I have been delinquent in my updates and was totally lame over the past few weeks with chat.
The past few weeks were mostly uneventful while we commuted each day to the house To work on it for someone else. We are told our work will result in a higher sales price. I hope so.
Deryl retired as a full time employee last Thursday (staying on part time so she can help - HIPPA laws and such).
This morning we moved campgrounds. Our commute went from 20 min to 1.5 hr. Sigh… 2 more weeks of this.
The move went pretty well. It was an 80 mile trek north. Funny story… while we we breaking camp (more on that), our neighbor for one night (3 axel DP with pickup truck toad) in a pull through site attempted to leave
. They first spent 20 minutes apparently trying to figure out reverse and fuel pedal and then tried to back out with the toad still attached. Didn’t work so good. After several attempts, they figured out detaching the toad. This was a young couple with the dad of of one of them along. 3/4 million rig. Didn’t move the toad far enough but managed to sorta turn the rig around to go out the way they came in. I guess they didn’t appreciate the pull through site they were given… Well, they managed to ground the rig bottomed out in rear with the drive wheels spinning. Sigh. Oh, the left the tow rig for the toad dragging on the ground. Guess what happened when they decided to back up
Well, the campground owner showed up and with some finess, a bungee cord for the tow bar and directions, they got it up on pavement to the relief of everyone. A few minutes later we were ready to pull out. No issues except for a couple of bonehead mistakes (this was our first time breaking camp). I forgot to hook up the break away cable and the safety chains (Andersen hitch). Oops, we stopped and fixed. It took 2 hrs to decamp because we checked each other each task. Oh, we also finally sanitized the water system. We figured on a 3 hr traverse, then flushing when we arrived a Twin Tamerack in New Hampton NH.
As we are here for a month, we spent quite a bit of time positioning the rig just right. After flushing, we extended the slides and brought the kitties back in.
Nice steak on the grill, some red wine and watching an episode of Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Fest. Sleep soon.