A Kid in a Candy Store

Today was spent navigating the corporate maze that is Newmar Corp.  Very nice people all along the way, but trying to get warranty service on a product that has long since gone out the front gate is somewhat frustrating.

The day started at 6 am (thats Eastern Time, we were informed.  We're still operating on West Coast time, but we're getting better), when a dozen motorhomes were shuttled by service techs from the overnight parking lot into the various service bays.  Some went to paint, some to plumbing, some to electrical, etc.   By 6:30 the lot was mostly empty.  I went into the service center to fill out a request for emergency service, as the normal next service date would be mid-November for us warranty customers.  The ultimate response?  "Someone will call you".  Don't know when....today? No. Tomorrow? Hopefully.

Next on the list was to pick up the new drivers chair, slide out interior trim piece, and mudflap that we had ordered a month ago when we were even more new at this than we are now.  The chair was a piece of cake to replace, and was done in short order, with the old chair packed and ready for shipment home (why, you ask?  Don't ask, but shipping was included in the price, so...)  The wood trim will wait until we're home, and have better working conditions and the mudflap didn't have all the pieces needed, so the result of all of that was, at best, so-so.

One good thing about our experience in the Parts Dept was the shopping that I got to do!  There are racks and racks and bins and stacks of every conceivable part needed to build a motorhome, and I checked them all out.  Don't know what I'll do with some of the things I bought, but I was like a kid in a candy store!

This evening we heard sounds of an auction coming across the fields north of town and decided to check it out.  There is an Amish auction/farmers market every tuesday night, so we watched for awhile.

Beautiful mums, watermelons and peppers were all auctioned off as the auctioneer moved up and down the aisles.  Mum plants in full bloom, 2' in diameter, sold for $3.50 each.  Amazing, and beautiful!  Inside the building was the usual "stuff", but I found a number of old to ancient woodworking tools in one area that were very interesting.  Most of the things were going for super low prices. Kinda like a garage sale, only at a faster pace.

I couldn't resist taking a couple pics of the buggys outside:

It's fascinating to see the old mode of transportation still in use.  Today's temp was 97 with high humidity, and some of the horses were surely showing signs of stress.  Most, however, were trotting along at a good pace.  Neat!