Sunday, April 10 (Mother's Day), 2015
Today I returned to Salem in the Roadtrek.  This was a difficult thing to do.  If you recall from my last posting, I had a hard time removing the waste hose.  Actually, I was trying to get the hose to the connection and thought that if I pulled really hard, I'd be able to get more to come out.  Well that is what happened.  I evidently pull the hose to hard and damaged the connection to the main discharge pipe.

Anyway, after I disconnected the cable, city waster, and shore power, I dumped the black and grey water.  That seemed to go well.  I lifted the full length of the hose starting at the until and ending at the connection location.  I did this process three times.  Satisfied that the hose was empty, I disconnected the new section of hose and removed it from the dump connection,  Next I removed the coupling from the dump site.  The only thing left to do was to push the unit's hose back into the tube under the vehicle, no problem, right?  Wrong.  I couldn't get the hose back into the tube.  I tried twisting it one way and pushing then twisting it the other direction.  There was about two feet of hose I couldn't get back into the carrier.

I bought Roadside Assistance from Good Sam Club.  So I thought I'd call them and ask for assistance.  After being on hold and twice transferred, I reached a customer service representative.  She informed me that my plan did not include repairs to the water system of the rig.

I went to the Park office and was lucky to find Ray, the owner, working the desk.  I met Ray and his wife when I checked in.  Rey sold me the new additional hose to get the waste discharge connected.  He's been RVing for many years and has seen tons of camping issues.  I explained my problem and he said he'd lock up the office and come to take a look at my problem.  After about 5 minutes working on the problem, he suggested that I cut the two foot section off and place the connecting piece at the new end of the hose.  He also suggested that I put the rig on blocks so I could get under it and get a better look at the hang up. He loaned me a pair of wire cutters because the hose is wire reinforced.  So I went back and snipped the wire.  Then I removed the connecting piece from the cut off section of hose.  It took me over an hour in 80 degree plus sunshine to finally get it into the new end of the hose.  A van with signage that said RV repair service pulled up to the camper across the street. So I asked the guy if he knew a secret to getting it onto the hose.  He said that it was always a hard thing to do, but suggested I turn it counter clockwise.  After about two minutes I got it on the hose, secured the clamp and felt victorious.  Now all I need to do is push the hose back into the housing.  It wouldn't go in.  Not again. After about 20 minutes, I get the hose back in, but then couldn't get the metal plate to close in place.  Finally another camper (the guy that loaned me the blocks) came over and after several different attempts, finally decided to duct tape the plate in place.  I drove back home without incident.  Now I need to make an appointment with an RV repair place.  Of course there are none close by, so I have two choice:  one in Berkley, MA and one in Saco, ME.  Though the Saco shop is farther away, it's the faster of the two locations.