{"id":1535,"date":"2012-08-04T20:01:52","date_gmt":"2012-08-05T03:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/?p=1535"},"modified":"2012-08-05T05:58:52","modified_gmt":"2012-08-05T12:58:52","slug":"good-gmc-friends-and-bad-gmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/2012\/08\/04\/good-gmc-friends-and-bad-gmc\/","title":{"rendered":"Good GMC friends and bad GMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image ngg-left\" style=\"max-width: 320px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-greggs-2012\/img_5856.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"Dan loves the mileage - 50-60 mpg - and has upgraded the car nicely\"\n             data-src=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-greggs-2012\/img_5856.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-greggs-2012\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_5856.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"1269\"\n             data-title=\"Dan and Teri with their new Prius C\"\n             data-description=\"Dan loves the mileage - 50-60 mpg - and has upgraded the car nicely\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"shutterset_dcd83ad566c7ea7beb81c69d915e14a9\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-greggs-2012\/cache\/img_5856.jpg-nggid041269-ngg0dyn-320x240x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"Dan and Teri with their new Prius C\"\n             title=\"Dan and Teri with their new Prius C\"\n              width=\"320\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        First the good news: We arrived at Dan and Teri Gregg&#8217;s home at about 3:00pm on Wednesday, Aug. 3rd &#8211; Carol&#8217;s birthday. We visited Dan and Teri last time we passed through the area on our 2010 trip &#8211; that visit was unplanned until the last minute as was this one. Dexter, MO seems to be the crossroads of 2-lane America &#8211; and, after visiting Branson and setting our sights on Harrisburg, PA instead of our earlier planned route through Ohio we found ourselves passing through there again.<\/p>\n<p>We stopped at a grocery store for a birthday cake and Teri and Dan greeted us with plans for a home-made dinner. We sang happy birthday to Carol and even had a candle on the cake. Teri served us a delicious dinner and then gave us the recipe. We spent the night in their driveway in our own bedroom and their electricity for A\/C and then went in for a great breakfast before leaving at around 10:00 am.<\/p>\n<p>Barbie started acting up a few miles down the road. I noticed that there was a significant lack of engine power and it took forever to diagnose it.\u00a0We spent the day on the phone trying everything to get her running smoothly again. Hopefully we now know that the carburetor seems to be at least partially plugged up or sticking. Tomorrow morning my plan is to take the carburetor off the engine and take the top off of it to clean it internally. Wish me luck.<\/p>\n<p>            \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image ngg-left\" style=\"max-width: 180px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-greggs-2012\/img_5857.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"Teri is such a sweatheart - she put together a care package to help us feel better while we are getting Barbie back healthy again.\"\n             data-src=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-greggs-2012\/img_5857.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-greggs-2012\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_5857.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"1270\"\n             data-title=\"Teri with the basket of goodies to make us feel better\"\n             data-description=\"Teri is such a sweatheart - she put together a care package to help us feel better while we are getting Barbie back healthy again.\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"shutterset_bb8dfa410ec9dec67e4b3de8e376d491\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-greggs-2012\/cache\/img_5857.jpg-nggid041270-ngg0dyn-320x240x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"Teri with the basket of goodies to make us feel better\"\n             title=\"Teri with the basket of goodies to make us feel better\"\n              width=\"180\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        Carol, in spite of hurting her back somehow, managed to put a great leftover dinner together &#8211; BBQ pork sandwiches and homemade macaroni and cheese. A little while later Dan and Teri showed up with a care package to make us feel better &#8211; some delicious herbal mixes, olive oil and bread along with a really wonderful locally grown peach, cheesesticks, watermelon and a great looking apple. These GMC folks are really the best &#8211; yes, you can buy another brand of RV but you won&#8217;t have friends like these that come along with them. 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