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The replacement channels for the bottoms of my dented bay doors have FINALLY arrived (Monaco, can you hear this?) after SIX WEEKS. Clay, my RV guy, says I should have my motor home back by .... (drum roll!) Friday!! This is the job that was supposed to be done by the 25th of October. When I get The Escape Capsule back, I then take it to another shop that will replace the rear-slide awning and install replacement parts for a recall on my fridge. After that, it's off to the Ford dealership for them to do recall work on the cruise control. And then it's mine, all mine!

I had wondered whether it was a good idea to have Clay contract out the body work, rather than taking it to a body shop myself. As it turns out, I wasn't satisfied with the shoddy work, so Clay refused to pay the guy. They have had a battle royale, with threats and everything. If it had just been me against that guy (or another body shop) ... he would have just kept my rig until he got the $$. Clay is having another, more trusted body shop complete the job. And he has been on the phone for weeks badgering the local Monaco dealer (which ordered the parts) and Monaco as well for those channels. So Clay has really earned his keep.

His shop did a long list of "honey-do's," from fixing my "pot drawer" (which would catapult across the kitchen floor when I turned right), to adding three new 12V plugs and an aftermarket cooling fan in the driver's compartment. He got rid of the "death rattle," installed the new floor (sigh) and he also re-sealed the roof. It'll be like a new rig.

Now if I can just get rid of those #!$&% mice.

What a saga that's been! Remember, mice are your friends. Take them on a little trip. It will give them something to tell their grandchildren, who will probably come along for the ride too!

I'll never forget last summer, when I set a bunch of traps overnight. In the morning, I took the dogs
for their morning "pee," and when I came back I found a young mouse cowering and shivering, traumatized,
on one of the interior steps. I assisted him outside and let him go. When I checked my traps, I found
five dead mice. I felt like a mass murderer.

LOL, that's funny. My niece caught a mouse in a sticky trap and went to throw it out and her daughter started crying because she wanted to keep it in her room as it was her friend, just like she saw on Cinderella.

Wow, so glad you'll finally get the rig back.

In Kaibab, the last week, a mouse got in my rig. I refused to use a trap that would kill it - so first town we hit, I bought one of those that humanely traps the mouse. First night, I put it in the wrong location. Next night, I put it in the right one - mouse caught - and left on the other side of the Grand Canyon to find someone else to bother. The dang little thing was stealing all of Peaches food out of her bowl and stashing it places. That really was funny.

When I left Coffeyville, Kansas last December, I had a little stowaway all the way to San Diego. He (or she) finally decided it had enough and left, presumably the way it got in in November. I kept hearing chewing in a top shelf but could never see it. Was sitting in bed one night and spied the little thing running from under the couch to who-know-where. Disappeared before I could see it again. Figure it had a pretty nice ride for a week on the way back. Got to see some of the world that way.

Maybe I could frighten them out by playing the soundtrack from "Cats." (Yeah, that was bad)

I just re-read my original post ... and I just want to clarify that my "pot drawer' contains cooking implements, not implements de smoking.

Getupngo wrote:I just re-read my original post ... and I just want to clarify that my "pot drawer' contains cooking implements, not implements de smoking.

Thanks for my morning giggle!

The fact that you felt the need to clarify that makes us go.....Hmmmm

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I just thought you meant medical marijuana.

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Did I mention that when my pot drawer blew out it would go "bong!" on the floor?

Getupngo wrote:Did I mention that when my pot drawer blew out it would go "bong!" on the floor?

Getupngo wrote:Did I mention that when my pot drawer blew out it would go "bong!" on the floor?

When it did that, did it bounce back up really, really "high"?