Niagara Falls, Ontario 8/21/07

Well, folks, we lost a couple of days due to motor home problems. Our Southwind started making some bad sounds and it turned out that the power steering pump needed to be replaced. So we stayed in New York state till Monday morning at which time we set out trying to find a place that could repair/replace the pump. We finally found a garage with a big enough bay that was willing to do the work, but they could not find the parts. Further investigation showed that this part is no longer manufactured and we could wait for one week because one was finally located in Connecticut! Well, we were near a Camping World RV sales center and we decided we were through fighting all the little problems we kept having. So we traded the Southwind for a 2003 Hurricane with two slides. What a difference these slides make! The dining and living area is widened by approximately 3 feet and the bedroom is also widened by about 2 feet. We also have a bigger bathroom and the engine is so much quieter than our old one. We are really happy with this new one, even though we had to go into debt to buy it. Nevertheless, we are happy with the overall deal. So now here we are in Niagara Falls but have not yet started doing any sightseeing because we are so dog tired from the "move". We spent almost all day yesterday at Camping World waiting on the paperwork, prep work and other stuff. They said they normally don't deliver an RV on the same day it is purchased but they pushed things through so we could get back on the road again. But the deal wasn't completed until about 6:00 PM and then it took us about 2 hours to move all our stuff. I am so glad that we have Nickie with us. She was a tremendous help and is really quite a good organizer. I think she moved more stuff than I did.
Now that we have gotten our strength back, we are going to drive down to the falls and take some pictures. Look for these on my photo album tomorrow but click here to see a couple of pictures of our new motor home.