Effingham To Nappanee, IN

This was our last leg of back to back travel for the few days we will be spending in Nappanee and we were again on the road at 0800.  The weather systems that have been coming up out of the southwest US and the Gulf of Mexico have been relentless this winter.  We have been on the West side of them but this morning we departed in the warm rain that is the precursor to some more serious weather that is expected later this coming weekend.

This last leg was to get ourselves set up for our visit to the factory and service center for Newmar.  When we bought our coach last May we identified a few items to the dealer that they remedied before we drove off the lot.  There were a few items they were not comfortable completing for some reason that still puzzles me, but as a result we decided to include a stop at the manufacturer on our return to Canada this year to have those things resolved.  There are not a lot but we have booked four days to have them taken care of.  There have been a few additional items added to the list since we took delivery, but overall, the list is small and it should not take them more than a few days to accomplish everything.

The drive was nice and quiet for a Saturday morning and we had one stop planned at a rest area in Plainfield, Indiana.  If you are driving or towing an RV I would not recommend a stop at the rest area.  The area for cars looked reasonable enough, but the back area used by larger vehicles was absolutely filthy and disgusting.  We stayed about fifteen minutes and were back on the road.  We have seen about twenty rest areas of various sizes in the different states on this trip overall and have never seen anything like this.  The only thing missing for this to be a scene out of Walking Dead would be zombies coming out of the bush.  Scratch that one.

The rest of the drive was uneventful and we arrived at the Newmar Service Centre just after 1400.  There are 62 sites available for customers who are using the facility for service, and about two thirds were occupied.  In addition, any customers who order a coach and pick it up at the factory will stay here while they undergo their orientation.  Each site is fully serviced and the area is secure.  I will do a post specifically on the service visit at some point, and am looking forward to seeing the service facility and what is in town and the surrounding area.

Service Centre upstairs lounge

Service Center bays

We are hunkered down and ready for a sharp cold front that will be bring possible heavy thunderstorms and the threat of tornado’s late Sunday and early Monday.  Later in the week there is the potential for more storms as the transition to spring ramps up the tornado and thunderstorm threat. 

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