Whelp - on the third day - RV living

It started out innocently enough as things always do.

We got an early start and hit the road

and then.......

the dreaded dashboard lights awoke.

 It was the diesel particulate light.

It is basically a filter that needs to be cleaned.

Or it could be a sensor.

Or it could be a multitude of things we are

at this point clueless about.

In any case, when the dashboard light comes on and

it's the diesel particulate light

you have limited power to limp to a safe place.

 Tom limped it into a truck stop in Virginia - Cockerham's

Gulf Station in Hillsdale VA.

Called Coach.net and three hours later our coach

was getting hooked up to go back 81 miles

to a Cummins dealer to see what's what.

 Because of insurance stuff we were not allowed to stay

in the Cummins parking lot so we ended up at the Holiday Inn near the airport.

At 5 a.m. the hotel decided that everyone needed a wake up call

so there we were sitting outside due to a false fire alarm.

Thankfully false.

It was an interesting alarm.

It's loud, annoying and persistent.

However, getting bounced out of bed and trying to figure

things out - I, for one, can't do anything willy-nilly

first thing without a bathroom break.

Fire schmire. LOL.

Then I was NOT going outside in my underwear,

so throwing on clothes was necessary for everyone involved,

and they even had coffee made in the lobby.

This has never happened in a campground.

Returning upstairs we found it impossible to go back to sleep.

All that adreneline you know.

So Tom went to Cummins to see about the coach and

I'm just chillin' in the room.

Life is so not boring on the road.