Record heat wave

The miserably high and humid temperatures continued today as I took the rig into Universal to address my long list of grievances.  :(  I decided not to wait with Emma at the dealer's.  It was just too uncomfortable.  I headed back in the car with Emma to Andy's.  Of course, the family had left and locked the house.  So, Emma and I tried to chill out in the back yard by moving around to find pockets of shade.

Around 1:00, I received a call asking me to return to Universal.  Wouldn't you know, everything (levelers, AC, and generator) were working fine at the dealers.  :(  Eventually, it was determined that the switch for the AC was bad, but they didn't have the correct switch to replace it, so that is on order.  The leveler business is a little harder to understand, but suffice it to say, I will use the manual setting rather than the automatic setting unless I am in a very level paved RV park.  I'm very familiar with that, so it is no great hardship.  The gremlins for a couple of things may have been the young grandsons that feel they must push every button that they see. 

I sure hope that switch comes in soon, as I'm now basking in 92* temperatures in the rig.  It will be a challenge to sleep tonight!  The normal high temperature here for this time of year is 70*.  I sure wish things were normal, weather wise. 

I've had very little time to check on other's blogs or comment on them, so I hope you'll understand.

Tomorrow, I'm off with Andy and the boys to the Minnesota Children's Museum in St. Paul.  I need a day to not think about the rig.  On Wednesday, DISH is coming out to remedy the problems with setting up reception in a new rig.  After many attempts by Andy, me, and the tech at Universal, I still don't have reception.  The person I talked to at the DISH customer support location initially told me it would cost about $100 to get them to service me.  I told her that was bogus since I'd been a loyal customer for four years.  After further checking on her part, it was determined that it wouldn't cost me anything to have a service rep come out and straighten everything out. These folks just don't get that I live in a motorhome and move around the country.  Their perception is that I'm in a mobile home in some permanent park somewhere. 

Several other issues were taken care of with the rig, including the braking system for the toad.  All in all, this would be a lot less challenging if it weren't for the mid 90's temperatures.  Wish there was a lake to go skinny dipping in tonight!  :-0

Thanks for stopping by....talk to you later,  Judy