Look Ma, No Leaks

26 Feb 2013

Just as I was posting the previous blog entry, the steady rain we’d been having most of the afternoon turned into a deluge and the winds became ferocious just as predicted on the beloved weather radio. We rode out the monsoon in stable security here inside the little Escape. It didn’t rock or roll in the least, and most pleasingly, it also didn’t leak. More on leaking later.

A few days ago, coming out of Little Rock, we encountered an awful highway which jolted us along for many miles before smoothing out. After that we noticed that the door to our refrigerator was sagging enough that it was difficult to close. And the microwave door had popped open during the drive, which made us thankful that we had remembered to stow the glass microwave plate in a cabinet where it couldn’t go crashing to the floor. It’s definitely a good idea to follow the admonition printed on the microwave door, “Remove plate before travelling.”

Because of banter on the Escape Forum on the topic of refrigerator doors coming loose and even falling off, we took our own sagging refrigerator door seriously and called ahead to an authorized Dometic service center in Pensacola on our way there. They treated us very well and determined that our problem was nothing more than loose screws on the hinges, which they promptly tightened. From now on, monitoring those door screws will be part of our routine.

Now, back to the subject of leaks…while we were at the camper dealership, one of the employees, perhaps a salesman, showed a lot of interest in our Escape. He was looking inside the open door and walking around the outside. As he tapped on the camper he said, “You shouldn’t have any trouble with this Fiberglas body.” Great Husband told him we were very pleased with the build quality and how we went through a monsoon the previous night in Vicksburg with zero leaks. The employee nodded and said, “When we have a monsoon here on the lot, you would be surprised at how many units require us to mop up water, and it’s not just the cheap ones. It includes the $200,000 motor homes.”