I’ve booked the RV in at Heidi’s for a series of repairs. But it will have to stay overnight. I’m discovering the major drawback in purchasing a vehicle from a dealership 90+ minutes away. But I have a cunning plan – a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel (IYKYK). My friends from Timmins are driving down to Milton on Friday, passing right by Heidi’s. I’ll drop the RV off in the morning, spend a couple of hours in the waiting room reading, and catch a ride home with them. Perfect.
Stopped at Tim’s on the way up to Heidi’s and picked up some tim-bits for the staff – that was a big hit! They weren’t going to be able to look at it that day, but that was fine, I already knew that. What I had miscalculated was when my friends would be arriving – I had just assumed that people driving from Timmins to Milton (about 8 hours) would leave before 10am. But no, they didn’t text that they were leaving until after noon, so I was at Heidi’s from 10:30am to 6pm. But, it turned out that that worked out very much in my favour. The combination of bringing donuts, chatting up the service staff, and showing complete patience whilst waiting meant that the wonderful Tina cajoled/coerced the mechanic to at least take a look at my rig and walked me through every repair required. He showed me how to re-set my generator and acknowledged every single one of my teeny-tiny requests. I really do love the service team at Heidi’s.
I wish I could say the same of the staff at the Heidi’s campground. Because the Service Centre closed at 5 and my ride wasn’t arriving until after 6, Tina suggested I go and wait at the attached campground; just tell the staff what I was doing and they’d let me sit by the pool. Oh, no, they would not. This was my third set of interactions with the campground staff, and all I can say is, they are not a pleasant bunch. (Maybe not happy in their jobs?) Anyhoo, I was welcome to sit on the bench out front, if I had to. Lovely.
Edit: The RV came back, all nice and healthy. Every break fixed, every squeak gone. Yay. But I still have to arrange undercoating and sealant.