Quarantine & Repairs: Week One

Unfortunately the family farm received a lot of rain in the days leading up to our arrival in the RV.  We had to leave the RV parked un-level at the top of the driveway while waiting for the field to dry out so we could reposition it at the one flat place on the farm.

We had a narrow window on Saturday where it had been dry for a few days right before rain was due again, so we raced to move the RV.  Unfortunately the field was not quite so firm as it appeared when we did the test drive over it in the cars, and the RV got stuck.  

Take a good look at that front tire...

Thanks to some quick thinking and quick work by Aaron and my dad, we were able to jack the RV up, put boards underneath the tires, and get moving again...only to get stuck in another 10 feet.  So we repeated the process.

Positioning the boards

Yay! Traction!

Over the board and on to the next place to get stuck

We left some nasty ruts in the field 😞

Finally we got the RV in place!  We did a lot of jacking up and down and Aaron drove very carefully to get the RV up on the different-height blocks that keep it level and stop it from sinking into the earth.

So many blocks!  Plus plywood for traction to drive up
on the blocks.

All set!

The next day the wind managed to rip one of the fan/vent covers off of the RV.  (It's REALLY windy at the farm.)  This particular cover's restraining arm broke while we were on the road, so Aaron already had a replacement on order (though it hadn't arrived yet), but we still had to race over between rain showers and tape plastic over the gaping hole in the roof.  It seems that the crazy wind managed to get under the cover and blow the whole thing off without the restraining arm.  

Broken fan cover