Day 7 of the Journey - Clermont / Orlando, FL

I started the day with a conference call from a client.  Good feeling to know that I can indeed still work on the road, even if my hours are not 9-5 -- sometimes I may work until midnight.  But this is a very good thing!

Roof guy (Benjamin, who is a full fledged RV mechanic) arrived around 11:00.  He showed us how to unhitch.  The problem was that Mitch didn't pull the level out hard enough.  It was as easy as that!  Unfortunately, we forgot to raise the RV high enough to clear the spare tire and tailgate, so that bent and came off.  Thank goodness Benjamin knew what to do.  He was able to hammer it back in shape and showed Mitch the part he needs to reattach it.  He also discovered the ladder to the roof was missing a part.  No clue how Mitch and Kevin went up there a few times without falling off!  Another part we needed to replace.  We were able to find a few extra pins for the handle of the hitch, so that was fixed as well. 

So Benjamin finished the first phase of the roof at noon.  It was sunny with a few patchy clouds.  He left to get some food, saying that it needed to dry for about an hour.  Yep - you guessed it!  About half hour after he left, the sky turned black and the thunderstorms began.  Interestingly, I had a conversation with the clerk at the office here at the campground when I made the reservation.  They are only about 30 miles north of St. Cloud, where we had rain every single day.  She commented that except for the previous day, every day was sunny up here!!!  So of course, it's our luck that it's raining on the day we need sunshine!

Actually, it didn't turn out too bad.  The sun never came out but the rain did finally stop.  Benjamin dried the roof manually.  We found a few more problems while up there - one plastic a/c cover had a crack and Mitch leaned on the other one and broke it.  So now we need to replace 2 vent covers.  Fortunately there are plenty of RV supply places down here.  Oh, I almost forgot to mention that a hornet's nest was found under one of the vents (the one that broke).  Fortunately it was discovered before they removed it, so we bought some spray and killed the nest at sundown (pretty sunset again).

So by the end of the day, Benjamin was able to finish applying the primer.  Tomorrow he will need to apply 4 coats of the sealing stuff.  Let's all keep our fingers crossed that it doesn't rain again!