Now in Ely, NV

Well,day before yesterday was very kick back......went to the park to let Irie run. Motel life does NOT agree with her! It's a nice big park and we couldn't figure out why no one is ever there. Now we know! They have the same nasty ass stickers they had back in Montana. Poor Irie got two in her foot. Lisa loved the swings. Then we came back and hung out in the pool. By then, Kanab had reached 99 degrees! While in the pool we discovered red spots on Lisa and me......turns out they have little bugs at that park! Irie had them all over her belly! No wonder no one goes there!
The best part of the day was finding out that the Magic Bus was FIXED!!! Yippee!! All we had to do was the paperwork yesterday AM and we could leave!! We thought.......
Everything moves slowly  in Kanab, but this was really awful! The guy had his paperwork together to submit to EasyCare (our extended service ins), so it started off in a timely manner, but the ins. said they wouldn't pay!!! Didn't cover that particular part!! OMG!! We were screwed!! The bill was almost $4,000! The owner yelled at them, then Alan went ballistic on them and nothing. OK, we changed gears and got a wire from our 401K (bummer!), but then our ATM/credit card wouldn't go thru. I called Ilene at Citizen's and she worked with me for at least 2 hours til we got it to work. I love small banks! Ilene is a wonderful lady anyway, but she saved us!!!
 OK, the Magic Bus is paid for (ouch!), it's 3:30, but we are determined to get a solid day in anyway. It was also really, really windy. I knew that part wasn't gonna be fun, but off we went. I hadn't driven even 35 miles when we hear a really loud, horrible sound. I pulled over, Alan looked around, but didn't see anything, so we took off both of us thinking "omg, what on earth?) Several hours later we stopped at a rest stop. Lisa and I hit the bathroom and Alan took Irie out. When I came out Alan said "I know where the sound came from" and from the look on his face I knew it was BAD! Our roof kinda folds over to a seam on the side of the coach and this seam had nearly entirely POPPED!! The roof is now peeled back like a banana!!! OMG!! I didn't know whether to laugh hysterically or scream or cry or what!! And Alan was the same way. We were just speechless.........what is the Universe trying to say to us? Is this a test of our desire to live the gypsy life? Neither one of us wants to quit, though we have had our moments of doubt (living 8 days in a hotel with Lisa = NO sleep for us!!). And I know Lisa misses school and can get pretty bored with us, even though she has seen and done some amazing things. WTF?????
After we got over the initial shock, we knew we just had to press on......we still had 160 miles to go, so we  took off. As I drove, we talked about it and came to the joint decision that yes, we love this, we'll get it fixed, and move on in our day. We still have our friends wedding and it's gonna be close time wise.
Finally got here in Ely, NV around 8:30PM. We got lucky.....with the time change, we had gained an hour! Didn't do much....Internet for Alan, bed for Lisa and nesting for me. SO nice to sleep in our comfortable Select Number bed (I sound like a commercial!! LOL!!). Lisa went out seconds after her little bald head hit the pillow. Aaaahhhh...no one waking her and changing her position to stop the snoring! I'm sure she liked that!

So, now, it's Friday morning. Alan is cutting strawberries for breakfast. We'll button up the Magic Bus and hit it. Another loooong day, but we will be near Reno tonight and that feels like we are getting close to home sweet home.