I had planned to leave on Sunday (less traffic etc) but I was sitting around on Sat. am listening to the 40mph winds rocking the rig, 40 deg outside, with the promise of a huge ice storm coming in Sun eve. Why, I said, am I still here? One hour later I was on the road.
About 6pm, dark, windy, I was approaching Atoka OK when the engine suddenly quit (lights still on, radio playing). I managed to steer far over on the shoulder and shut everything down. I cranked it twice but it wouldn't fire. Great, I said to myself, time to call Good Sam Emergency Roadside Assistance.
Good idea, except the card I had in my wallet was only the "sample" card without my account number. Fortunately, I had charged the cellphone so I called Mary-Anne, gave her passwords so she could access my email, she went online to Good Sam, told them I'd lost my password so they sent an email, which she got, and used that password to get into Good Sam ERS to get my account number. Whew!
Anyhow, a tow truck eventually came and towed me off to an RV "park" in Atoka OK. The driver knew a good mechanic and called him, and he'd be out on Sun. morn to see if the fix would be something simple. I thought something had come loose because of the way it just quit in mid-everything, no stuttering or stammering. Sure enough, the coil wire was loose, a one-minute fix. I wasn't about to get out there in the dark with semis whizzing by 3 ft away, and I'm not sure I would have recognized the problem anyway. But I will now.
Anyway, he fixed it and I was on the road once again about noon. Nice folk in Atoka. Total cost to me was $12 for the RV spot and $30 for the mechanic. Made it to my friends' house in Killeen TX about 7.30pm, nice and warm. However, overnight the edge of that big storm has reached here and it's gray, windy, and chilly. It's supposed to be 78 deg in Houston by Thursday so it's not going to last long. And that means my "vacation" in Magnolia Beach, Port Lavaca, will be great.
So that's where I'll be for xmas and new year's. Then it's off to Seven Bluffs Cabins & RVs near Concan TX, in the hill country west of San Antonio, for Jan & Feb. workamping 20 hrs/wk for a full hookup site.
All's well that ends well.
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3 comments:
As I read your blog made me nervous to hear you'd broken down. Glad you got it resolved. Stay in touch and stay safe !
Lindaxtwo
Whew. But it is a riveting tale, nicely told. Hope you have a great hols, Book Lady!
It was so dark out there the tow truck driver couldn't find me. He called and asked what I could see; I said big pole lights north of me; he said, "well, it's either the prison or the casino [it was the prison]. Turn your lights on so I can try to find you." Which I did, and he did. Whew, indeed.
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