July 19, 2022
Cruising through Airstream country
Ohio bike day
We were both up at 5am this morning in order to be ready for the trailer to be moved into a service bay. A little after 7am, a tractor rolled up and hooked up Tango for her short journey across the driveway.
We followed the trailer over to the office where we met with a couple of the service techs for our walk-through. They had a list of repairs that we had already e-mailed them - most of them were warranty issues.
We added a few other items and got some of our questions answered, but our anxiety levels skyrocketed when they told us the estimated cost and time it would take (weeks) to take care of the damaged panels on the outside of the trailer.
You might remember earlier in our trip when Don pulled into a gas station and ran into some rebar hanging out the back end of pickup. That scratched and dented one side of the trailer.
It's enough that several panels would have to be replaced but luckily it's not bad enough that we have any leaking going on. We just don't have the time now to do this, and we probably would have to make another service appointment and leave the trailer for awhile - living in a hotel while it's being worked on. It's not a quick fix as all of our cabinets on the inside would have to be pulled out! And not easy to do when we live in Colorado!
Anyway, we've decided to just have them put some corrosion prevention stuff on the scratch and then run a clear coat pen on it. We'll still make an insurance claim but likely will never have the panels replaced. It probably won't be the first ding Tango will get!
As the rest of the day was on our own, we decided to go for a bike ride to a small town off the interstate. There was a grocery store located there and we needed some fruit, so this would be more of an errand ride than a long country ramble and also a way to relieve our anxiety.
Don found some quiet roads that we could take and we headed out. It was nice to take a deep breath and finally relax!
We're back in the country that was mostly flat. The only hill we had was the one over the interstate. It was a nice day, with a mild breeze in our faces and we enjoyed looking at all of the farms. Lots of corn and soy beans, as usual.
After about 10 miles, we reached the village of Anna and found the grocery store. We picked up the produce we needed, then headed back to Jackson Center on some different roads. I was up for a longer ride, but Don's knees were bothering him so we just opted for 20 miles.
When we reached town, it was about noon, so we stopped at the Subway for lunch. The rest of the afternoon we just relaxed in the cool and comfortable lounge of the service center. It's nice that they have a place you can hang out with free wi-fi.
At about 4pm, they returned the trailer to us and we were able to spend the remainder of the day in our own home. Tomorrow we get to do this all over again!
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Today's ride: 20 miles (32 km)
Total: 149 miles (240 km)
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