Sweet Baby On The Road

Yes...this is our home here in Portland...and that is where we are now parked in Sweet Baby. Tuesday we were all ready to leave Ft. Stevens: Doggies on board, slides all locked and everything secured, bring up the jacks.  Oh, oh....what was that clicking noise from the right rear jack (the one that had to be replaced in Colorado last summer)??  And why wasn't it up like the other 3?  Retied the jack retract command several times to bring it up: no go!!  Not again, we thought, as our hearts sank.  Took 10 days for repair that time; we needed to be out of our spot so the next people could pull in. So, off I went to Park Headquarters to explain our dilemma.  They gave me the name of the mobile RV repair group that works with the park.  I called; John came.  Took a look underneath and used a "jumper" to get the jack motor to lift the jack back in place.  Done in 10 minutes!!  But what to do now?  Would we be able to get the jack up at the next stop (who knows)?  How soon would it be before we could get in at our reliable repair shop for a fix (not right away, it turned out)?  What were our options?  Well, we decided that we would call our house sitters and go home to Portland. That way if the jack wouldn't go up again at least we would be able to deal with it from home.  And that meant calling all the RV parks along the way to cancel our reservations.  Then it was back along Hwy 30 in Oregon, cross the bridge at Longview, WA, and home on I-5/I-205. Arrived back home with no problems, and found the house sitters were away visiting family.  OK...parked in the driveway and put down the jacks.  Worked fine; up and down for 3 times in a row....the silly right rear jack works fine now.  So we are staying here for a couple days and figuring out what to do with this summer of travel!!  Good chance we will try again, but go to a closer RV park...maybe.  Stay tuned.......