Magnus Returns From Thor, Day 2

Wednesday, 6 November 2024

The Holiday Inn Express had a pretty good breakfast with service starting at 6, so I set the alarm for 5:20. And did NOT hit snooze.  Somehow it took the whole 40 minutes for me to drink coffee, pack and walk Molly (me), while Ed used the time to drink coffee, pack and load the Jeep. We were at the breakfast buffet by 6:10, and headed out of town shortly after 6:30. Not bad.

The drive from there to Thor was about 5 hours but we were going to lose an hour somewhere near the Illinois/Indiana state line. We never did figure out where. But we were on site a little after one p.m. and getting the runover from the repair manager.

They did a great job, fixing everything they'd agreed to fix, and even adding in a couple of things we hadn't asked for. We were muchly happy.

And then our work began. Again. We had to unload the Jeep into the motorhome, flush the tank, and set up everything we needed for spending the night on the lot there.  There were about five other RVs sitting on the lot but I never saw a person in or around any of them. Other than the guys in the service center--who kept the service bay door closed--and the people in the office, I saw nobody.

It was going to be odd being the only humans sleeping in the middle of a parking lot in the middle of a manufacturing/light industry area.  There were big trucks going by a couple of times, although not in our immediate location, and little of anyone doing much of anything anywhere. Molly and I took a long afternoon jog up and down the deserted streets. We jogged on the street a lot--why not? and only had to jump up onto the sidewalk or grass a few times.

After our exercise, Molly got left in her motorhome while Ed and I went to get some supplies for the trip home. It was getting late by then and the time change on top of the DST change a few days back was playing havoc with out internal clocks. In other words, after buying steaks and fish and eggs and stuff at the Wallymart, we stopped for fast food on the way back. Groceries, gas, and fast food--all complete.

And home. And once again, eating Jimmy John's in the evening gave me horrible nightmares. Worth it. (I guess)