Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Hurry Up and Wait

Sunday morning we stopped at a grocery store then headed back to McKinney, TX which took us through Dallas. Along the way, we stopped for a nice visit with John's cousin Gwen, whom we haven't seen in several years.

Monday afternoon, we were supposed to get some new window shades installed by MCD Innovations. These will be much better than the ones that came with the RV. Easier to manipulate and better insulation. We parked in their camping/parking lot so we were ready for them at any time. Before lunch we shopped, John got his hair cut and I got all my Christmas cards ready to mail. About 3 that afternoon, someone told us we were next on the list so we left the keys with the front desk and went for a walk. By 5 PM, no work had been done.

Tuesday morning we were ready at 8 AM, at 9:15 we were told it would be 1 PM before they could start, so John called our friend, Jim, and made arrangements to get together with him in the afternoon and then go out to dinner when his wife could join us. I went shopping on the square in McKinney and had a delightful afternoon. It was a great place to window shop and browse the stores. When I returned at 4:30, our friend had arrived and the installer had been at work for several hours. Five of the seven shades in the body of the RV were completed.

We had a great dinner in downtown Plano with our friends Jim & Gini. We sat and talked for quite some time after dinner enjoying their company.

Wednesday morning, the installer actually showed up a little after 8 AM and started work. It took all day to install the remaining three shades in the front part of the coach, two front side windows and the electric shade over the windshield. There was some difficulty in wiring the electricity for the windshield shade. We had thought we would play golf, but decided not to then wished we had. Everything was done a little after 5 PM. We were so bored and apprehensive of the approaching storm front that we paid up, hitched up and left by 5:45.

We drove a whopping 3 1/2 hours including a stop for supper. Tonight we are at the Walmart in Longview, TX. Our goal is to arrive in Winston-Salem, NC early afternoon on Saturday. We are taking the "southern" route through Atlanta hoping to avoid the worst of the rapidly moving cold front. We have 2.5 days to travel a little over 1000 miles.

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