We were only an hour behind so it was fine. Our plan was to go as far as Jackson, Mississippi the first day and we executed that plan perfectly. That was really as far as we planned. The next day it looked like we could either stop at Pensacola or push on to Tallahassee. Since rain (serious, torrential rain) was imminent, we stopped near Pensacola. The thunderstorm actually started before we could get the RV hooked up. Thankfully, it was short-lived.
The next day we went on to Tallahassee and once again, just about the time we pulled the RV into the site, the thunderstorm and rain cranked up. Once again, we waited it out in the truck and then got everything set up once the rain subsided. Well, almost everything. The kitchen slide-out wouldn't budge. We checked the circuit breakers, the fuses and pored over the owner's manual. Apparently if you're willing to crawl around under the RV there is some type of manual crank that will override the motor and extend the slide out. But the warning on that was that you could actually over-extend it and send it completely off the rails. Well, that just seemed like a bad idea. We decided to live without our kitchen for one night and we went out.
The next day when we arrived at our "final" destination - the place we'll call home for the next month - wouldn't you know that before we could get parked and hooked up, there was yet another torrential rain. I thought that maybe when we stopped moving, the daily rain would stop - but no such luck. The RV service guy found the problem with our kitchen - a loose wire, so it's once again fully functional and we can devote our time and effort to looking at houses.
The hope was that we could buy the new house with the proceeds from the previous house - but that hasn't sold yet and we don't want to put our lives on hold indefinitely (we're far too old for that), so when we find the right house at the right price, we're just going to buy it and get on with it.
Wish us luck!
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