Sitting Tight While Truck is Worked On - Thunderbird RV Campground, Monroe, WA - May 27, 2021

 Our stay at Thunderbird RV Campground is for 3 weeks. We arrived Saturday, the 15th and dropped the truck off for repairs on Sunday. They started working on it Monday morning. We have to have it back so we can move our RV by Saturday, June 5th. They assure me it will be ready in time.

Queen City Auto has been keeping me updated with progress pictures.

The work starts!

They did find additional damage and submitted it to our insurance company, National General. This brings the total to over $15K!

The damage is from the bed making contact with the cab of the truck.

Cab damaged repaired and prepped for paint.

Working on the bed.

Cab primered.

And then painted.

And the re-assembly begins.

They assure me it will be ready for pickup on Friday the 4th. The day before we need it. Holding my breath!

Meanwhile, I have been working on my guitar learning, spending time with my Son, Tim, and family. Thanks to Tim for letting us use his Ford Fusion while our truck is in the shop.

The next update, we should have a truck.

The Fergs out .......

Coeur d'Alene, ID Elks to Moochdocking With Friends to Thunderbird TT- May 18, 2021

 While at the Elks in Coeur d'Alene, ID our Grandson Erik, along with his fiancé and our Great Grandson Elijah, came over to visit us in our RV. The next day we visited them at their house. And the last day, we met at the Caddyshack Pub, a really neat brew pub based on the movie Caddyshack. 

Great food and beer. I really liked the Irish Death brew I had. We had a great time with them.

Then we headed out to visit friends in Deer Park, WA. Tim & Bev have a 10 acre place and he provided us a nice spot to park. We boondocked (moochdocked) with them for 3 days.  

They are preparing a place to set a new double wide manufactured house. I helped Tim dig through the rocky ground to provide a trench for the water line. They have a nice piece of property.

After saying our goodbyes, we headed west 180 miles back to Crescent Bar RV Resort by Quincy, WA. 

We will do just 4 days here. while here, our Grandson Chase came to visit us.

And one day, we picked up our 1st Great Grandson Oliver and brought him to our campground for a visit. We played along the Columbia River.

Then went to Cashmere, WA to the Applets & Cotlets factory and took their tour, where they make some really good candy.

Then to lunch at a great hamburger (and brew) restaurant.

Then on the 11th, we packed her up and headed over the mountains to the Thousand Trails park in Monroe, WA I was amazed I was able to reserve 3 weeks in a row at Thunderbird RV Campground. They are always pretty full. 

We are going to be here for 3 weeks. On Sunday, the day after we arrived, our Son Tim followed me to Queen City Auto Rebuild in Redmond, WA to drop off my truck so they can do the repairs from my little accident. Little indeed! $10,940.65 doesn't seem too little to me, but it is in the shop and they say I should get it back within 3 weeks. My Son Tim's Father In Law works there so I believe it is in good hands. They also have great reviews. In the mean time, Tim let us borrow his car, so we are going to get through this ok.

Our Grandsons Roman & Ryker, and us.

It is cooler and rainy on this side of Washington, but it is all good. We get to spend time with Tim & Shannon and our Grandsons Rome & Ryker.

Oh, I also decided to take up a new hobby. 

It is a Fender CD-60 SCE Dreadnought. I am going to be a Rock Star.

The Fergs out .......

Crescent Bar TT to Coeur d'Alene, ID Elks - May 6, 2021

 We changed up our plans a bit so we could get parked in Washington somewhere and get started on the planning to get our truck and RV repaired. We booked 9 days in the Thousand Trails park in Crescent Bar. 

We had a really nice site, maybe the best one available. Nice view of the Columbia River out of our living room window.

While there, I worked on repairing the 5th wheel myself. That is going pretty good. I found a repair facility in Monroe, WA that deals with our brand, Prime Time Crusader 5th wheels. I called them and they are contacting the factory in search of the panel above the wheel well that got destroyed. 

I am also applying several layers of fiberglass and then Bondo on the hole in the front cap. 

We did make a trip into Wenatchee (our hometown) to my step brother's 61st birthday party. He had a brain tumor removed a few months ago and is not doing well. Lots of friends and family showed up, including my brother and sister. It was really sad. He didn't even recognize me. 

Randi.

My brother, Jim & Eileen

My sister, Karen & Cliff

We have had so many good times together. Such is life. It goes on...

My son, Tim came over for the party. His father-in-law works at a body shop in Redmond, WA. He is the one who examines the vehicles and works with the insurance companies to get the repairs done. That is just what I needed. We made arrangements to get my truck to them on the 4th, so I extended our stay at Crescent Bar for 2 more days. Initially, National General gave me an estimate of $5,631.41 for our truck. Then, for whatever reason, they revised it down to $2,724.06. They thought the inner and outer dually fenders didn't need to be replaced. All the estimates so far was from me sending them photos taken the day it happened from my phone. 

I drove the truck to them and they went over it pretty good, taking pictures of everything. They found lots of hidden damage that I had no clue of. They are submitting a new claim to my insurance company for $10,940.65. Wow! Their company specializes in repairing exotic cars such as Porsches, Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and the like. With my Chevy, they said the wait for parts is just a couple of weeks instead of months. My issue now is parking the 5th wheel at the Thousand Trails in Monroe, Wa. Giving up my truck for the repairs, and getting it back in time to move to the next location. I have been researching moving companies that might move a RV for us if needed. We shall see.

On the 5th, we left Crescent Bar and made a nice uneventful move, 181 miles, to the Elks Lodge in Coeur d'Alene, ID. An easy drive in from Interstate 90. They have a 30 space RV park next to the lodge and we were hoping they had room for us. 

No problem. There were only 2 other RVs parked there. Nice and level on grass. Fifty amps with water for only $25.00. Perfect. We are here to visit with our Grandson Erik. 

Erik and his fiancé Liz, visited us the day we arrived. Bringing with them their son Eli, our Great Grand Son! We had a great visit. 

We will do three days here before moving on.

The Fergs out .......