Awake 6:11 am Temp 54 Cloudy Overnight in Nicktown, PA
A good rest for both of us.
I check our motorhome for mice upstairs & in the basement area. None
found! This is good, and it's good to be back in Nicktown again.
We casually unpack our suitcases & sort thru our expense receipts.
Afternoon time, I turn on the well water pump...hook up the portable water
filtering system & Kathy does 3 laundry loads.
Later I check all compartments for water leaks....not bad...only a few
damp spots considering all the rain that must have fallen from those 4
hurricanes during our 21 days away.
Then I begin opening the remaining # 2 & # 4 slides. Upon opening # 2, I
hear some extra noise not heard before. I should have stopped the
extension but didn't. I went outside to visually see what happened: The #
2 slide rubber seal has pulled out of it trough. This seal is like a bike
inner tube. It deflates when retracting or extending the slide, then the
seal expands with 20 lbs of air pressure to keep the slide inside sealed
from dust, wind, rain, noise, etc. I was pretty disappointed. I have heard
of this happening to others but never thought it would happen to us.
Because of the heavy rains during our absence, that seal probably became,
in a way, glued to the slide itself and when it was extended, pulled a
section of it along with it. I'll be talking with the Newell experts in
Oklahoma soon.
Call my brother Don in Ebensburg, we agree to meet for dinner @ Amici's
restaurant tomorrow.
Call Newell, talk with Tommy. He tells me I can reset that seal if I
have...( 2 ) hydraulic jacks, ( 2 ) 4 X 4 pieces of wood & a plastic
pancake turner to aid in maneuvering the seal back into it's slot. Ok...I
hope I can find the equipment to work with.
Dinner: Guess what? I don't remember.
Late evening...we talk with Melissa. They are doing great & Matthew is
growing & keeping them busy.
Call my Sister Corinne...we are trying to figure out when we can
rendezvous.
Call Zack: Leave message.
Call friends Gary & Grace...they would like to visit us this coming
weekend for a day only.
We watch a little late TV... Lights out: 11:55 pm
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