Those steps shouldn’t look like that…

My motorhome steps are automatic – they retract when the door closes and electronically whoooosshh out when the door opens. In this ultra-cold, they have been a bit slow. They have not been retracting or extending fully – I knew this…. I headed out yesteday afternoon for propane in anticipation of 2 storms due which are predicted to be snow “events”. I stayed a little too close to the right side of the driveway…

….the culprit or the victim – depending on your perspective…

…body work…but, hey!! – do you see the reflection of the woods in the bay door to the left of the steps?? – kinda cool!

As far as I got…

The mangled steps on top of the cheap, ugly gutters that I removed from the house and garage, on top of the remnants of the ugly front porch railings that I removed…all waiting for a person with a truck to take to the dump. Well, a girl can dream…

I have Good Sam RV Roadside service and a very competent person arrived only 4 hours after I called…a FedEx truck had to be extracted from a ditch before me and possibly a few other roadside disasters. It was dark and 7ish by the time he arrived. He donned coveralls, rolled under the Winnebago and proceeded to extract the demolished steps. Then he helped guide me in backing the beast into her spot adjacent to the garage.

Nice tow truck Good Sam person also fetched the removed steps while I fiddled around getting the beast exactly where I wanted her.

I proceeded to empty all of the stuff that would not take well to freezing. Electric supplemental heat is protecting the fresh water bay. The propane is low enough that I wasn’t sure whether the furnace would run through the night, hence the emptying.

Today is another day…. Weather permitting, I’ll try for propane. The steps: new ones must be ordered and that may have to wait a bit. Yes, I wanted to cry a few times, but really, in the whole scheme of things, it is a “minor” glitch. No blood was shed – and who knows??? – considering a FedEx vehicle landed in a ditch, perhaps losing my steps and staying in my own driveway prevented some worse disaster.

Onward!