Trucks in the Shop

El Dorado, Arkansas
Gator Den RV Park

Hugs, and more hugs.  How many times have you left a RV park and everyone came over to say "see ya"?  This was around 8 am.  

Even the dogs came by.  Betty gave hugs last night as we told her we were leaving early.  





It remarkable that all three couples are ready to roll at the same time every road day.  We all rolled out right at 8:30 am.  It's been great traveling with the Schoolcraft's and Morey's.  


George is a great leader.  He pulls into a rest place about every 90 minutes.  Bill always says it's because Bo needs a potty break, but secretly, I think we all do.

This was growing behind Harry and Bill in the rest area.  Couldn't find a plaque that told us what it is.  Anyone out there know what it is?


When we were 100 miles away, we made another stop in a truck stop.  When we pulled out I turned on the AC.  No cold air.  Oh no, we had it replaced last year in Sheridan, and the year before that in Indiana and Ohio, and the year before that in Yuma.  What's wrong with this picture?

As soon as we pulled into Gator Den, we set up and I gave Carlena our payment for the site.  The office is the owner's truck and he said he'd stop by later.  

We drove into town and found a tire pro dealer.  Tire Pro did it last year, and there is a warranty.  The tire shop said they are no longer a Tire Pro dealer.  They couldn't work on the truck for two weeks.  A man in the waiting room said they knew a repair shop and they called for us.  Two weeks before he could get to it.  A girl called a friend and got a number to call.  She called and they said 10 days before they could look at it.  She did give me the name of a barbecue place though.

About this time we're starting to get frustrated.  An older man came out said to try the place next door.  We walked over and told the guy we had no AC.  He said pull it into the yard.  Bill got the truck and two men looked at it.  They determined that it was leaking.  They found some metal tube that had a hole in it.  They were going to take it off, and have it soldered or welded or something like that.  

I called Harry and Carlena and they came in their truck, followed by George and Linda.  We all headed to JJ's for barbecue.  


Hopefully, it will be finished tomorrow.  We're thinking they could drop us off at the "shop" and they could head to Hot Springs and we'll catch up later.

We came back and just enjoyed the beautiful evening sitting out.  There's a lake here that is stocked, but Harry didn't fish.

Here's the park we are in.  Nice large back ins facing the lake.  There are lots of ducks here, so you have to watch where you step.

I think all of us are still on a high, from our week at Betty's.  She's the reason we came and we made a lot of memories there.

I thought about flying my kite, but not energetic enough to get it out.  

Turtle Safely.........