Batten down the hatches

Captain's log: Day 1, 60km
It was such a relief to finally be on our way on Sunday.
I wasn't perfectly happy with Elsa's renovations, but it was enough to get going. We had somewhere to eat and sleep comfortably and she'd been given the seal of approval by a mechanic.
Then around the 60km mark from my parents' farm, I noticed in the rearview that her curtains were blowing about like there was a gale in there.
Fearing that we'd lost the old roof hatch, I pulled over, only to discover that the door latch had worked it screws loose and flown off somewhere on the highway. Thanks to a bungee cord, we retraced our steps 3km to camp overnight on the lovely Wimmera River, waiting for the shops to open on Monday.
After some clever ingenuity by the local hardware guy, we were again on our way, yay!!