1027 August 30, 2023 Maybe Tomorrow…

I started the day with a long walk in the city. I saw this small origami frog on the sidewalk and it made me smile!

Last night, we heard from the Freightliner Service Center. They were partway through our repair and the manifold studs were breaking during removal. The studs were in stock. They also noticed that a mounting bracket appeared to be cracked. They did not have a replacement and they were going to find the new part in the morning and let us know how that might affect our timeline. We had been able to have an extended 2pm checkout form the hotel. At noon, we still had not heard form Freightliner. A call to them revealed most excellent news. The bracket was not broken as they had feared! We were on schedule to get our unit repaired by 8pm. Great!!!

We packed all of our things and checked out of the hotel. We drove across town to the Freightliner where we could see the RV was in the bay and was being fixed. YAY!!!

We went to a nearby park that was little more than a block of green grass. We found a shady spot where we had lunch and then relaxed for a couple of hours. I had a good book to listen to and I was happy.

At 4pm we went to look again and the RV was on the computer doing the regen.

We decided to go to an early dinner at Ricky’s across the street so that we would be ready to leave when the RV was ready.

We went back to Freightliner and we saw the guy unplug the RV from the computer and then he proceeded to pull it back into the bay. Tim got out to speak with the mechanic. There was bad news. The RV was throwing codes indicating that the exhaust system was STILL NOT HAPPY!!! ARGHHH!!

There was another Holiday Inn directly across the street. Last weekend when we arrived in Edmonton, it was completely booked. Tonight, there were openings. We checked in and we were allowed a late checkout tomorrow to allow us extra time to figure out what we will need. The view of the First Truck Center from our hotel window.

We were able to talk with service. There is a recall for several of the gaskets on the Cummins exhaust catalyst system. They have ordered the parts and they should arrive tomorrow morning. Maybe replacing these gaskets will be the answer…we hope so.

We settled into our room and then went back downstairs for a drink. The bartender served me a Gigi Plus pour!

Lee and Claudia were back at Salmon Grove this week. A black bear began frequenting the campground and became a nuisance. Unfortunately, it had to be put down. There was bear for dinner.