Winnebago Service Vacation

After leaving Florence, OR. on 9/5/17 we drove over to Junction City near Eugene, OR. to have our motorhome looked at. One of our slideouts was making a popping noise and we wanted to have Winnebago take a look at it. A planned 2 day interruption in our Pacific Coast travels has turned into a 11 day stay at the Winnebago's RV park. First, they found a broken rivet that held the slideout trim together and the trim was flexing as the slide was moved in/out.  That was a one day fix.  While exercising the slide they found a broken weld in the sidewall adjacent to the slide.  As the slide moved in and out so did the wall because of the broken weld.  To fix the weld they had to cut a 1' x 1' square hole in the side of the motorhome.  After fixing the weld it went into fiberglass and paint.  We had to spend two days in a hotel while they repainted the fix.  Finally, since the slideout mechanisms had excessive wear as a result of the broken rivet and weld, they ended up replacing all slideout mechanisms on that slide.  Due to our unplanned stay at the Winnebago Hilton RV Park, we had to cancel two of our planned stops on our Pacific Coast trip.  They say you have to be flexible and patient as a full time RVer.  We're coming pretty close to losing our patience with the slideout issues we've been having on this coach.  We should be back on the road this Friday (9/15/17) heading for Lakeside, OR.  The one nice thing about being at the Winnebago service center is the people you meet.  We have met some of the most wonderful people at the RV park.  One day we were looking at some used Country Coach motorhomes and when we came out to the truck a gentleman was on his bike next to the truck.  The guy was Jay Hiller.  We met Jay and his wife in Corpus Christi, Texas last January at the Naval Air Station.  While at the NAS Jay came over to our site to look at our black GMC Sierra truck and he really liked it. Guess what he was driving out here, a black GMC Sierra. Very small world.  During one of our down days we took a tour of the Marathon Coach Factory in Coburg, OR.  This is where the custom Prevost coaches are built.  For those non-RVers a Prevost coach is one of the top of the line custom coaches you can buy.  We saw 2.8 million dollar coaches being built by the Marathon Coach company for the rich and famous.  These coaches are definitely built to high standards.  We don't have any pictures to share for this post, but then again, nothing interesting about a Winnebago parking lot.  Plus, there is so much smoke in the air from the forest fires that you can't see anything anyway.  Our next stop takes us back to the Pacific coast and we should be able to take more pictures.