September 24, 2012

RV Guaranty, Junction City, OR

We prepared to leave, got hitched up with no problem and said our goodbyes to the people who were not headed for RV Guaranty.  (Several people from the Rally who needed either minor repairs or routine repairs made appointments at RV Guaranty because they had been so impressed with the facility when we had toured it last week.)  We arrived a little after 11:00am and were checked in by John whom we had met at the RV Guaranty Seminar last week.  When we mentioned we had two cats in the rig he made sure to put a sign on the door alerting any techs who were going to be working on our coach.  Since Monte needed to get a cooling system flush in the truck so we called the Dodge Dealer we had been to a couple of weeks ago for an oil change and they said come on in.  It took less than an hour and we were on our way to AM Solar to discuss our options. 

We want to be able to do a lot of boondocking, not only to be in a more natural setting than the average private rv park has to offer, but also want to save money.  So the initial outlay would be pretty steep but from the research we have done we have found that on average people can recoup their money in less than 4 years.

We were back at RV Guaranty before 5pm when the service department closes.  We found our rig outside one of the bays and were informed that that is where we would be spending the night.  We were provided with an electric cord so we had power.  We had plenty of water because we had filled up before we left River Bend RV Resort.  The tech assigned to us said that he hadn’t had a chance to conclude his evaluation so we have to wait until tomorrow to find out what can be done about our slide issue.

I heated us up some leftovers for dinner and then we grabbed our chairs and walked across the street to where Steve and Dianne had a “campfire” going.  It is actually something called campfire in a can and it is gas fueled and is self-contained and can be used anywhere.  We were joined by some of our fellow parking lot campers who we had met at the RV Dreams Rally and now consider friends.  Monte and I left at 9pm because we were tired.  Back home we watched a little TV and then went to bed by 11pm.