Will our motorhome problems never end??

This morning we had to move sites here in Salem and did our normal routine- put down the jacks then started to run out the slide. The main slide went out-but didn't go all the way--almost, but not quite. Since we've been having problems with it the past few times, we thought we'd try bringing it in just to make sure that we wouldn't be having major problems on a Saturday when no one is available to help. When we brought it in, we heard a racking noise--and the slide came in- all the way on one side and not on the other --- one side of the slide is in the air- pressed against the ceiling). We called the RV Repair place in Indiana and sent them photos and he suggested raising the jacks and trying to get the slide to go out part way-then bring it back in. It is DEAD!! (He also said that it's the worst he's ever seen...thanks a lot --just what we needed to hear.)

Well- the long and short of it--there are no repair facilities anywhere in the Northeast that can deal with this problem -- and Jean and Gordon are due to be meeting us next week.
So-what do we do? It feels like someone's trying to tell us something about this trip....

In despair....

Thinking that we'd have to cancel our trip with Jean and Gordon, we had a Skype call with them and got this email the next morning. Jean wrote:

Now that we've all had a sleep on things, I've had a few thoughts for you to mull over........

Logic dictates that we should cancel the holiday as its going to be so inconvenient etc etc but........

We survived the Harris debacle in Oz

We survived the hurricane debacle in NOLA

If we don't make this trip, goodness knows when we can get there again. Apart from all that, at our age shouldn't we take opportunities as they present themselves?

Hey, we'll cope!! We'll have a laugh of that you can be sure and you know by now that although I try and kid myself, we're not 5-star guys any more - we can rough it if we need to.