Things Could Be Worse??

We woke up to morning temperatures in the mid 20's in Joplin, MO.  It was a nice sunny morning, however.  We got on the road by 10 a.m. with a goal of getting to Texarkana, Arkansas.  (For Sophia's homework, this city is very close to where 3 states come together; which states: 1-____, 2-___, 3-____?)  We went through Ft. Smith, Arkansas which is the home of Baldor (the company from which Bob retired).  The weather warmed up as the day went and we got further south.  By the time we got to our destination it was 60 - yipee!

Bob was looking forward to getting the de-winterizing of the plumbing done as we now are confident that the temperatures won't cause freezing of the water lines.  Well, the evening has not gone as planned:

• the kitchen faucets and toilet have running water; the bathroom vanity and shower have a little stream of water only.
• the water pump does not seem to be working appropriately
• the remote for the living room TV is not working; we aren't able to get cable TV to work
• the microwave will only heat in increments of 59 seconds; anything longer requires another push of the start button.
• found that my bike was no longer on the bike rack; did it fall off somewhere on the road or did someone take it?  (Hopefully there was not a traffic accident in Arkansas caused by a bike falling off a motorhome!)
• the campground we ended up at is right on the freeway; lots of noise, which is offset by extremely nice washrooms.

So, tomorrow we're going to get up early, scope out other campgrounds (there are a couple of Army Corps of Engineer campgrounds close by), check out RV dealers who could possibly diagnose our plumbing problems, and then settle down and get some cleaning/organizing done.  Things will get better, right?

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