Water, water, everywhere

We did not get off to a very auspicious beginning.  It all started on Friday; the day before we were scheduled to take off.  The night before we had a small get together/barbecue with our friends. The rain put a bit of a damper on our plans for a fire, but did not dampen our moods.  Friday was spent doing last minute preparations.  While I was in the house doing laundry and house work, Gerry was outside getting the camper ready.  He had to fill the water tank.  So he connected the outside hose to the tank and then left to put the car into the garage and do a few other chores.  When he got back to check the camper water was pouring out the back and side of the camper!  He had forgotten to re- connect one tiny, but oh so important,  piece of hose so the water was flowing from the hose into the camper.  Everything that was on floor level was sopping wet;  he had to take the bikes off and we had to unpack all of the stuff that was in the benches.  The rest of my day was spent drying out coats and tools while Gerry was in the camper with a space heater and my blow dryer drying out all the nooks and crannies in the camper.  By 8:00 we had everything dry, the stuff re-packed, the floors re-washed and the bikes back on.  We were good to go!

We got up about 6:00 am on Saturday ready to hit the road.  I ran downstairs to the pantry for something I had thought of in the night and I noticed water on the rec. room floor.  I looked up and saw water dripping from the ceiling tiles.  "Gerry!".  It seems like one of the pipes leading to the main floor shower had cracked.  it took a while for Gerry to Identify the problem, then his buddy Roger came over and pinpointed the exact source of the problem - a crack in the shower assembly unit.
We had decided we needed to wait until 8:00 am before we started calling for help.  Then I started calling friends, plumbers who we had used in the past and then anyone in the yellow pages, without any success.  Where do al the plumbers go at 8:00 on a rainy Saturday?  That's what I'd like to know.  Finally just after 9:00 we got hold of the fellow who will be staying in the house while we are away.  We wanted to let him know about the problem and also he mentioned he had a friend who was a plumber.  When Gerry explained the problem he figured he could fix it or get his friend to do it.  He told us to get going and he would look after It.  Bless him for that.  By 9:45 we had the cooler packed and were on the road.
We have such good friends!  But I hope water is not going to be a theme for this vacation.
 Stay tuned . . .