Stop Four: Mac's Creek Winery and Cidery

Left early this morning 9am-ish and drove through an horrendous storm. I opened up the trailer at our first gas stop to find the entire floor very, very wet and so was anything and everything that was on the floor, including in the bottom storage compartments. We found out that our wheel well on the passenger side leaks VERY badly.  There was a recent Facebook post from someone that had the same year (2023) and had this problem, so I knew it was the wheel well and not just the door needing weather stripping. The trailer is under warranty, so there may be a trip back to Quebec City in our future. I'm okay with that. Just hope for no more flooding on this trip.

Oh, and the tail pipe fell off. We took the truck to the garage before we left to get it "gone through" and $4380 later, (replaced upper control arms, rear axle shafts and front drive shaft), apparently they didn't notice the rusty and falling off tail pipe.

Luckily, this also can wait (like the window regulator) until we get to California, but GEEZE guys. 

So those were the fun mishaps of day four. I am beginning to think this is just how our road trips are going to be. A fresh hell every day. We are talking more and more about taking next year off and staying home.  Day cruises on Volta and maybe one or two overnights in the trailer close to home. 

It's like watching the Lucy Show. (dating myself, I know.)

Anyhow...

The Winery/Cidery was super crowded with some kind of event, so we had no wine, cider, or anything. We walked in to check in and were basically told to park on the gravel and no need to check in or anything. (?) There was a sign saying there were no snacks or anything because they were having a private event.  

It looked nice, but way too crowded to even hang around inside. The event was apparently over at 5pm and they closed and locked the doors, so the $20+ we were supposed to spend didn't get spent. So, at least the alcohol free trip has continued, at least for tonight.

It is really beautiful and quiet here, though. There is only one other camper and there is room for many. 

We have our generator and Roger tested it out so it will work great to keep us cool all night as it is not going to cool off as much as it did in MO last night. The generator is amazingly quiet and was not maxed out when Roger tested it running the AC. So there's that.

Now, just to figure out where to put all the stuff that we were storing in the flooded compartments. They are dried out now, thanks to the extreme heat and lots of towels.

This is a really pretty place. Too bad no tasting room--why we left early to get here before they closed at 5. 

We are having a wonderful time in spite of the mishaps. I think we have come to take it all in stride.

UPDATE: After a late dinner of chicken breast garam masala (chicken from Steckler Farms again), we walked around the grounds of the tasting room. It was really nice. Several concrete circles with fire pits in the center and permanent benches all around. There is a small covered stage where they apparently have live music. It would be very cool after dark, but alas they close at 5--way before sunset. We again, were surrounded by thousands of fireflies that lended an air of magic to our evening stroll. It was nice having all this to ourselves (practically)