CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted October 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 1 minute ago, mouseketab.....Carol said: Hasn't the fridge door on your MOHO broken before?? Yes, it did. 4-5 years ago. When we got home David patched it up. Not sure it can be salvaged again. Probably will have to buy a new unit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 40 minutes ago, CCIntrigue...aka Gwen said: I was cheap. Bought a pack of frozen green peas. Splurge on the $1 or $2 gel packs. You can reuse them, and they wont frostbite your skin. They are covered in cloth, and since they don't freeze solid like a regular ice chest gel pack, you can mold them to fit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted October 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 3 minutes ago, Travisma said: Splurge on the $1 or $2 gel packs. You can reuse them, and they wont frostbite your skin. They are covered in cloth, and since they don't freeze solid like a regular ice chest gel pack, you can mold them to fit. Thanks for the info. I'll ask David to check them out next time he goes to WM. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 739 Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 1 hour ago, CCIntrigue...aka Gwen said: Yes, it did. 4-5 years ago. When we got home David patched it up. Not sure it can be salvaged again. Probably will have to buy a new unit. Hope you get better soon. If it's a NORCOLD they have a metal hinge bracket for the doors that failed. Had the same issue on the SENECA. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted October 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 18 minutes ago, Grumpy and Grandma said: Hope you get better soon. If it's a NORCOLD they have a metal hinge bracket for the doors that failed. Had the same issue on the SENECA. No, it's a Dometic. The metal hinge bracket didn't fail. It was the pin that holds the door into the bracket. The pin is metal but is enclosed in heavy plastic. The pin bent and ripped out the plastic when the door fell the first time. David straightened the pin and gorilla glued the plastic back together. This time the pin bent again and ripped out more plastic We can't even find all the pieces. Dometic says they can't replace the pin. It's a 14-year-old fridge, but it is still working great and I really don't want to spend $4,000 replacing it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 739 Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 52 minutes ago, CCIntrigue...aka Gwen said: It's a 14-year-old fridge, but it is still working great and I really don't want to spend $4,000 replacing it. Check into replacing it with a residential refrigerator and a bigger inverter. You coach should have the battery capacity for your overnight Cracker Barrel/ Flying J stops when traveling. Probably cost you about $1,500 for that. We love our residential fridge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted October 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 8 minutes ago, Grumpy and Grandma said: Check into replacing it with a residential refrigerator and a bigger inverter. You coach should have the battery capacity for your overnight Cracker Barrel/ Flying J stops when traveling. Probably cost you about $1,500 for that. We love our residential fridge. Thanks. Will check into it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Momof6....aka Marty 769 Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Gwen, how is the foot doing? I iamgine you are looking around your house and seeing all sorts of things that you want to get done now that you are home. Ignore them and rest that foot! <3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted October 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 2 minutes ago, Momof6....aka Marty said: Gwen, how is the foot doing? I iamgine you are looking around your house and seeing all sorts of things that you want to get done now that you are home. Ignore them and rest that foot! <3 Thank you for thinking of me, Marty! Maybe 10% of the swelling has gone down. Still very painful and getting blacker by the day. I've always had ugly, fat feet, but this is so bad it's comical! There's no way I can do anything around the house, so I'm not even worrying about it. David is slowly getting the motorhome unpacked. I feel sorry for him because he's having to do it all himself. and it's frustrating him. He doesn't even know where I pack a lot of things away, so I'm having to tell him what needs to be unpacked first and where to find it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fladogfan aka Gretchen 259 Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Good for David. At least he's not letting it sit till your foot heals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted October 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 14 minutes ago, fladogfan aka Gretchen said: Good for David. At least he's not letting it sit till your foot heals. Yes. He's had a hard time unpacking. He's been great about it, though. There are things in the moho we can't do without until my foot heals ... like all my underwear! