Monday, June 12, 2006
The Week of the Refrigerator
We had planned to head from Cape Disappointment down the coast to visit my brother John. But when we awoke in the morning our refrigerator was warm. Kit voted to turn around and go home but that wasn't possible because of tides, so we decided the next best thing would be to head to my mom's in Sweet Home where we could use her refrigerator. We took a very scenic route through north western Oregon and stopped at Fort Clatsop. FYI it is no longer a National Memorial but part of the new Lewis and Clark National Park. Also it is still being rebuilt after a catastrophic fire last fall.
Our plan was to get the refrigerator fixed (hopefully) at the RV repair place near moms. But they couldn't fit us in until Wednesday. Meanwhile we needed to find electricity to see if maybe it would work off electric so we checked into a brand new county park just 7 miles up the river. Beautiful spot by the way and we were the only campers the first night.
So we dropped the trailer on Wednesday after discussing (we thought) all the options including getting a new refrig. -- AND then headed over the mountains to see Kit's sister Milli near Redmond. We had a great visit with them. I was the croquet winner but Len is still the pool champ. Meanwhile we had a call from the Sweet Home RV place that our cooling unit was bad but they didn't have time to put in a new one. (Like they couldn't have told us this before).
SO now we are on like plan D. We go back to mom's for more visiting and shopping and make an appointment with Camping World near Portland to install a new refrigerator. We luck out and get a spot Friday night in a nearby campground with a pool and hot tub. We also spend lots of money at a new mall near Lake Oswego. Luckily all goes well at Camping World and we are on our way home by noon.
There is more to the saga but suffice it to say that we arrived home--the refrigerator is working--and there is a ton of work to do here so I shouldn't be sitting at the computer.
Our plan was to get the refrigerator fixed (hopefully) at the RV repair place near moms. But they couldn't fit us in until Wednesday. Meanwhile we needed to find electricity to see if maybe it would work off electric so we checked into a brand new county park just 7 miles up the river. Beautiful spot by the way and we were the only campers the first night.
So we dropped the trailer on Wednesday after discussing (we thought) all the options including getting a new refrig. -- AND then headed over the mountains to see Kit's sister Milli near Redmond. We had a great visit with them. I was the croquet winner but Len is still the pool champ. Meanwhile we had a call from the Sweet Home RV place that our cooling unit was bad but they didn't have time to put in a new one. (Like they couldn't have told us this before).
SO now we are on like plan D. We go back to mom's for more visiting and shopping and make an appointment with Camping World near Portland to install a new refrigerator. We luck out and get a spot Friday night in a nearby campground with a pool and hot tub. We also spend lots of money at a new mall near Lake Oswego. Luckily all goes well at Camping World and we are on our way home by noon.
There is more to the saga but suffice it to say that we arrived home--the refrigerator is working--and there is a ton of work to do here so I shouldn't be sitting at the computer.
# posted by Carol Harma @ 3:32 PM 
