Nice Folks

The Freight Liner's water pump went south over the weekend. We were so fortunate in many areas. We were out messing around town and just happen to be walking toward the front of the truck when we saw a steady drip coming from the bottom of the motor. We made a bee line home and by the time Kris park the truck the drip had turned into a steady stream. Of course by the time he was able to get to the pump and take it off and find out for sure it was the pump all stores were closed. The after hours numbers were not working and being the next day was Sunday everything was closed.

Kris had down time scheduled at work for the system on Monday and knew it would not be able to get to work since rental car office was not open on Sundays either.

The RV Park owner, Mike let Kris borrower his truck to run around town Sunday to see if he could find any store that could help. Mike was going to be out of town on Monday so Kris asked another RV'er that we have become friends with if he could take him on Monday to the store. He threw Kris the keys to his car and said take it and take all the time you need. Mike had told Kris about a Cat parts store up the road a bit and so Kris called them this morning. They had the part which was such a wonderful blessing. If they did not have a part we would have had to go to Atlanta or Chattanooga, Tn. They both are tit for tat on mileage, just which of the two evils of traffic & big city you want to deal with.

We have been so blessed that this happen now since we suppose to be traveling to PA this coming weekend. Kris said he did not believe he would have made it to work and that would be nasty to be sitting on the side of the road and having a tow. The pump is 10 years old and things will wear out. We are very happy to be in an area that had nice people and a part store and a safe place to work on the truck. Kris topped the guys car off with gas. A small price to pay for the gracious act of kindness.

Oh, the down time was canceled by the local techs. Many reasons as to why, but I think they were not comfortable with the other two guys that was working with Kris to put the system on line considering this is one of Atlanta's International airport radar system. Note: a very busy airport to say the least.