DISASTER STRIKES!

Hello all, our ambitious trip is all but a dream now. There will be no telling when we will get on the road due to a disastrous turn of events.

We left Lakeland on Wednesday about 11 AM and arrived at our first stop here in Elko, Georgia at Twin Oaks Campground

We have a nice site and after we were set up I noticed a loose screw laying on the bed. I looked up and saw the roof vent was open. Not a good sign since I knew I had closed it before leaving, also I saw white material sticking up; once again not a good sign.

I climbed onto the roof and this is what I saw:

  As you can see the rubber is ripped away from the wood. How this happened is a mystery. There were no low clearance overpasses or tunnels or low hanging limbs. I did not hit anything.

I did have the roof resealed at Camping World in Tampa before we left and I am in communication with them and the local Camping World in Macon. The prognosis is bleak. Floyd at the Camping World here in Georgia said a repair is going to take a month accounting for time to get the rubber and the lengthy install plus he has four customers ahead of me.
  Now for the really bad news: if I have to pay for this it will cost $7500- $10000!!

  Of course the rain is coming and I did plan for that. I stopped at Walmart last night after watching the hockey game at Buffalo Wild Wings to by a blue tarp and duct tape.
  Now we have to decide what our next step will be. The most sensible course of action will probably be dropping the trailer off at Camping World here (I don't want to risk bringing it back 340 miles to Florida with rain being a possibility anytime which would make matters much worse). In a best case scenario I would then return home to wait until the trailer is repaired and then go get it. That is only if Camping World pays for the repairs because I don't have ten grand to invest for repairs after spending $5300 already in upgrades and other maintenance.
  I have cancelled all of our reservations for the next month. We will then wait and see how all this unfolds.  As I stated in a best case scenario we will then return to the road; worst case scenario is sell the trailer for whatever we can get for it and cut our losses.
  This is hugely disappointing as I so looked forward to blogging about all of travels.