Below is one of the camping cabins here at the KOA. It is familiar because the kids stayed here when they visited earlier this summer. The reason we rented it again is that the Flying Scotsman was at the Hitch House RV dealer nearby again having the propane leak checked .... again!

 

Yep, still plagued by the ol stinker that has haunted us since the day we bought the bus over two years ago. The bus spent the day at the dealer so we decided to rent the cabin for a place for us and the animals to crash for eight hours or so during the day.

 

 

 

And at the end of the day the leak was finally found ... in addition to a lube and oil change. The bottom line though is that the propane tank is defective with a pinhole in the tank wall and the thing must be replaced.

 

Unfortunately you just can't take the tank over to Walmart and have it exchanged. This thing is huge and embedded between the frame members in the center of the coach. We could have the thing replaced here but the recommendation was to take it back to the Factory in Elkhart. Oops ... on our way up here didn't we say we would never go to Elkhart again. Never say never.

 

The bottom line is that this process will control our trip home as the appointment at the Thor/Damon factory in Elkhart is on the 11th of October. So we will depart here on the 9th, stay over at Port Huron, and arrive in Elkhart on the night of the 10th. After that we'll regroup and plan the rest of the trip back to Texas, seeing how long that process takes.

 

 

 

 

And lastly as I went by this sign for a local car dealer I glanced quickly and thought "cars and trucks ... " but then the second glance revealed that it really said cows and trucks ... hey only in a small town!