We have had nothing but rain on our trip, and when I say rain, I mean waterfalls of rain. Meanwhile, in Texas, there is still no rain.
Anyway, we stopped at a KOA on our way to Canada. We noticed a small crack in the vent cover over the bathroom vent (we have a Forest River Shockwave toy hauler). It looked like a bug had smashed into the cover and had become lodged in it. We decided to duct tape over the crack because the forecast was for rain.
When I climbed up on the top of the trailer, I noticed that the middle vent cover was falling apart and the last vent cover was gone. GONE! My guess is that the Texas sun just disintegrated them. In asked in the KOA store if they had any vent covers and they did not, so we decided on the next best plan – we cut up a spare shower curtain and I duct taped it over the last vent. I also duct taped the over vents.
On the next segment of our trip, it poured. The rain was so heavy that we actually had to pull off the road for a while. When we stopped for gas and were under cover, we checked the vents. Of course the rain and wind had torn off the shower curtain and water was falling inside the trailer.
The rain let up a bit until we made it to our next stop, Indianapolis KOA in Greenfield, Indiana. Fortunately for us, there is an RV repair shop right next to the KOA (Mt. Comfort RV). The KOA staff told us that a repairman would come over after work and install new covers if we bought the parts. We were skeptical – after all, would a Camping World allow that?
Well, we bought three new vent covers as well as three Maxxair vent cover hoods and, surprise, a guy came over after work and installed them. He only charged us $100, so I gave him a $40 tip. He saved us from a lot of misery.
Here is a pictures of what our vents looked like after being roasted by the sun as well as a picture of the Maxxair vent cover.
