'Murphy' is back

May 22, 2019
Woke up to sunshine today, so we decided to hit the road. Traveling north on I-49, which runs up the west side of Missouri to Kansas City. Sky's became a little overcast, but no rain. But, as we traveled north, we were watching the weather and it wasn't looking good for K.C. or Des Moines, IA either. Phil was determined that we would spend at least a couple of days in Independence, his intention was to be able to spend a day at the Mid West Genealogy Library that is located in Independence. It is a very nice one and we have visited it often. But, I was all for hitting the road and getting out of the path of all of these nasty storms.

Turns out...Murphy won! We are camped at Campus RV in Independence, this is where we usually park when here, it's close in to a lot of things we like to do. Under normal circumstances, I can't run the slides out if Phil is still leveling the rig, so when the slides started acting sluggish, I thought he must still be messing with the levelers. Well, he wasn't, the hydraulic pump that operates the system was gasping it's last breath. Phil literally had to push the kitchen slide out! So, we called a mobile repair guy out and he came right away. He confirmed our suspicions, pump dead!! Now the trick is to find another one that will fit the spot allotted for it. Phil gave the repair guy until late this morning to see if he could find one locally...not happening. So, Phil called Lippert, the company in Indiana who makes these parts. They don't have the model of the old one in stock, but can have one made by the second week in June. We can't have that, that's when we are to meet the caravan. So, the parts guy at Lippert comes up with the new and improved model. Phil may have to adjust the spot a bit to make it fit, but he ordered it. SUPPOSE to be here tomorrow, but then it still has to be installed!!

This being Memorial Day weekend, Campus RV is booked solid, so the guy isn't happy that we can't move until the pump in fixed, but he understands that these things happen. Of course, we have reservations in Des Moines as well.

Free, as is: one Mr Murphy. No longer needed!!!!!

A couple of photo's along the way:

 You will have to zoom in to see these photos (I hope it will let you do that). This one is the 'Welcome to Peculiar' sign. There is also a town in MO called Tightwad. You have to wonder what people were thinking when they named their towns!

The bottom photo is the mascot of a car dealership. I have seen this guy a few times. He was in Ft Smith, and a couple of other times coming up 49, but this is the only time I had the chance to take a decent picture of it.