Wednesday November 5, 2014
The truck stop where we spent the night.
By 7:30 this morning, I called the ERS, or "Emergency Road Service" for a tow truck to the nearest repair facility.
The tow truck showed up by 10 and started to work.
Ready for the move. We only have two kilometers to go to get to "Stoops" repair facility.
Before they can actually move us, they have to remove an axel from the drive train.
On our way!
When things go wrong, they go wrong!
Something went wrong and the front end is busted up.
Here are the details...
The front end...
The right side...
And sort of the same thing on the left.
Once the tow truck is gone, the mechanic showed up to have a look and get up to speed on the repair needed.
He left to try to get a proper alternator because our alternator is modified to work on the motorhome.
We are now waiting for the next step.
Our campsite for the night???
Just a little before diner we got a call from the service manager telling us they found the proper alternator. It is actually cheaper at $375. However, the bad part, they can only change it tomorrow morning.
So we are off to get some pizza for diner.
Another night in a garage parking lot!
But it is very quiet here.
Thursday November 6, 2014.
We are up by 6 am to be ready for 7 am for the mechanics.
Of course they did not show up until 7:45!
Because I can not run the engine, they have to push us to the bay in the garage.
It is not an easy job to drive the motorhome with power steering!
We made it to the bay without any damages!
This is where the alternator goes.
So we left them alone, went to Walmart, and spend some time. By 10 am, we got a call from the service manager telling us that a cable between the alternator and the battery is broken! Change the dam wire!
This wire goes all around the engine to reach the batteries.
It is 11:30 by the time they are all done.
So here is the new alternator and the new batteries we got installed.
They were over 7 years old and we decided to get them changed along with the alternator that way if something goes wrong, it will not be our fault...
After paying the bill ($1700.00 US) and I cannot wait to see this after the exchange rate kicks in. We left for the "Lake Heaven Retreat" located less than 3 km from the repair facilities.
It was time we got to a campground because we were out of fresh water this morning.
I forgot! While we were in the garage being repaired, a man showed up to do an estimate for the repair on the front end.
He said when ever we show up, they will drop everything to get us back on the road as soon as possible. We will see!
So, tonight we fill the fresh water tank and dump the used water tank. We also got caught up on laundry.
Friday Novenber 7, 2014.
This morning we are leaving the Lake Heaven Park to go to "JBK Truck, Trailer & Bus Inc."
Now! I have to say that JBK are the nicest people to deal with. They did drop everything to work on our motorhome and get us back on the road ASAP!
Once the motorhome was in their good care, we left to visit downtown Indianapolis. First, we had to wash the car.
After the carwash, we stopped at Denny's for a good breakfast.
One of our friends mentioned that a lot of outdoor work of art usually get "damaged" in some way back home (Canada, Quebec).
We don't seem to see this when we go south! Hummmm!!!!
The downtown Indianapolis is a beautiful place. We are surprised by the cleanliness and the lack of traffic. BTW, Indianapolis has invested a lot of money and time to revitalise the downtown area. What are we missing in Canada???
The Monument Circle and a beautiful clock.
Being a circle, even the buildings are circular.
The State Capitol on Indiana.
The back side of the Capitol.
We have to wait to get on the next guided tour. We use our waiting time to take a walk along the canal downtown. With no wind, the reflection on the water is perfect.
Pretty neat clock, and it came from a Canadian city!
Here is the canal. Most of the sites along the canal used to be industrial and not nice. 20 years ago, the city started to make improvement along the canal.
Now, tell me about a vision for 20 + years.
Back to the Capitol, we started our visit, but we had a choice, either go with a group of fourth grader or a group of senior. We picked the young one.
We are at the middle of the Capitol in the rotunda and at the top, you have the stain glass dome. It is at 105 feet above us and it is 72 feet across. The guide also gave us a lot of information about the construction of the Capitol.
These places are always magnificent.
We are now in the "house" of the Capitol.
The guide is the best we have ever had. He kept the attention of 120 fourth graders at all time.
The house is home to 100 members of the house.
Guess what? The chandelier has 100 lights.
Every doorknobs has the seal of the state.
We are now in the Senate of the state where 50 senators work.
We even got to tour the Supreme Court.
We really enjoyed our tour of the State Capitol.
We have never seen a restaurant named after a BBQ grill!
One of the buildings in the circle has mirror like columns in front and we like the way we look in them! Tall and skinny...
The downtown is very nice looking as I said before.
I have never seen electric car rental before.
Back at the body shop, the work is moving along pretty good.
We even had a nice sunset tonight.
It is a Friday evening watching TV.
Saturday November 8, 2014.
I am up early this morning because I want to be ready for when the crew comes in at 7 o'clock. By 7:20, the motorhome is inside and they get right to it.
They are done with the bodywork.
By 11 o'clock, the primer is on.
They got a heater pointing to the motorhome to make it dry faster.
With the motorhome in good hand, we leave for the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
It is a free museum.
We have never seen any plants looking like these one!
Once inside we discover a very nice museum.
I have to tell you this before we go into the museum. Sometime I think that what is considered art by some is not art by me!!! Just my humble opinion.
Like this mural in the hall, is it art?
I do not see it as art!
This museum is huge. It has four floors full of art.
On this floor, you have American and European designs stuff.
A nice tea pot.
Why this plate?
Because the bugs are painted on the plate!
Why would you do this?
Of course you have some well-known painters.
A painting of Washington street here in Indianapolis in 1892.
On the third floor, we had the chance to see some stuff from Africa, Asia and Oceania.
On the fourth floor, we discovered contemporary art. It is so much from the 60's.
We really loved this chair.
Now, that is recycling!
Michele walking of a piece of art. The glass floor is supported by tiny figurines!
We decided we did not want to cook tonight. A good burger at Steak'n Shake.
Back at the body shop, by 8 o'clock the painter let us take the motorhome outside for the night.
Sunday November 9, 2014.
Sunday and nothing is going on. We are not complaining.
Here is what was accomplished yesterday.
Of course, we did not move the motorhome.
And another sunset...
We cannot wait for the motorhome to be ready and leave Indianapolis. A cold front is coming from Canada.
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