Guys, we have a problem.
And it's a big one.
And we can't keep traveling until we get it taken care of.
So we're at a campground in Arizona, and the plan was to be here for two weeks and then
start heading north.
But shortly after we got here, Kevin noticed something under the trailer that didn't quite
look right.
You wanna tell them about it?
Let me just go show you.
So I normally try to make a point of checking under the RV every now and then just to make
sure everything's in order.
This is the first time in three years that we've been on the road where I actually found
something really bad.
So to show you what it is, next I get to climb under the kitchen slide.
So I happened to notice while I was looking under here the other day, that this metal
piece right here was crooked.
It's not supposed to be this way.
I came over here to go check it out, and sure enough this is actually the spring hanger
for our suspension on our trailer.
And it has cracked and broken off of the frame.
So sure enough it's broken on both sides.
Thankfully the frame itself is just fine, but the welds here have broken and we cannot
continue traveling like this until we get it fixed.
Normally when a trailer turns really hard and pivots, it puts a lot of pressure on these.
So I read online that this isn't terribly uncommon if you have to make a lot of tight
pivoting maneuvers.
And sure enough, to get into the site that we're in here took one of those kinds of maneuvers
to come in.
So my best guess is that that happened while parking in this site, because we haven't had
any problems up until now.
I had someone come out and take a look, and he said he can order a new hanger and get
everything fixed up good as new.
He said in his professional opinion that some of the welds that were done under here weren't
done right to begin with.
There's some of these supporting bars that are supposed to be welded on multiple sides
that weren't.
And it sounds like the whole thing just needs a little bit of work.
While he was under here, he also noticed a number of other cracked welds.
And so, hopefully by the time we get it back everything's going to be good as new.
Since we're going to be without the RV for a few days, I went ahead and booked us an
Airbnb in Prescott, Arizona, mostly because they had availability and it's not too far
away from here.
And we've never been, so we're gonna go check out some things there.
Although it's a little bit of a hassle to move everybody out of the RV, we're gonna
make the most of it, treat it kind of like a little mini vacation, a little getaway.
I think we'll have fun.
Yeah.
We've started to pack, and I don't really know exactly what we need to bring because
I haven't done this in a while I've realized.
So we're gonna bring the basic overnight things plus some snacks, some easy breakfasts, and
of course coffee, because we don't know exactly what will be provided in the Airbnb.
So we're going to keep packing and get ready to go.
Two shirts!
Two pants!
All right, put them in your suitcases.
Here we are.
We made it to our Airbnb, our home for the next three nights.
Yeah.
And the start of our mini vacation.
As you saw, it was a semi-ordeal getting all of our stuff packed, everything out of the
RV, but once we did that and we got in the truck, ah, sigh of relief.
I know.
It's always the hardest part, just getting everything packed up.
So let's go check out where we're gonna be for the next few days.
So we got the kids situated in their room.
And now we're going to give you a quick tour of the house before we destroy it.
Our stuff is about to be everywhere, so let's get started.
You walk right into the kitchen.
We're gonna cook all of our meals while we're here, except we do have plans to go into Prescott
and pick up a treat in a couple of days.
So you're gonna want to stick around to see what that is.
Then we come into the living room.
Super cozy.
We're gonna feel right at home here.
And bathroom number one for the kid.
Laundry room.
Not anticipating we're gonna need that, but with two kids and a dog you never know.
Come down this hallway.
Kid's room.
We filmed this room before the kids destroyed it, and we'll show you that as well, but now
the kids are in here playing while we get our filming done.
Master bedroom.
This will be our room.
It's beautiful.
All right, so I've seen Kara of Kara and Nate do this so I'm gonna, I'm gonna give it a
try.
This is how it's done.
Perfect!
And here's the master bath with a nice shower.
It's already feeling a little more homey when we've unpacked a little bit.
We've got dinner cooking on the stove.
We're gonna eat, relax, call it a night.
Tomorrow morning I'm taking the RV into the shop, and we'll take you along for that.
All right it is time to go pick up this trailer and go get it fixed.
Got my travel buddy here with me.
Hi Maggie dog.
Maggie.
After hitching up, I drove very slowly to the repair shop.
The broken spring hanger caused the driver's side wheels to be uncomfortably close together.
And I was worried any bumps could make the tires rub or cause further damage to the suspension.
Well, here we are a couple of hours later.
The trailer is dropped off at the place that's gonna fix it.
I didn't really film much of anything because it got kind of complicated.
I didn't realize that I needed to disconnect a bunch of electrical stuff because as they
weld of course they've got to be connected to the frame of the trailer.
