Today started out at 8:30am at Great American RV to get the new AC put in, we thought it would be a 2-hour job but turned out to be a lot longer. We made the best of it, ran some errands in Decator, AL and went to Steak and Shake which Pat's parents always loved. They would be very disappointed in how they have gone downhill, even Pat's milkshake was bad. When we returned after lunch the install was almost done, Troy Layne, Service Mgr, had been on hold for over an hour with the Airxcel, the AC manufacture, to get the paperwork completed. After another half hour, Troy was trying to work upper Mgt at GARV to let us take off but Pat got ahold of a live person at Airxcel, Candy in the Payment area. Even though it was not her area of responsibility, Candy worked with her boss and Troy to get the necessary approvals for the warranty work. FYI, Candy told Pat the current wait time for a warranty rep was 3 plus hours!! Thank you, Troy and Candy. Finally, at 3pm we headed out and started our trip to Paducah, KY for a quick stop over.
Stats: 265 miles, 4 1/4 hours' drive time, diesel fill-up 86gals, DEF 4 gal. FYI, we have a 100 gal tank, I usually like a 20 gal reserve, stretched it a little far this time, low fuel indicator came on. Yikes!!
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July 19, 2023
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Paducah, KY
Today started out at 8:30am at Great American RV to get the new AC put in, we thought it would be a 2-hour job but turned out to be a lot longer. We made the best of it, ran some errands in Decator, AL and went to Steak and Shake which Pat's parents always loved. They would be very disappointed in how they have gone downhill, even Pat's milkshake was bad. When we returned after lunch the install was almost done, Troy Layne, Service Mgr, had been on hold for over an hour with the Airxcel, the AC manufacture, to get the paperwork completed. After another half hour, Troy was trying to work upper Mgt at GARV to let us take off but Pat got ahold of a live person at Airxcel, Candy in the Payment area. Even though it was not her area of responsibility, Candy worked with her boss and Troy to get the necessary approvals for the warranty work. FYI, Candy told Pat the current wait time for a warranty rep was 3 plus hours!! Thank you, Troy and Candy. Finally, at 3pm we headed out and started our trip to Paducah, KY for a quick stop over.
Stats: 265 miles, 4 1/4 hours' drive time, diesel fill-up 86gals, DEF 4 gal. FYI, we have a 100 gal tank, I usually like a 20 gal reserve, stretched it a little far this time, low fuel indicator came on. Yikes!!
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Day 1 - Getting on the Road
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Day 2 - Little Tallapoosa County Park & Visiting with Old Friends
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Day 3 - Visting Our Old Home Town
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Day 4 - New AC & Drive Day
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Day 5 & 6 - President Lincoln Library and Museum
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Day 7 & 8 Drive Days towards the Badlands, SD
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Day 9 &10 - Wall Drug Store & The Badlands
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Day 11 & 12- Running from the Heat & Wind; Minuteman Delta-01 Tour
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Day 13 - 15 - Mount Rushmore Area
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Day 15 & 16 - Devil's Tower and Deadwood
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Day 17 & 18 - Boondocking Audible Call
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Day 19 to 25 - Glacier National Park
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Day 26 to 28 - Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park
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Day 28 & 29- Yellowstone Part 1 – Geyser’s and Northwest section
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Day 30 & 31 - Yellowstone Part 2 – Lamar Valley and Grand Canyon
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Day 32 & 33 - Yellowstone Part 3 – Grizzly and Wolf Center, drive out of the park
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Days 34 & 35 - Buffalo Bill & The Rodeo
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Days 36 to 39 - Arches and Canyonland
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Days 40 to 42 - Monument Valley and Mesa Verde
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Day 43 to 45 - Snowmass and Drive to Rocky Mountain NP
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Day 46 to 48 - Rocky Mountain National Park
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Day 49 to 50 - Garden of the Gods & Pikes Peak
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Days 51 to 55 - Journey Home, Visits with Family and Friends
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