HOOVER, AL: Little House is Whole Again!

Well....until the next thing breaks! But that's the way it is in the RV world.

We last left you in our waiting room hoping for the made-to-order slide part to arrive on Friday as promised, which it did,  right on time.   Jay, the RV Connections slide specialist, started his work after lunch to replace the rail that had damaged rollers, then the welder replaced the panel that had been removed to provide access to the damaged slide rail.

Once the new slide rail was in place the whole mechanism had to be re-calibrated.  This is a lengthy process that basically programs a computer to control each of the 3 independent motorized rack and pinion rails.  These must be in sync at all times or the slide will twist and bind - which is definitely not good!.  No motor can be out of sync by more than one gear tooth at any time.  And they must position the slide perfectly in order to seat the seals that keep out the cold and wet when the slide is fully extended or retracted.  The process involves extending and retracting the slide room many times making minute adjustments each time.  Eventually Jay was convinced that all parts were working like they should and as the sun went down, the doctors announced that Little House was once again ready to roll down the highway.

This morning, after paying our small portion of the bill, which was very reasonable, and being very thankful for the extended warranty which covered well over $1000 of the cost, as well as the great service that we received from RV Connections,  we hooked our little HHR to the back of Little House, just as the predicted rain moved in.  But we didn't mind because we were on the road again!

Our trip to Hoover, AL via US 231 and I-65 took 6 hours including 30 minutes for a lunch and fuel stop. We went through various amounts of rain, but the sun was breaking through as we pulled into the Hoover RV Park, where we've stayed many times.  This is a self-service paved campground on a paved plateau above The Met Baseball Park with full hookups, free cable and wi-fi, garbage pickup, and frequent security patrols but no bath house, pool, laundry, club house, or camp store....which we don't need anyway.  Most of the time, there's also plenty of peace and quiet.  We'll be here for 3 nights.