06/14/19 - Wow, my post on 6/10 has dates wrong.  It should be June and not May.

On 6/11, I learned the the shocks were delayed and that I would not get the RV back until Thursday. 

 6/13,  I informed him that if he had it done by late afternoon, I would still have a ride since Antony and Beth had planned to leave at 4:00 pm.  I told him that I would wait in the lobby until it was ready and he would not commit to that so Antony and Beth left at 5:00 pm.  He had told me that they would give me a ride since there has been so much of a delay. 

Today, I decided to start getting some things ready to move back into the RV.  Since I was in the basement, I did not have phone services so I missed 4 voice mails and several text messages.  I had just put lunch in the microwave, when I thought I heard a strange noise upstairs.  I listened for a minute and just felt uneasy as if someone was in the house.  I went to the bottom of the stairs and yelled "Hello, Hello" and sure enough someone responded.  I immediately went up the stairs because I could not figure out how he got into the house.  Sure enough there was a gentleman at the door with keys in his hands!!  Needless to stay I was flabbergasted.  I soon learned that Antony and family had car trouble and were unable to continue.  They only got to St. Louis which is about 2 1/2 hours from home.  They tried road side service but nothing worked.  They were able to walk to a motel for the night.  The motel only had one room left so the whole family ended up in one room.  What a mess.  This morning, Antony talked to a mechanic but just could not figure out what was wrong.  So he called Garber Diesel because they have a towing service as well.  My RV has been at the same place.  The towing truck driver came out to the house and tried to let me know he was here but I was in the basement Poor Antony was so frustrated because I would not answer the phone and then did not answer the door so he informed the driver where they had a key hidden for the front door so he could open it and  yell for me.  So that is why that all happened without my knowledge.

Antony has bought a Ford Transport vehicle that is much bigger than a mini van and has captain seats which is much more comfortable for the family to travel.  So he was going to sell the mini van but has not sold yet.  Anyway, the tow truck put the mini van on the truck and I tagged along since the RV was finally finished since he was going back to the repair shop to get some items before heading for St. Louis to pick up Antony and family.  He then dropped the mini van off at the motel so the family could return home and the Ford Transport was then towed back to a repair shop in the vicinity.

The family got home at 6:00 pm and the Ford Transport got to the repair shop about 6:30 pm.  Antony had asked for a HUGE favor.  Could someone looked at it after hours and if by chance it was a simple repair could they check it out so maybe the family could still start their trip.  Antony went to bed to sleep for a while and the rest of the family got some dinner together so I joined them for dinner.  During dinner, the puppy (golden retriever) decided to play with my extension cord that gives me electricity for the RV, and was able to pull the cord from the house receptacle and even from the RV, decided to do a little chewing and pulled it all the way out on the grass!!  I could not believe it.  We electric taped the little area she chewed and plugged me back in.

 Everyone was kinda in limbo but Beth got the little one ready for bed and before that got accomplished, Antony got a phone call from the repair shop.  They did talk for a little while but he learned that there was mole that grew on the side of the air filter and broke off and went into something else which caused the computer to respond and shut things down.  The mechanic informed him that it was repaired and what did Antony want to do.  The family was so excited and just wanted to get on the road.  So at 9:00 pm, they piled into the mini van, drove to pick up the Ford Transport and one again are on their way. I got a text and things are going well so far. They have been delayed for 25 hours but are once again traveling to New York.