It's a good thing that we are retired and not really in a hurry to get someplace. The service manager called us this afternoon to give an update on the schedule for turning the motor home over to us. Good news and bad news. Surprise! The bad news is that they found a bad shock absorber on the rear of the MH and a bad exhaust pipe. The good news is that they have repaired the shock and are waiting on a part to repair the pipe. It may take a little longer here than expected and with Memorial Day weekend upon us, who knows when the work will be completed. So far they have put us up in the LazyDays RV Park and we are comfortable there.
The weather has turned up the heat somewhat in the last few days. The humidity isn't that bad, but the temps have been in the mid to high 90s the last 4-5 days. They are calling for rain and thunderstorms this weekend and the humidity will return. Great!
We went to Costco and purchased some more plastic totes to put in the basement storage. It looks like we can easily fit 6 commercial 12 gallon totes on one slideout tray and still have room to spare. We have two slideout trays and a number of other outside bins to take care of all our "stuff".
We chatted with another Allegro Bus owner today to see how he liked his coach. He had nothing but good things to say about it and loved it. He has the same configuration as we do with it being all electric and said he ordered it that way and would do it again. When the subject of fuel mileage came up, he said he got around 13mpg on his coach driving in the 62-65 mph range. I've never heard of anyone getting that kind of mileage on a large diesel coach, but could live with it if we approached that range. I was thinking in the 8-9mpg range, so anything over that would be great. If he really gets that great mpg, then he would have almost a 2,000 range on a tank of diesel.
Gas was $3.37 at the local Costco today and I filled the Saturn thinking we would be out of here on Sunday. That was before the status update. Now Gerry thinks we should use some of that fuel to spend some time at the local Hard Rock Cafe Casino a few miles from here. Maybe she can hit the jackpot and help pay for the bus. That would be great, but I'm not going to hold my breath for it to happen.
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Larry, we just got back from MO. Fueled up in Alexandra, MO at a BP for $3.33 a gallon and again in Lacon, IL for $3.39 a gallon at a Shell. Not that we need gas but figured we'd get it while it was still cheaper than home. Enjoy your weekend and good luck at the casino.
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