Ray D
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Well, maiden voyage for the whole shebang - as a whole - so to speak. Took the conglomerate to Three Island Crossing State Park. This was the first trip, for real, for the combination of vehicles that you helped us figure out, find, and buy.
The motor home has been out camping alone. (Well, we were in it.) The Suzuki toad has been driving around town, used as a family car. And, the little red scooters have been around town, to the grocery store, other errands, events, etc, and have visited the city parks and Greenbelt.
We were invited by BIL & SIL to a charity wine tasting event at the Carmela Winery, in Glenn?s Ferry, next door to our favorite, Three Island Crossing State Park. Good test for the ?virgin? system!
Thursday morning, bright and early, we load the scooters into the toad. Well, mostly. Had other things loaded, that hadn?t been, before, and a couple of pieces had to load into the motorhome.
Broke a finger nail. :'( Smashed a finger. Small cut on the back of my hand. :'( (From the latch, on the storage bay door.) Been fighting bursitis in my right shoulder for weeks! :'( Gotterdone!
Took longer than expected!
Next, hook up the toad. I had done this before. Actually, more correctly, I had watched the ?show me guy? do it, when they installed it. Yep, I had said, ?I can do that.? ;D Most of it was easy. Re-read the manual. The hook up, for the ?break away? cable to the motorhome, had us buffaloed. Finally got that figured out. : Pinched my finger, - - - - - - - I?m not telling that part. Gotterdone!
Took longer than expected!
First time installing the Even Brake - - went at it slowly - deliberately. 8) Followed the directions, exactly. Piece o? cake! I had read the manual, four times. I had seen it done. I had even read the ?What Can Go Wrong? part, four times. I had that down ?pat.? 8)
Took longer than expected!
Left town, three hours behind schedule. But, who keeps a schedule, for fun? Drove like a dream, with Dani driving, to the Stage Stop, where we had a delicious lunch. ;D She was tired, so I drove from there. Well, she was nursing some wounds, you know, bruises - pinches - small punctures and broken nails. (I?m not supposed to detail those. )
The trip from there, to the park, was beautiful, fun, scenic, cold and very windy. Well, nearly to the park. Almost to the park. Had a good time!
Less than half a mile to go - I could see the park - all Hell broke loose! (Sorry about the expletive. It is appropriate!) HELLO! THERE?S SOMETHING WRONG!
In another thread, some time ago, we discussed hearing/deafness and hearing aids, etc. Folks, I am not quite stone deaf! Almost! I can?t hear sirens, until they are close. I can?t hear smoke alarms, at all. I can?t hear - - - - - !!
I COULD HEAR THAT EVEN BRAKE ALARM, JUST FINE!
Man, for such a little box, that is loud! I could see it, too, with red lights flashing, left and right. In case I wasn?t aware of those, I could hear Dani yelling something about the brakes! In case I missed any of that, Jasper was bellowing and roaring. There is DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG! And, a message was flashing - parading across the screen. Something like - ?WARNING - WARNING - EVEN BRAKE FAILURE. I thought the ?problems? I had read, in the manual, had said that it would flash ?BREAKAWAY!?
Glanced at the rear view video screen. Toad was still there, just fine, or looked that way. I was doing 25, the speed limit on that back road. Pulled over to the side - sweating - relieved. I MADE IT! Toad still looked fine, on the screen. Gee, glad that didn?t happen on the Interstate!
Even Brake was half in - half out - of the driver?s seat. Doesn?t belong there! : Supposed to be on the floor! That?s where I put it!
Remembered reading about that. Called ?Climbing The Seat? in the problems/solutions part of the manual. I remembered that! Would re-read the manual, later, after I get to the park. Reinstalled the Even Brake on the floor, where it belongs. Made it to the park, and checked in.
Cold - little rain - super windy. Took the dogs for a run on the Little Red Scooters. Laid down for a nap. Best sleep I have had in quite a while. ;D Woke up, ate, took the dogs for another jaunt on the scooters. Went to bed. Great sleep! Great time! Not what I expected, but pretty good first day. ;D
Most of the first day was sleep, pretty dog-gone good sleep!
OH, and if you have an Even Brake, take the floor mat out of the driver?s side floor. Even Brake doesn?t like floor mats, one bit! : Floor-mats irritate it! Makes it ?climb the seat!?