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted October 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Tuesday, 10/4: Finally Photobucket is behaving nicely since we're home. Go figure. This was a beautiful morning. After a quick breakfast in Dolly, we headed to MK. We had one last ride on PPF and then went to 7DMT. We finally got the first car, so I had a great shot of the witch: The crane was finally down: The rain sat in, so we went to Gasparilla Island Grill at GF for lunch. Then David went to Alamo to turn the car in while I went back to MK. He joined me for one last attraction: Then at dusk we said our goodbyes and headed back to the Fort to finish getting Dolly ready to travel in the morning. I was so sad. A month had flown by so quickly. I still had too many things on my to do list. When is it ever enough time? We debated and dreaded our drive home. Hurricane Matthew was coming in, and the Fort would be closing the next day. What to do, what to do? We had two options -- take our normal route home (95 to 26 to 77 to 40) or head up 75 to Atlanta, which would be safer and 100 miles longer, I barely got any sleep that night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted October 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Wednesday, 10/5, and Thursday 10/6: We woke up too early Wednesday morning, still wondering about our route home. I was in constant contact with Beckers, whose husband was driving up 95. Brian said there was a five-mile delay on 95 getting onto 26. That sealed the deal for us. We were going 75 through Atlanta. So we took the back way out of the Fort. So far, so good. We made it off the Florida turnpike and onto I-75 about 12:30. Smooth going so far. We made it to Georgia easily. Still so far, so good. Then we hit Atlanta. Okay, not so bad here. It was about 7pm. We were wrong. This is about the time the refrigerator door fell on my foot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted October 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 We spent the night about an hour outside of Atlanta and left Braselton about 7am. My foot was really swollen, an I could barely walk. We made it into SC before 8am. We heard again that 95 is gridlocked and 26 is closed, so we were sure we made the right decision on the route coming home. We stopped at a CB before we made it to Greenville, SC, and made it into NC around 10:30am. After a fuel stop and a couple of pit stops, we made it home around 1pm. Next up, final thoughts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Momof6....aka Marty 769 Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 You were so close! I'm glad you didn't stop, with your foot and the need to get home. But I still wish i could have stood by the highway and waved as you went past. I'm hoping you will be posting more pictures now that yo are home! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted October 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 5 hours ago, Momof6....aka Marty said: You were so close! I'm glad you didn't stop, with your foot and the need to get home. But I still wish i could have stood by the highway and waved as you went past. I'm hoping you will be posting more pictures now that yo are home! Marty, I wish we could have seen you too! But I'm glad we got home when we did. My doctor was able to see me about my foot two hours after we got home and then got me into the orthopedist the next morning. Yes, I am working on more pictures. Don't know when I will start posting them, though. Since I can't do much besides sit here in front of the computer all day, I don't have an excuse to not post more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duane 150 Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Well then girl, tell David the Butler to pour you a glass of iced tea and giddy up on those pictures!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted October 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 8 minutes ago, Duane said: Well then girl, tell David the Butler to pour you a glass of iced tea and giddy up on those pictures!! He's been very patient and attentive all morning getting me out to breakfast, a doctor's appointment, an hour-long wait at the pharmacy, etc. And now he's going out to mow my mother's yard. I think i'd better be nice to him! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duane 150 Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 As it reads in the Husband's Handbook in Chapter 1, Page 1 in BOLD print... "Happy Wife, Happy Life". David will take care of you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayco1 15 Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 17 hours ago, Duane said: As it reads in the Husband's Handbook in Chapter 1, Page 1 in BOLD print... "Happy Wife, Happy Life". David will take care of you! Line 2 : Keep your mouth shut and do what you're told. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duane 150 Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 And don't forget this handy little phrase.... "I have no opinion!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 19 hours ago, Duane said: As it reads in the Husband's Handbook in Chapter 1, Page 1 in BOLD print... "Happy Wife, Happy Life". David will take care of you! 2 hours ago, jayco1 said: Line 2 : Keep your mouth shut and do what you're told. 1 hour ago, Duane said: And don't forget this handy little phrase.... "I have no opinion!" Since I'd never heard the phrase "happy wife, happy life" until I read it on Fort Fiends, I had to ask David about it. He said it's the same as the redneck saying "if mama ain't happy, nobody's happy," I've spent all morning editing my Main Street Electrical Parade photos. Now Photobucket won't let me upload them. I guess nobody's happy, at least in our house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duane 150 Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 And people think this is only a place to talk about Disney related stuff... Folks pay good money for marriage counseling these days... They just need to come here. Jen just needs to find a way to collect a co-pay for all those who come here for advice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 15 minutes ago, Duane said: And people think this is only a place to talk about Disney related stuff... Folks pay good money for marriage counseling these days... They just need to come here. Jen just needs to find a way to collect a co-pay for all those who come here for advice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 My pictures of MSEP are here: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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