The Road Home

Sunday night we returned back to the campground. On Saturday, the day before when we stopped at Dream RV with our duct-taped RV. The people there had said that if we drove it home we would possibly lose our window, our table would go flying out and cause a major accident. If that didn't happen a cop would definitely take us off the road so we started looking at RVs, we saw an awesome one, a Dutchman Express 2007 with only 10,000 miles in mint condition. They named a price and an agreement was signed but we had to get approval from their bank. Their internet was down. It would have to wait till Monday.
We felt like the couple in The Out of Towners starring Sandy Dennis and Jack Lemmon, a bit displaced at Encore RV Park beacause instead of enjoying the beautiful lake and heated swimming pools we were wondering what else could happen.
Monday we drove our car back to the airport and caught a cab back. We unhooked the RV and went to see Steve Erdman of Dream RV. Jack had put money down on the RV and we were trading it in. The credit score was too low even though in Pennsylvania it was fine, in Florida the score has to be over 720. Erdman explained that Florida is a transient state and is in a depression. Banks require higher scores. Jack even had a letter of approval from his bank faxed but still no go. The only way would be to pay cash in the total amount. We were in a tough situation. Leave the RV with all our stuff in it, fly home, let the new RV go. Chance driving home, over 1100 miles duct-taping the whole way home. Jack talked to his banker, Anthony at Wachovia. All three decided a good way to go was to rent a SUV, put as much stuff inside it as possible to drive home. Jack will meet with his banker and fly back to Bradenton to pick up the new RV. Our RV and a deposit is holding the new RV.
We packed everything we had in plastic bags, suitcases, iced up our food and took off. Though everyone at Dream RV was awesome some how it still felt like being evicted. We said our goodbyes to our old friend. Jack gingerly took off the license plate, Of we went. Last night we arrived at the Hampton Suites in Florence, South Carolina after driving 600 miles around 9 p.m. Awesome place. Hot hot showers and fluffy pillows. Today we will drive 550 miles and reach home sometime tonight. What a journey it has been!