kin Sh-t!!?? I lit up iPhone's flashlight and went searching everywhere that I could think of. Nothing! I retraced my steps. Nothing!
* But I knew that I opened the Honda for the extension cords. I had the keys then. So, I went back several times back over my path, looking in the dark for the missing keys. Finally, there they were! Just in front of the Honda on the street!!
8:30pm - Wait! It's still not over!
After getting the electric power to Scampy, I went to wash my hands in the Scampy's kitchen sink. NO WATER CAME OUT! Just the sound of the water pump cavitating [The sound this type of pump makes when the supply of water is missing].
I figured that the fresh water tank must be empty. I went outside to fill it. John has a hose bib in the front of his house in a raised area. I went up on this raised area, and to steady myself in the dark, put my hand out to a tree trunk. But the tree trunk was covered with spines. And I got stuck several places!!!!
Not stopping to attend to the bleeding places on my hand, I found the hose bib and connected my hose.
When I went to step down from the raised area, it was pretty dark. And I was not able to discern in the dark that what I thought was a 1-foot wall was actually a 3-foot wall!
Down I went falling and catapulting across the sidewalk and rolling over on my back ending up in the gutter next to Scampy.
During my fall, I tried to stop myself with my hand on the sidewalk. The same hand that got stuck by the tree spines!!!!!!!
I was not badly hurt. Just damned pissed off! And went about filling the fresh water tank.
Checking the water pump
Usually, cavitating a water pump for an extended period would destroy the pump. After the fresh water tank was filled, I started the water pump and it worked! The cavitation did not damage the water pump.
Lucky me!
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