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<\/a>STS Hop 1<\/p><\/div>72 miles, primarily via I-495<\/p>\n
<\/a>Comfort Inn, Seekonk, MA<\/p><\/div>\n
The STS has, belatedly, begun. But not exactly as planned. The first hop – to deliver the RV to Camping World for a second round of repairs – was accomplished by a paid hauler because the truck is still in the shop for repairs.<\/p>\n
So we are now in a cheap hotel – the Comfort Inn in Seekonk, MA – just biding our time until we have a rig again. We have some confidence that the RV will be ready on Friday but the truck… at this point I am just not sure. I thought it would be a simple replacement of an emissions valve, but at last word they were planning on replacing 3 emissions-related components, at a cost just north of $1,600.<\/p>\n
So, between the cost of the hauler and the price of the truck repairs, the STS has cost us about $2,000 before we started.<\/p>\n
Ouch.<\/p>\n
We had some plans to tour Providence and Newport while we were here, but we have both come down with colds. I don’t know how much interest we will have in anything. I may spend the day re-routing around the Carolina flood zone.<\/p>\n
Anyway, here is the last photo of the RV in Littleton and a photo of Jett in the vacated site.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Site 67, Littleton<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Jett in vacated site<\/p><\/div>\n
The STS is off to a very rocky start. We have to hope that it gets better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
72 miles, primarily via I-495 The STS has, belatedly, begun. But not exactly as planned. The first hop – to deliver the RV to Camping World for a second round of repairs – was accomplished by a paid hauler because the truck is still in the shop for repairs. So we are now in a … Continue reading