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Thursday, June
23, Capital Towing sent a big tow truck to Teslin to rescue
the two RV Gypsies and towed the RV from Teslin to Whitehorse. The two
RV Gypsies rode in their car and followed behind the big tow truck.
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Below: They
drove past a sternwheelers paddlewheel alongside of the road. |
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Lee Duquette
found a nice ad in the yellow pages so they had their RV towed to New
North Truck and Equipment at 91317C Alaska Highway in Whitehorse
which said they specialize in servicing all Freightliner equipment and
that they are a full-service repair shop, with fast and reliable repair
service and work on motorhomes and more.
But after the tow truck dropped them off and left, it did not appear
that it was a very professional place. The outside of the building was
nice, but the inside was a very unorganized disaster. But the owner
said "not to worry", he would have the RV fixed in
ONE day. WRONG! On Friday June 24th, they did an oil change and that
was about it. Then they were CLOSED for the week-end. Lee Duquette tried
to pay the overtime charges to get the mechanic to work on the week-end,
but that did not happen.
To make a long story short, New North Truck and Equipment could
not get the "Stop Engine" light to go off and said they "did
NOT know what was wrong". On June 29, Lee paid New North Truck
Equipment what he owed, even though they did nothing, and drove the
RV to another place, Inland at 227 Range Road in Whitehorse
(The RV could be driven a very short distance and super slowly). They
could not fix The RV either, but still charged for labor. What a waste
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Anyway the two
RV Gypsies had to find a hotel for the night but hotels were full. They
finally got the last available room at Days Inn, 2288 Second Avenue
in Whitehorse. The hotel was an older hotel and okay, not great, but
better than no hotel. There was no swimming pool, no nice lobby to hang
out in, no nice restaurant only a cafe grill. The room was adequate,
with a bed, couch, small computer desk, TV, dresser, closet, microwave
and refrigerator, and of course a bathroom, shower, coffee pot. It did
not have a safe or even a TV guide, but it did have Wi-Fi and free parking.
It was also a pet friendly hotel. It was a clean room, but not the most
comfortable hotel. They had to sit on the bed to watch TV. Somebody
in the room directly above the room that the two RV Gypsies were in,
kept walking back-and-forth in his room a lot, even late at night, and
his footsteps could be heard and the ceiling creaked. As shown below,
the view from their window at Days Inn was not very nice. The carpet
in the hallway did not appear to be very clean. However, there was a
small, dry sauna near the room of the two RV Gypsies which Karen Duquette
did use a few times, and she always had it to herself. The hotel was
better than being completely homeless. |
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Below:
The room of the two RV Gypsies and the view from their window at Days
Inn. |
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Below: The two
RV Gypsies had a bit of cartoon fun outside the entrance to the Days
Inn. |
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Later, while
driving around Whitehorse in their car, the two RV Gypsies noticed a
very interesting piece of art in somebody's yard. |
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