chaajoad
Well-known member
Wow.
We left Poulsbo WA early last Friday and headed for Crescent Lake (about 20 miles outside Port Angeles WA). The MH was clean, stocked and we were as ready as we would ever be. We pulled in around 9PM or so and this is where board vets will get a grin.
First off, I pulled into our slot facing the wrong way but didn't know that, of course. Like an idiot, I'm trying to toss the power line under the rig. I finally do it, plug in and ... nothing. I pull closer to another power box and ... nothing. After a walk over to the office (luckily there was a very nice guy still there) we hopped in the golf cart and went back to the MH. That'as when I discovered that the power line had come unplugged INSIDE the MH compartment. I thought it was permanently attached - never dawned on me that it would unplug from the rig. He then told me I was pulled in backwards and helped me pull back around and in the right way, assuring me things like this happened often. This time when I plugged in - wham! We were lit up.
Where we live, the night sky is pretty spectacular - stars and the faint haze of the Milky Way. I've spent many nights on the deck with a fire beside me, contemplating everything you can think of.
But the skies at Crescent Lake are breath-taking. I actually got teary-eyed, it was that spectacular. My wife and kid were beat so they were turning in but I sat outside in the dark, beer in hand, thinking life is good. Crescent Lake is in a National Park and has very little development so there are only a few lights waaaay across the lake.
In the morning, I get up, pull up the curtains - again, the view is spectacular. But my wife and son are announcing the toilet won't flush/ "Sure it will," says I. After all, there really aren't any moving parts. I try a few times - nothing. It's then that I notice two small water trickles coming from the bathroom. We soak it up with paper towels but it keeps leaking what looks like clean water, not sewage. After a bit, it quits.
Not wanting to tempt fate, wife and boy go to the camp showers. While they're gone, I decide to take a shower. In the middle of the experience, the water stops. Hmmmm. Water still runs from the faucet, just not from the shower head. Muttering, I dry off, making an imaginary list of things to fix.
During the day we went for a short hike followed by taking a rowboat out on the lake. Abbot & Costello would have been proud - but we managed to get back to shore.
Our first dinner was to be simple - Stouffer's lasagna, fresh salad w garlic bread and a nice bottle of wine. I turn the oven on, wife inserts the lasgna and I go outside to read. Wihin minutes, she's at the door, telling me there's sometrhing very wrong. I rush in and ...
She put the lasgna and it's plastic pan directly on the metal pan above the burners and the plastic was melting!! And I saw her do it, saying nothing. Well, we learned to never do that again. But most of the lasgna was salvaged and microwaved and dinner was actually wonderful - I tried not think of the scrub job waiting for when we got home. After a bit, we watched a movie ("greatest Game Ever Played" - really liked it). It was cool. The movie looked fine on the rig's standard main TV and the sound was excellent, coming from a very inexpensive 5 spkr sound system from ebay; I payed like $25 plus $15 shipping and truthfully, it rocked for that small space. I bought a 17" LCD and sound system for the bedroom. But how cool is it to be watching a movie and eating ice cream after a nice dinner in such beautiful surroundings??? Agan, the stars were fabulous and we sat around a fire, enjoying the quiet and the moment, talking in soft voices.
Sunday was a day of discoveries.
I fixed a big breakfast and that in itself is amazing - cooking out in the sticks as if we're in a, well ... a house. Which we are, sort of. After that, I decided to try my hand at draining the gray & black water tanks. When I bought the rig, one tank registered "full" but the seller said he thought the gauge was probably faulty - there was no smell, etc. I was REAL nervous but it was beyond simple. And when I opened the black water, there was a HUGE rush of water. With that drained, our water leak stopped and the toilet works like a charm. Followed it with the gray water. The tubes were clean, non-sticky. But I washed out the compartment anyway with the outdoor shower and I noticed the shower head was the same as the balky one inside. When I turned it to the square marking, the water shut off. Ah-ha! I had somehow nudged the shower head into the"off" position. Of course it works just fine.
After a long chat with another nice couple, exchanging notes on MH life, we were off for home. The rig rides and handles (IMO) perfectly. Big trucks blow past doing 60, the MH dosn't so much as flinch. Steering perfectly aligned.
Crescent Lake and the Pine Cabin Lodge is highly recommended. They serve what looks like an excellent dinner on Sat. nights and nert time we'll try it. It's clean, folks are friendly and killer views. Close to Hurrican Ridge if you have a toad.
I do have a few questions and will post a few photos in the next day or so. Overall, the adventure went very, very well and we couldn't be more pleased. In a few weeks we're headed for Victoria Island off Vancouver BC. I know sooner or later we'll have troubles, but for now ... it was terrific and we should have done this a long time ago.
Thanks to everyone on this board for your patience and help!
