3 1/2 Days and 2100 miles for Deployment to New Jersey

Our trip East started in Rathdrum Idaho on Tuesday afternoon.  We handled our business and appointments quickly and visited my brother and his family.  The first leg of our journey took us through  the pan handle of Idaho and across much of Montana before we turned south and stopped for the night in Wyoming.  Tom did a marathon run that night driving the whole way.

The next day was a long trip across South Dakota and Iowa.  While we were driving we found a generator repair facility in Illinois to have our generator serviced.  With no power in the east we knew our generator was going to need to be used and lately we have had some issues with it turning of and sounding a little labored.  While we went to have lunch the repair facility got us in.  

Upon our return we found out a mouse had set up resort living in the air filter of the generator.  This little pest had gotten into some paper towels and dog food from the under compartments.  The repair guy said it was packed pretty tight around the air filter so the generator couldn't breath.  We'd had 2 mice underneath from Maine but had caught them while up there and all was clear now.  We'll be keeping traps out on a regular basis now.  

We traded driving and had pit stops to walk the dogs and cat box the cats.  We arrived 30 miles inside the Pennsylvania border at 2:30 am Friday morning.  Now with 3 hours sleep we do the final leg.  Everyone will be happy when this bus is parked and set up again ready for living.  

Our final destination will be just Claymont, Delaware to find out where in New Jersey we will be deployed for assistance.  

We'll keep you updated as more details come available.