Just a quick post to tell you about all the fun we’ve had getting to Chicago and getting setup for the show. Let me start before the show. The truck that I’ve been using to take my stuff to shows is 13 years old, and although it is in great shape, it really didn’t like pulling my trailer, so my husband found a used Ford 250 Diesel with a full cab to purchase right before I left. It’s a BIG truck and it pulls the trailer like there is nothing there. The guy who sold it to us told us that the “water in fuel” light kept coming on, but we could just push this button to make it go away. Well, about half way here, the engine light came on and stayed on. We stopped and purchase some fuel additive for diesel and added it and the light is still on, but we get the message less and less. I really haven’t had time to find a Ford dealership and find out about the light. Towards the end of the day on Monday when we had arrived in the outskirts of Chicago, the ABS light came on and the brakes made weird noises. At the time we were looking for a hotel and since we weren’t on an interstate road, we were having trouble. After looking it up in the book, it seemed that the ABS part of the brakes weren’t working, but the brakes should still work. Ok. I also noticed when we stopped for the night that the tailpipe was hanging down. The next morning I tried to fix it (it had slipped out of the rubber thing that holds it up) but I couldn’t believe how heavy it was and had no luck. We stopped at the first exhaust and muffler place we could find and the very nice gentlemen there fixed it for me and didn’t charge me! There are some wonderful people in this world!! Thank you Midas somewhere in Chicago!!
Well, silly me, we arrived a day early. I thought we would stay just outside of Chicago for the night and then go unload, well, my dates were off. We ended up parking the trailer and taking a drive north to Wisconsin. I hadn’t been there and since it was raining, a drive seemed like the best thing to do. We went as far as Kenosha and saw Lake Michigan. With the rain it wasn’t a pretty day, but we enjoyed our ride.
We unloaded yesterday. I’m so glad I didn’t have to back that monster truck up to do it! We lucked out. We finish setting up today and open tonight. I had better get busy. Wish us luck!
Patti
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