06.18.2021 Our first deisel delemma

It was a beautiful day for a drive. This would be our first serious drive in our “New” Journey. We decided to try refueling at a Loves. We got off the highway just fine and found the Loves facility equally as easy. To make things even easier we followed a 16-wheeler into the back section of the station. Almost all the bays were occupied but the number one bay was empty. I pulled in very carefully. All is going just great. We got out to begin the refuelling and inserted our credit card in the proper slot; nothing happenned. Pulled it out and again reinserted the card with the same result. Carla volunterred to walk to the station, about 200-feet away to find out why. Sure enough Carla got them to set the pump for $200.00 of deisel. The problem was our card. Using deisel fuel qualifies us as a commercial client which requires and Loves Commercial Card. So you would think that’s the end of this story, but no! Picked up the hose nozzle only to discovered it only extended about six feet about six-feet short of what I needed to fill our tank. A coach with a tow car cannot go in reverse. My only option was to get back into the coach embarrissingly, and do another large loop announcing to all the veteran truck drivers that a “newbee” is behind the wheel. I swallowed my pride, did not make face contact with any other drivers and sheepishly slid into the same number-one pump again. We finally refuelled and got back on the road again in record time. Hopefully the next time will go easier.