So more good news is we get to spend
more time with Kevin's Mom, Glorianna and his sister Torreen. Though
Theresa is working and Kevin is trying to get set up to do some part
time work for Asponte, the same company who employs Theresa, we still
manage to spend some afternoons and evenings with his mom and sister.
Internet connectivity has been a
challenge. Theresa got a Verizon Mifi 4gLTE from her boss to use.
It has disconnected more than it has stayed connected. It seems to
disconnect every time another device connects. It is designed to
support up to 10 devices at once however when each new device is
connected the others freeze or time-out. The Mifi however indicates
all devices are connected. Go figure. Theresa has pushed it to the
limit as she has tried to conduct emeetings, google hangouts and
join.me sessions with varying degrees of success. Kevin is trying to
download Software he needs to get setup so we will see how that goes.
The campground wifi is sitting at 20% so that only works for very
slow small email messages.
Theresa will do some more research and
may need to spend time on the Verizon Helpless desk to figure this
out :0.
Kevin checked with the RV service
manager on Monday and requested that the starter motor be ordered.
This was after last Monday's request to have it tested due to its
failure to start in cold weather. Each day since Kevin has inquired
on the results of the tests on the starter. Each day the answer was
similar. We forgot to test it, or, We could not test it without
raising up the rear end of the vehicle. Only after he sat with the
Service manager and again explained the difficulty in starting in
weather below 45 degrees did he get a commitment that a starter would
be ordered. Kevin requested they provide a cost of rebuilt vs new and
to work with the extended warrantee company to see how much of the
cost they would cover. On Tuesday Kevin sought out the Service
manager again to gain status as they had not called him on Monday
with an update. The service manager gave Kevin the cost of a new
Starter and asked “So do you want us to order one?”. “YES”
was the reply. “How long will it take to be delivered?” Kevin
asked. “Well it may have to come from Atlanta so figure one to
two days” the service manager replied. Today (Thursday) Kevin
visited with the Service representative to again seek information on
expected delivery date for the starter. The service rep was not
willing to provide a date. Kevin then informed him that the Service
manager had indicated one to two days back on Tuesday. “Well it
says here a two day turn around, that is typically the time it takes
them to fill the order before they ship it out” was the next bit of
bad news from the service rep. He did confirm that the Starter had
been ordered and we still have no delivery date. They are loosing
points everyday. However we are still camping for free so not going
to complain too much, but this is getting very old!
With this delay, we may have to drive
everyday instead of our original plans to drive Friday- Monday and
chill and work Tuesday-Thursday. With 2500 miles to cover at
200-300/day that is 10 days or so. We still hope to make it to CA by
Xmas. Keeping a positive attitude! At least we are missing the
nasty weather crossing the country right now... hope we hit that
right :)
Note: I have switched to Dates rather
than days in our journey, just to simplify and there is not that much
to report ;(
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