Roadtrip: Things That Went Wrong

Naturally, there's always something. One thing I forgot to get a pic of is the rig cabin leaning heavily to one side. Huh, I said, wonder if the guys at the shop forgot to fill the airbags. Sure enough, they were almost empty. Once I got 60# of air in them, the cabin leveled off. Much better.

This next thing is the TV mount deciding not to hold the screen level any more (the couch is below). We managed to wedge it up with library books long enough to watch it without lying down. It's now been fixed and is much easier to watch. I'm also the proud owner of a hex key set, basically allen wrenches, which are required on this mount.

Now this was a real pain. I have a plywood desk (covered in black rubber matting) that's 69 inches long, held up with two large heavy-duty L-brackets screwed into the desktop and into studs in the wall. The Pennsylvania roads were so bad they shook the screws out of the wall, thereby tossing the desktop down (along with everything on it, like computers, pens, clock, etc.). Amy got creative with bungee cords to support it enough to put light things on it and leave the space underneath for storage. Hooray for really strong latches on the cupboard doors. We've now put actual legs under the corners, and will probably do a little more shoring up. The L-brackets may or may not be reattached.

There's always something, isn't there? At least, none of it was life-threatening. I'm thinking about writing the Penn. State Tourism Bureau about their roads.