A Rock in the Dark (con't)

As Paul Harvey would say, "Now the rest of the story." Wednesday when we picked up the motorhome from the Freightliner shop it was close to dark. We discussed spending the night in the shop's lot because it's difficult to navigate in Port Susan due to the narrow streets and it's pitch black because there are no lights and there is heavy tree cover. We had decided to just pull into our lot head first for the night and then turn it around in the morning. When we got into Port Susan, as expected, it was dark. As I made a right turn onto our street, there was a sickening, crunching sound. I couldn't see what happened, but I had cut the corner too tight and hit an unseen rock that crunched three basement doors and the framing along the bottom. One door was just hanging by one of it's three hinges.

Here the hanging door has been removed

Closer look, the center door was jammed into the rear door.

The middle door damage

The next morning I called Roy Robinson who is a Itasca dealer and made an appointment for the afternoon for an estimate. Called our insurance company GMAC through Good Sam. Our claim report was taken by an 'English as a forth or fifth language' clerk. Everything had to be repeated several time by both of us but I finally made it through. That experience left me very concerned about dealing with my insurance company!

I had to take off two of the doors and unload the compartments before I could drive over to Roy Roberson to let "Dave" take a look. The rear door is damaged but is still usable.

Two of the doors removed