Danny Wright
Poulsbo WA
99 Bounder 34J
We left Poulsbo WA early last Friday and headed for Crescent Lake (about 20 miles outside Port Angeles WA). The MH was clean, stocked and we were as ready as we would ever be. We pulled in around 9PM or so and this is where board vets will get a grin.
First off, I pulled into our slot facing the wrong way but didn't know that, of course. Like an idiot, I'm trying to toss the power line under the rig. I finally do it, plug in and ... nothing. I pull closer to another power box and ... nothing. After a walk over to the office (luckily there was a very nice guy still there) we hopped in the golf cart and went back to the MH. That'as when I discovered that the power line had come unplugged INSIDE the MH compartment. I thought it was permanently attached - never dawned on me that it would unplug from the rig. He then told me I was pulled in backwards and helped me pull back around and in the right way, assuring me things like this happened often. This time when I plugged in - wham! We were lit up.
Where we live, the night sky is pretty spectacular - stars and the faint haze of the Milky Way. I've spent many nights on the deck with a fire beside me, contemplating everything you can think of.
But the skies at Crescent Lake are breath-taking. I actually got teary-eyed, it was that spectacular. My wife and kid were beat so they were turning in but I sat outside in the dark, beer in hand, thinking life is good. Crescent Lake is in a National Park and has very little development so there are only a few lights waaaay across the lake.
In the morning, I get up, pull up the curtains - again, the view is spectacular. But my wife and son are announcing the toilet won't flush/ "Sure it will," says I. After all, there really aren't any moving parts. I try a few times - nothing. It's then that I notice two small water trickles coming from the bathroom. We soak it up with paper towels but it keeps leaking what looks like clean water, not sewage. After a bit, it quits.
Not wanting to tempt fate, wife and boy go to the camp showers. While they're gone, I decide to take a shower. In the middle of the experience, the water stops. Hmmmm. Water still runs from the faucet, just not from the shower head. Muttering, I dry off, making an imaginary list of things to fix.
During the day we went for a short hike followed by taking a rowboat out on the lake. Abbot & Costello would have been proud - but we managed to get back to shore.
Our first dinner was to be simple - Stouffer's lasagna, fresh salad w garlic bread and a nice bottle of wine. I turn the oven on, wife inserts the lasgna and I go outside to read. Wihin minutes, she's at the door, telling me there's sometrhing very wrong. I rush in and ...
She put the lasgna and it's plastic pan directly on the metal pan above the burners and the plastic was melting!! And I saw her do it, saying nothing. Well, we learned to never do that again. But most of the lasgna was salvaged and microwaved and dinner was actually wonderful - I tried not think of the scrub job waiting for when we got home. After a bit, we watched a movie ("greatest Game Ever Played" - really liked it). It was cool. The movie looked fine on the rig's standard main TV and the sound was excellent, coming from a very inexpensive 5 spkr sound system from ebay; I payed like $25 plus $15 shipping and truthfully, it rocked for that small space. I bought a 17" LCD and sound system for the bedroom. But how cool is it to be watching a movie and eating ice cream after a nice dinner in such beautiful surroundings??? Agan, the stars were fabulous and we sat around a fire, enjoying the quiet and the moment, talking in soft voices.
Sunday was a day of discoveries.
I fixed a big breakfast and that in itself is amazing - cooking out in the sticks as if we're in a, well ... a house. Which we are, sort of. After that, I decided to try my hand at draining the gray & black water tanks. When I bought the rig, one tank registered "full" but the seller said he thought the gauge was probably faulty - there was no smell, etc. I was REAL nervous but it was beyond simple. And when I opened the black water, there was a HUGE rush of water. With that drained, our water leak stopped and the toilet works like a charm. Followed it with the gray water. The tubes were clean, non-sticky. But I washed out the compartment anyway with the outdoor shower and I noticed the shower head was the same as the balky one inside. When I turned it to the square marking, the water shut off. Ah-ha! I had somehow nudged the shower head into the"off" position. Of course it works just fine.
After a long chat with another nice couple, exchanging notes on MH life, we were off for home. The rig rides and handles (IMO) perfectly. Big trucks blow past doing 60, the MH dosn't so much as flinch. Steering perfectly aligned.
Crescent Lake and the Pine Cabin Lodge is highly recommended. They serve what looks like an excellent dinner on Sat. nights and nert time we'll try it. It's clean, folks are friendly and killer views. Close to Hurrican Ridge if you have a toad.
I do have a few questions and will post a few photos in the next day or so. Overall, the adventure went very, very well and we couldn't be more pleased. In a few weeks we're headed for Victoria Island off Vancouver BC. I know sooner or later we'll have troubles, but for now ... it was terrific and we should have done this a long time ago.
Thanks to everyone on this board for your patience and help!
Danny Wright
Poulsbo WA
99 Bounder 34J
