We arrived at the Excel Service Center (aka Camp Peterson) on Sunday afternoon. No other rigs were there??? We backed up to one of the service bays and hooked up to the electricity. Later in the afternoon, went to the local burger joint, Jiffy Burger, for burgers and ice cream. Around 11:30pm, another rig pulled in. Whew, that is late!
Bright and early, 6:00am, we were up and out of the rig. The service technicians begin at 6:15am. We had scheduled replacement of the roofs on the two large slideouts. The original material was 1/16" luan under the rubber covering the slideouts. It was replaced with 3/8" plywood. Since several rigs have reported "waves" in the roofs and our rig is out of warranty, the service center split the cost 50/50. We had a few other items taken care of, including replacing two drawer rails. On the trip to Smith Center, one of the kitchen drawers came out during travel. When we extended the slideout, it caught the drawer and bent the rails.
Total cost of all repairs...one large!
We met the other couple, who came in late, Terry and Phyllis. They are new full-timers, February 2010. We went to breakfast at our favorite place, The Second Cup for some good food and conversation.
This morning we were getting ready to leave when I noticed the kitchen slideout was protruding out about an inch. The service technician came out and discovered one of the bolts was broken. We went to breakfast while they repaired it. We hit the road around 9:15am and headed for Colorado. We can't arrive in Eagle Nest until Sunday, so we are going to spend a few days in Colorado. Can't wait to get to the cooler weather in the mountains!
