CT Bound

Our last night in New Jersey was in the boon docks and more or less resembled as a work camp for migrant farm workers. Dirt roads,  a bunch of empty trailers - I guess it's off season here, too. They did have an office and small camp store and a lake that looked like a former borrow pit. Now I can imagine what the beach towns like like in the season but what what the RV part would look like is actually scary. Attached to the office were the comfort station. I went into the men's side and noticed that the showers only had a one hose bib type valve for water. I turned it on and after a while the water came out warm - no hot or cold water control, just warm. That's interesting, cell phone was in the RV or I would have snagged a picture of that. Just goes to show when you're advertising you can make any property look like winner.

In the morning we started our run for Connecticut - thank goodness for the Garden State Parkway and fortunately we were paid up with Easy Pass so we could breeze through the toll stations which seemed to appear every other mile. Most of them are for only $1.50 but I think that the reason for their existence is to slow down the traffic.

In not too long we had circled around New York, crossed the Tappan Zee bridge and connected with I-95 north. WE pulled off at one of the exits to find some waterfront and a seafood restaurant. While winding around we went under a low electric train overpass and realized that we had made a wrong turn. So we made a turn to go back under the next overpass which was right next to the road and unfortunately this underpass was lower than the first. I started to turn right and looking for traffic from the left and then it happened. I looked back to the underpass and the sign said 9'6", Too late, by the time I could stop I had lost most of the A/C.

We made our way to I-95 and the first rest stop. The good news was that Geico saved the day of us,
We weren't exactly sure where we were but the nice claims agent found the name of a Winnebego RV dealer in Bristol, about 50 miles away. We had googled some closer companies and called to no avail. The service manager at Crowley RV said we could drive up but they would not even be able to look at the damage until Friday. We told him that we had no other choice but to drive up and if it was OK with him we would overnight in his parking lot and talk to him in the morning.

What happens is that because there is a season the RVs are winterized and the boats are shrink wrapped over the winter and then about this time of year every marina and RV shop is swamped with business to get all the toys ready for the season. The next morning was quite different - they bent over backwards to survey the damage and find out where and when they could get a new A/C unit. The bottom line was that the new unit will arrive tomorrow or Friday at the latest and repairs will be finished no later than noon on Saturday, We were absolutely surprised and thrilled by the way we were treated by both Geico and the employees of Crowley RV.

                                               

Knowing this we rented a car from Enterprise

Claims report issued and estimate for repairs signed, we rented a car from Enterprise, packed for two nights out and headed for the coast. The nearest town was Old Saybrook and check out Susun's smile while having lunch at Johnny Ad's, which has been serving food for over 52 years. After lunch we drove along the coast as good as the roads would let us and then checked into the Hampton Inn in the town Mystic. Tomorrow Shadow is going to the groomer for a bath and trim and Mom and Dad will spend the morning or more at Mystic Seaport. We'll be back in Bristol Friday afternoon and back on the road again soon.