Slide In, Slide Out....Well that's the way it should work!

We arrived at the Wichita Falls RV Park about 4:00 p.m.  Our plans were to stay a night and head towards Dallas.  This was a nice park by a small lake and a creek.  The creek was chocolate brown, even though the sign said it was the Red Creek.  The lake was a little cleaner.  The people at the office were very nice and we felt like we had a successful first days drive.

This park had cable TV.  In Amarillo, we could get cable in the front of the motorhome but not in the bedroom.  In Wichita Falls, we could get TV in the bedroom but not in the front of the motorhome.  There is a learning curve to full-timing.  We were only beginning to find out how much we had to learn.  

This park was especially good for Pralines.  They had a large section set aside for a dog park, with fire hydrants available for all. Here is a shot of Bob and Pralines in fire hydrant heaven.

It rained again at night, and continued the next morning.  Bob worked on disconnecting the cable, sewer, electricity, and water, wearing a poncho to keep some of the rain off.  I secured everything inside.  My last assignment was to push the switch to move the slides in to the motorhome.  I did the bedroom slide.  Great!  I did the slide on the passenger side.  Super!  Then I tried to do the one on the driver's side and it would not move.  I called Bob in to help.  We tried and pushed from the outside and pulled from the inside.  Then Bob remembered that John, the man we bought the motorhome from had said that a bolt had shred before and he had given Bob a few extras.  Bob got those out and climb under the slide to see if that was the problem.  It was!  However, the top of the bolt was on the ground and the rest of the bolt was inside.  Bob worked for about an hour on it in the rain.  Then gave up and called .Coach-net.  It was now pouring down rain.  Coach-net hunted for a long time for someone who was willing to come out.  Finally, Patterson Auto Center said they could come out after they closed at 5:00 p.m., so we let the office know that we would be staying another night.  We called Heather and told her we wouldn't be in until Saturday and I had her cancel my hair appointment for Saturday morning, since we would be on the road.  About 1:30 p.m. a mechanic from Patterson's showed up.  He worked for maybe 30 to 45 minutes, replacing the bolt with a stronger one.  The slide moved in just like it should and Bob and I left it in, just in case.  Bob didn't want to hit Dallas at rush hour which is what we would do if we left as late as it was then, so we just relaxed and were thankful that we had Coach-net, deciding to leave early the next morning.