We hurry out the door and what????the dickens no damage to the car, but look at the motorhome!!!!! Some younger person has hit the motorhome and done damage to the drivers side rear. She said she was doing about 60mph when she hit the RV. As you can see, it was a glancing blow. The missing mirror on the truck flew into the cab and hit the girl on her neck and shoulder.
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How did she manage to not hit the car?, well she said she was reaching for a paper so it would not blow out the window and you know what happens, when you reach you also have a tendency to pull that way with the steering wheel. So we waited for the sheriff to come and when he came he told us the state police would be showing up. To make the long story short....we waited and after two hours he let us go, but the younger lady was given a ticket. He told her how lucky she was to be alive, if she had been even 1/2 of an inch closer to the motorhome she would have probably died. The pictures don't show all the damage. Our Left rear lighting is out of commision and the locker door just barely opens. The whole rear panel is pushed forward a half inch. We don't know if there is any unseen damage. First thing is to get the lights operating on both the coach and now the car as well.
So now we are two hours later and finally on our way. We think we need to get to I-95 so we travel and get on it. We stop about noontime to put diesel in the motorhome and think that we should also run the car as they say every time you stop for gas you should run the auto for 15 minutes. We run the car for 20 minutes and get back on the road to the next rest area about 1/2 mile up the road where we pull off for lunch. We walk Charley and let her run around a little before getting back on the road.
We arrive at Thousand Trails Chesapeake Bay Preserve about 3:30, check in and go to unhook the car......and you guessed it the car battery was dead! We call Cadillac and after about an hour a wrecker shows up and gives us a jump and we can move the auto to where our campsite is. Needless to say we needed to let the car charge for awhile, so we thought what the heck why not go into Gloucester and see if we can find a Walmart and buy a jumper cable box. We arrive at Walmart and Tom does not like what they have so we find an Applebee's and eat dinner before heading back to the campsite.
On the way back to our campsite Nancy told Tom to just keep on route 17 then turn in Glenns on route 198. Tom said to trust the GPS cause he programed it into our campsite before leaving and it told us to take another route to get back. You guessed it the GPS had the wrong information and it took us about 11.3 miles out of the way. I guess Tom should listen to Nancy when she says the GPS does not have the right setting for us.
Anyhow we are here, the thunderstorm is past and we are dry and we get absolutely no TV. So, I guess this is the night we pull out the CD's and watch some of them.
Hope you all had an enjoyable holiday, and continue reading our blog.
So now we are two hours later and finally on our way. We think we need to get to I-95 so we travel and get on it. We stop about noontime to put diesel in the motorhome and think that we should also run the car as they say every time you stop for gas you should run the auto for 15 minutes. We run the car for 20 minutes and get back on the road to the next rest area about 1/2 mile up the road where we pull off for lunch. We walk Charley and let her run around a little before getting back on the road.
We arrive at Thousand Trails Chesapeake Bay Preserve about 3:30, check in and go to unhook the car......and you guessed it the car battery was dead! We call Cadillac and after about an hour a wrecker shows up and gives us a jump and we can move the auto to where our campsite is. Needless to say we needed to let the car charge for awhile, so we thought what the heck why not go into Gloucester and see if we can find a Walmart and buy a jumper cable box. We arrive at Walmart and Tom does not like what they have so we find an Applebee's and eat dinner before heading back to the campsite.
On the way back to our campsite Nancy told Tom to just keep on route 17 then turn in Glenns on route 198. Tom said to trust the GPS cause he programed it into our campsite before leaving and it told us to take another route to get back. You guessed it the GPS had the wrong information and it took us about 11.3 miles out of the way. I guess Tom should listen to Nancy when she says the GPS does not have the right setting for us.
Anyhow we are here, the thunderstorm is past and we are dry and we get absolutely no TV. So, I guess this is the night we pull out the CD's and watch some of them.
Hope you all had an enjoyable holiday, and continue reading our blog.
1 comment:
Scrapes and dents on vehicles can be fixed, unfortunately and usually at quite an expense. However, people are not so resilient. Glad neither one of you was injured. There will be better days. Safe travel...
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