Branson

Can I whine today? This has been Murphy's day!! In all honesty, it has been 8 or 9 months since we have been out in the RV.....and it does not like to sit!! So we will just need to go out in it more often!! BUT we praise the Lord, especially for our safety!

We arrived at Branson yesterday later than expected...GPS misguided us to our park, so we had an extra half hour drive. (We got an email telling us not to rely on GPS going to our worksite... maybe they just do not work here in MO?) And at one point, a right turn that was soooo narrow, Paul determined it was the worst yet ! Once at the park, we found it to be majority timeshare resort, and the roads were definitely not RV friendly. The entry to the RV section was a divided very narrow road, then it became curvy, not suited for 40- foot rig plus tow vehicle at all, even at registration office!!.

That was the beginning! While setting up we found we had no water. When we reported it the maintenance man came and told us there were only 10 sites with water due to a leak. So we moved to one of those sites. We hooked up to water, started to settle in when we noticed the toilet kept running!! There was no place to shut it off without removing the toilet itself. So now we are turning on and off the water as needed.Then our chronically ill front slide refused to go out....another broken bolt. Paul is currently (and has been for a while now) working on the slideout. He just found the bolt shaft is still in the hole that we need to put the new bolt through!! As we were moving it in and out to align the bolt, the frozen water hose broke ....(oops... but not as big as the tow job oops). We found an RV repair shop who is ordering parts for the toilet for us (Paul had to remove the toilet in order to shut off the water so we can use water in the rest of the RV), plus is ordering parts for a recall repair on our refer. So we will need to come back in a week or so to have both repaired.

This morning the water was frozen and by 10AM we still had no water, and the bathhouse was closed due to frozen pipes as well. We were pleasantly surprised when the office staff offered us a room to shower in when we reported to the office! Did I say we were the only ones in the campground (Off season)? Very nice amenitities though!!

So although we did not see any tourist sites in Branson, we are getting things squared away here in the rig. And I have "put on my big girl panties" and am through whining now!