So, because I have all that solar stuff and the big battery bank and all that, I ended
up having to go in and disconnect a whole bunch of my electrical stuff which will be
fun to redo when we get it back.
And then I had to uh take out a drawer under the oven to get to where our refrigerator
is plugged in.
And we just ran an extension cord out from that, and that will be plugged in at their
shop.
So the fridge is running and then everything else in the trailer is now off.
So they can safely weld it without thankfully blowing up any of our equipment in there.
Hopefully in a couple of days everything will be good as new.
In the meantime we're going to go enjoy Prescott.
So yesterday ended up being kind of a long day just getting the trailer situated.
I didn't realize I'd have to take all the electrical stuff apart.
So thankfully that is squared away.
The weather was not very good coming on back to Prescott here so.
It even snowed!
Yeah.
Was not expecting that.
So it didn't really make for much of a day to spend out in the yard with a fire or anything.
So we just kind of hung out inside.
Made some indoor s'mores because we promised the kids.
Gotta deliver.
In the microwave.
So today we are going to go check out Prescott some more and go get some donuts.
Drive through, here we come!
Drive through with a big track is always exciting.
I know right.
Are we going to fit?
That's always the question.
Looks like it.
All right, we have got the goods.
Yes.
So now we are off to find a place to eat.
I don't even know how many we ended up with.
We mentioned a few that we had seen online, and she suggested a few.
Uh, so let's see what we've actually got.
If I get the box open.
Ooh.
Look at that.
We have a pink sprinkle, rainbow sprinkle, apple fritter, red velvet...
There you go.
And devil's food cake, and then filled with a Bavarian chocolate pudding, I believe.
Oh, gonna be so good.
There's a leaf blower or something in the background so I apologize, but we decided
we were gonna take our donuts somewhere downtown historic Prescott and find a place to sit.
So we are here in Courthouse Square at the Yavapai County Courthouse.
And we're gonna find a bench or some steps to sit and enjoy these, and then we're gonna
walk around a little bit.
This may either turn out to be a brilliant idea or we're gonna freeze.
But we brought a blanket, and we got coffee so let's go.
The verdict is: the donuts are great, but it's also entirely too cold out here so we're
going to finish them in the truck.
All right, the destruction is complete.
It was really good, and...
Ooh!
The star of the show, we have to mention.
They were all good, but the star of the show is definitely the apple fritter.
Yeah.
And that's not usually my favorite.
It's more so your, your preferred type of pastry.
Hands down.
So good.
The other interesting thing worth mentioning is how inexpensive that was.
That cost less, the like the two coffees and the donuts together all of that was less than
like two specialty coffees at a more name brand place.
Right.
Just over $8 right?
Yeah.
Good deal.
Now we're gonna go for a little stroll.
We're gonna check out the area right around the square here which is where most of historic
Prescott is located.
Let's go check it out.
Prescott, Arizona has a historic downtown with the granite Yavapai County Courthouse,
is home to the world's oldest rodeo and Prescott Frontier Days, has a street known as Whiskey
Row which includes the famous Palace Saloon, and lots of other western history and historic
places.
We have all of our stuff behind us.
We have an hour until checkout.
So we're just wrapping up, packing up.
And then we're gonna head over to the Granite Dells which supposedly is an amazing area
in the Prescott region.
And Watson Lake is our destination.
We're gonna take you along because we probably can't pick up our RV until the afternoon.
So we're just going to spend a few hours there until we head back to the shop.
We haven't actually heard anything from the shop so fingers crossed that it's actually
ready and good to go.
And it still is probably gonna be kind of a long day because once we get it back we
still have to go get some water and then get it situated so that we could actually spend
the night in it.
Hopefully that all goes well, but first, Watson Lake.
The Granite Dells is a beautiful area of granite rock formations just north of Prescott.
There are two city parks located in the Dells, Watson Lake and Willow Lake.
Today we checked out Watson Lake and enjoyed the amazing views, the waterfront, and some
rock scrambling.
After enjoying the Granite Dells, we went back to the truck to call the repair shop.
Thank you for calling.
To schedule repair dial one.
Please hold while we connect your call to extension one.
Hey this is Kevin, the owner of the fifth wheel, and I was just wanting to call and
see if it was done and when we could come pick it up.
Come back next time to see what happened getting our RV back and in our travels on to Sedona.
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See you soon.
And we can't keep traveling, until we get it fixed, and I just cut you off.
That's slick.
This piece right here is the hanger that hold, no I'm just gonna stop here.
So like...
Get it get it, you can do it.
Klara help him up.
One is... do you remember?
No.
I'm just going to eat it.
I don't need to know what it is.
We've been walking around here for several minutes now.
And I look down and I say your shoes are backwards.
Look at this!
Let's swap them.