When we left you last, we were rain soaked…  Yeah! The rain finally stopped!!  Sunshine! Cooler Temps! Nothing does more for one’s outlook than sun and temps in the 70s! Pat and I spent a week in the church parking lot in Topeka... then drove to Wichita for the weekend concert and Sunday services. The weather was fine and we are beginning to feel human again after two weeks of rain.

Then we were en route to Milwaukee... there was a front just behind us causing some wind but the sun was shining and we were hoping for clear skies ahead! And maybe a little less wind, since we do drive a 12 foot high, 32 foot long "sail"!  ;-) Milwaukee and Rochester were great then it was time to head home.

Pat and I pulled into our Cumming GA RV lot around 8:00 pm October 9th. The trip home was a rough one... not sure why other than the rain, wind, distance (1100 miles), our level of fatigue and crummy roads... and possible front end alignment issues... But I'm getting ahead of myself... let's go back to the beginning of our trek home.

First of all, upstate Wisconsin was beautiful! The fall colors were approaching their peak and the weather was perfect. Pat and I spent three days between our concerts in Milwaukee and Rochester MN looking at God's masterpiece! Then on our final miles toward Rochester, we stopped in Wabasha MN at the National Eagle Center. The Center is on the Mississippi river in the migration path of the mighty bald eagle. They have 4 rescued eagles in residence and I thought my birding sweetie was never going to leave the eagle's room!  From there we drove the last few miles to the church in Rochester, MN.

The Rochester church and their host Lutheran church took very good care of us. After a great weekend, Monday came and it was time to start home. The weather was overcast but temps were fine so we made our normal preps for departure... disconnect the water and electric... stow all belongings inside for travel.... and pull up the levelers... pull up the levelers! Sound familiar? The same leveler that kept us from touring in July would not retract!  Pat and I tried several things... reset the system, prayed and lubricated the leveler jacks... We were both thinking, "God we cannot stay in Minnesota for the next few weeks while they order parts and try to diagnose the problem like we did in July!" But finally, after 4 or 5 resets, they finally retracted!

We decided not to lower them again until we got home. If we were going to be stuck somewhere… better it should be at home! This turned out to be a good decision since upon arriving home; they seem to be stuck in the retracted position. So I think we will be calling our ole repairman, Roger, to take another stab at fixing the problem. ‘Cause call me crazy, but I think a repair should last longer than 2 months!

We are still waiting on parts (we have been waiting 5 weeks as of the writing of this letter) and the coach sways every time one of us moves around inside, so pray for us as we wait yet another time for repairs.  More to come in our continuing RV saga...