We are making progress on closing on the house. After spending hours and hours at the Buildings Dept. and seeing the Big Shots, we had to see the Big Cheese. He only sees three people a day from 11 AM to 12 PM. So you have to come early, around 8:30 AM, sign in and come back by 11 AM. On Wednesday we got there around 8:45, and we were the first. Finally around 11:45 we got to see him. He was extremely helpful. The bottom line is we need a historical map dated before 1938 that shows our property with the garage. With this document and all of the other records we already gave him we could get the LNO (Letter of No Objection). He told us to go to a service, which was across the street, and if they did not have the correct map, don’t pay them. We went to the historical map guy gave him the the info on our address and left a refundable deposit and went home to a restless nights sleep. In the morning we got a phone call from the map guy that they had the correct map and to come in. Licitly split we were out of the house and on our way. $60 poorer we had the map in hand. Back to the Building Dept. to start the process again. This time we were the third person to sign up for the day. Long story short, by 1 PM we walked out with a certified copy of the LNO, which is as good as a C of O. OMG we are done! That is unless the buyer’s bank comes up with something else. One small step for US, one giant leap on our way to Alaska.
Meanwhile, we brought the camper in on Tuesday to a local RV dealer to have it inspected for the Extended Warranty we purchased. They said it should be done in a few hours. That afternoon I called and asked how it was going? “Oh I am glad you called” they said. “We cannot get AC in the camper, did you have any problems”? “ WHAT”? I said, “NO”. “Did you check the EMS?” I said. “Uh, what’s that”, they said. “I will be there after lunch to look” I said . The EMS system is a device that checks the incoming power, and if there is a problem will not let and AC into the trailer. So we got in the truck and went out to Amityville, not a cheap ride, considering 8 mpg at $4.25/gal. So guess what, the EMS was doing its job. They had an open ground in their power system and it shut down the power to the trailer so nothing in the trailer will be damaged. My faith in these people was waning fast. Here it is Thursday evening and still no call that the camper is ready.
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See you down the Roan Road…
