We woke up to pee early this am (6ish) and decided it would be smart to finish hooking up to the utilities. When we get into a new site, we quickly connect electric and turn on propane, leaving water and sewer for another time. Yesterday we had appointments and grocery shopping that kept us out in the heat most of the day.
We started filling the fresh water tank (for emergencies since we can – and do – just hook up to their water directly for our stay here), got the bikes down from the carrier and locked up front; put the rug out to minimize dirt into the rig (really does very little to that end but we keep fooling ourselves), and finally pull down the awning to help shade the door side of the RV. Well, things were going well when we broke the pull mechanism on the awning and couldn’t pull it down. With the heat wave coming we were a bit panicked.
There’s a work truck in the RV park that we see a lot that says something about “RV Awnings” sold, installed, fixed, etc. Off we go to find it. It wasn’t where it usually parks so we circled that particular section and were about to return home when he pulled in. We whined/explained about our “problem” and he followed us home. We parked on one side of the space and he on the other. We had barely gotten out of the truck when we noticed that he had the awning down. He showed us how it can get a bit skewed and needs a little brute force to square it up and pull it down using the side supports. He gave us a new pull strap, showed us how to use our “de-flapper” thingee (keeps the awning from ripping off the rig and leaving the earth’s gravitational pull to enter the universe during heavy winds), and went on his way – no cost??? What a guy – sweating sweating sweating and doing a good deed!
Winter can't some soon enough!!!!
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