Camp New Horizons

Upon our arrival at the factory we were warmly greeted at reception and Ken, the service manager came out to say hello and direct us to where we were to put our rig.  Knowing the work that would have to be done and that it would require essentially gutting the whole interior of the closet and part of the bedroom, we expected that we would have to find living accommodations at a local hotel for the duration of the work.  But to our surprise, and financial relief, Ken said that they would get us hooked up to services and we could stay in our rig while they did the repairs.  The caveat being that we would have to vacate the premises each morning by 7:00 and stay out until 3:00 in the afternoon.

Vacating the premises included disconnecting from power and water, pulling in the slides and putting the satellite dish in travel position so that the rig could be moved inside a dry, heated building for them to do their day's work.  It's still winter here, temperatures dropping into the 20's at night.  Every afternoon they would get their fork truck and pull it back outside again for us to have until the next morning.  We would have to get to it right away and get our heat turned on before all the warmth of being in the building all day was sucked out of it.

Pushed into the building every morning, pulled out every evening.
Life at camp New Horizons.

Another requirement was that we had to clear out all of our belongings from the closet, which was to be completely gutted and stripped down to the framework.  Getting everything out of the closet was a chore in itself but finding a place to put all that stuff was the real work.  Our couch, which spans the width of the end of the living room, was stacked to the ceiling with clothes and stuff that I did not even know we had.  That closet holds more than I thought.  And I think Cyndee is thinking a trip to Goodwill is in our future.

The bulk of our days were spent in the customer lounge watching local (Wichita, KS) TV, getting months-worth of APP and software updates done on three computers, two tablets, two Kindles and two smart phones and catching up on web surfing we have not been able to do for the past five months. 

Not much sight-seeing to do around Junction City, KS while the ground is still frozen but we did get out one cold, blustery day to tour Fort Riley, its museums and the officer's quarters that once housed George Custer.  Impressive as it was, we'll have to go back again when it's warmer because there was much more to see if being outside is tolerable.

U.S. Calvary Museum, Fort Riley, KS