They could make a lot of money, if they would patent that alarm and sell it to folks who can?t hear ordinary alarms! Man - I could hear that one, loud and clear!
Ray D. ;D
The motor home has been out camping alone. (Well, we were in it.) The Suzuki toad has been driving around town, used as a family car. And, the little red scooters have been around town, to the grocery store, other errands, events, etc, and have visited the city parks and Greenbelt.
We were invited by BIL & SIL to a charity wine tasting event at the Carmela Winery, in Glenn?s Ferry, next door to our favorite, Three Island Crossing State Park. Good test for the ?virgin? system!
Thursday morning, bright and early, we load the scooters into the toad. Well, mostly. Had other things loaded, that hadn?t been, before, and a couple of pieces had to load into the motorhome.
Broke a finger nail. :'( Smashed a finger. Small cut on the back of my hand. :'( (From the latch, on the storage bay door.) Been fighting bursitis in my right shoulder for weeks! :'( Gotterdone!Took longer than expected!
Next, hook up the toad. I had done this before. Actually, more correctly, I had watched the ?show me guy? do it, when they installed it. Yep, I had said, ?I can do that.? ;D Most of it was easy. Re-read the manual. The hook up, for the ?break away? cable to the motorhome, had us buffaloed. Finally got that figured out. :
Pinched my finger, - - - - - - - I?m not telling that part. Gotterdone!Took longer than expected!
First time installing the Even Brake - - went at it slowly - deliberately. 8) Followed the directions, exactly. Piece o? cake! I had read the manual, four times. I had seen it done. I had even read the ?What Can Go Wrong? part, four times. I had that down ?pat.? 8)
Took longer than expected!
Left town, three hours behind schedule. But, who keeps a schedule, for fun? Drove like a dream, with Dani driving, to the Stage Stop, where we had a delicious lunch. ;D She was tired, so I drove from there. Well, she was nursing some wounds, you know, bruises - pinches - small punctures and broken nails. (I?m not supposed to detail those.
)The trip from there, to the park, was beautiful, fun, scenic, cold and very windy. Well, nearly to the park. Almost to the park. Had a good time!
Less than half a mile to go - I could see the park - all Hell broke loose! (Sorry about the expletive. It is appropriate!) HELLO! THERE?S SOMETHING WRONG!
In another thread, some time ago, we discussed hearing/deafness and hearing aids, etc. Folks, I am not quite stone deaf! Almost! I can?t hear sirens, until they are close. I can?t hear smoke alarms, at all. I can?t hear - - - - - !!
I COULD HEAR THAT EVEN BRAKE ALARM, JUST FINE!
Man, for such a little box, that is loud! I could see it, too, with red lights flashing, left and right. In case I wasn?t aware of those, I could hear Dani yelling something about the brakes! In case I missed any of that, Jasper was bellowing and roaring. There is DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG! And, a message was flashing - parading across the screen. Something like - ?WARNING - WARNING - EVEN BRAKE FAILURE. I thought the ?problems? I had read, in the manual, had said that it would flash ?BREAKAWAY!?
Glanced at the rear view video screen. Toad was still there, just fine, or looked that way. I was doing 25, the speed limit on that back road. Pulled over to the side - sweating - relieved. I MADE IT! Toad still looked fine, on the screen. Gee, glad that didn?t happen on the Interstate!
Even Brake was half in - half out - of the driver?s seat. Doesn?t belong there! :
Supposed to be on the floor! That?s where I put it! Remembered reading about that. Called ?Climbing The Seat? in the problems/solutions part of the manual. I remembered that! Would re-read the manual, later, after I get to the park. Reinstalled the Even Brake on the floor, where it belongs. Made it to the park, and checked in.
Cold - little rain - super windy. Took the dogs for a run on the Little Red Scooters. Laid down for a nap. Best sleep I have had in quite a while. ;D Woke up, ate, took the dogs for another jaunt on the scooters. Went to bed. Great sleep! Great time! Not what I expected, but pretty good first day. ;D
Most of the first day was sleep, pretty dog-gone good sleep!
OH, and if you have an Even Brake, take the floor mat out of the driver?s side floor. Even Brake doesn?t like floor mats, one bit! :
Floor-mats irritate it! Makes it ?climb the seat!? They could make a lot of money, if they would patent that alarm and sell it to folks who can?t hear ordinary alarms! Man - I could hear that one, loud and clear!
Ray D. ;D
