http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/10/27/a-don-quixote-day/ Fulltime RV Travel In Our Winnebago Motorhome Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:45:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/10/27/a-don-quixote-day/comment-page-1/#comment-7711 Jean Watson Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:30:20 +0000 http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/?p=3326#comment-7711 Wow know just how you feel. We are in Carlsbad NM at a great RV park. John decided he did not like how the bedroom slide mechanism sounded so we raised the bed to have a look. Well the base that held the motor was made of aluminum and welded at the corners. We managed to take out the base to check it out. As much as we love our Allegro Bus this base for the slide motor must have been made on a Friday afternoon -- they didn't weld the bottom of the base ! The other welds holding it together broke apart. So to make a new base John (hes an engineer) designed a base to make out of either wood or steel. Carlsbad is a great town for projects since it has a large mining operation it has many shops. So we found a place who had steel square tubing they cut it for us put the holes in it. SO now John is putting it al together then back under the bed and our slide should be better then new. Glad I have a great husband who can do this. Wow know just how you feel. We are in Carlsbad NM at a great RV park. John decided he did not like how the bedroom slide mechanism sounded so we raised the bed to have a look. Well the base that held the motor was made of aluminum and welded at the corners. We managed to take out the base to check it out. As much as we love our Allegro Bus this base for the slide motor must have been made on a Friday afternoon — they didn’t weld the bottom of the base ! The other welds holding it together broke apart. So to make a new base John (hes an engineer) designed a base to make out of either wood or steel. Carlsbad is a great town for projects since it has a large mining operation it has many shops. So we found a place who had steel square tubing they cut it for us put the holes in it. SO now John is putting it al together then back under the bed and our slide should be better then new. Glad I have a great husband who can do this.

]]> http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/10/27/a-don-quixote-day/comment-page-1/#comment-7707 Jerry and Suzy LeRoy Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:47:34 +0000 http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/?p=3326#comment-7707 Don Quixote Day -- we like that! We remember (gosh, we can't remember his first name, but the last was Anderson) who wrote a monthly column (for Motothome Magazine?) -- anyway, he often wrote about traveling in his motorhome "Rocinante." He took the name from that of Don Quixote's horse, because Quixote was said to "jump on the horse and ride off in all directions!" In respect to Anderson's memory, we renamed our motorhome Rocinante, or "Rosie" for short, and Rosie has indeed taken us in all directions! Don Quixote Day — we like that! We remember (gosh, we can’t remember his first name, but the last was Anderson) who wrote a monthly column (for Motothome Magazine?) — anyway, he often wrote about traveling in his motorhome “Rocinante.” He took the name from that of Don Quixote’s horse, because Quixote was said to “jump on the horse and ride off in all directions!” In respect to Anderson’s memory, we renamed our motorhome Rocinante, or “Rosie” for short, and Rosie has indeed taken us in all directions!

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