2011 snowbird trip

Jan 18 Day 1 – Drizzle mostly all day, cleared & sun late PM
Away from our Dewdney Trunk Road parking spot at 10:45 @ 134042. We arrived at the Pac Hwy border line up 11:35 @ 134080. After some questions none of which involved the books I was taking down to deliver to FedEx for Michael we left at 12:00. We arrived at Camping World, Burlington at 1:00. We wanted them to check the water heater as the gas would come on, ignite & then go out. Plus the last few days the electric steps were jamming going up & down. Then, just last night, the furnace was doing the same thing, lighting up, running a minute or so & shutting down. After checking out everything the result was: Water Heater – kaput, control board gone & a crack in the heating pipe; Furnace – control board gone, electric steps – just need some grease &/or oil. After a lot of trying to find the correct parts they have the circuit board for the furnace & can install it so we can have heat tonight, yay! However the water heater which they finally discovered they had one is a long job involving working from inside & out so they can’t complete it today. However they can start it at 8 AM tomorrow. In the midst of all this we have been texting Paul & Yvonne to let them know what’s happening but no response. Also while they were investigating we went out to deliver Michael’s books to FedEx then for lunch at a nice little café at the Outlet Mall called The Curious Chef. Back to Camping World, no Paul & Yvonne yet. Off again to Starbuck for coffee & for the free WiFi. Back again to Camping World & set up with them to fix the furnace then they would deliver the RV to one of their camping spots, they even plugged it in so it was cosy warm when we eventually returned. All we do in the morning is go into the office and they will come over & pick it up & take it to the shop and install the water heater. So we went out to Target to look for a phone. Found a “TracFone” that seemed OK, asked the girl about set up & bought it. She then asked if we would like her to activate it for us. She spent quite a bit of time on her phone trying to get it set up & finally succeeded. Next we went to Safeway for groceries, fruits & veggies. Finally back at the RV and Paul & Yvonne show up at our door, they had been here quite a while and we kept missing them with our in & outs. It is now about 8PM but feels like midnight so we chatted for a bit and then did the bookkeeping/journal stuff and off to bed so we can arise early at 7:15 or so to have RV ready for their shop to start work.