Camper on Site without Backing-Up Incident

I was so proud of myself today because I went to Camping World, paid the enormous bill (a little over $1400), hooked it up, and brought it home where I backed into a campsite and did NOT back over the utility pole. Too bad about that old lady – just kidding!

I wore both knee braces and was able to get around fairly well though I am suffering a little bit for it now. There’s quite a bit to setting up a camper:

• Back it into the correct space at the correct angle (this took me a little while)
• Make sure it’s level
• Put the tire chocks under the tires
• Get out the support pads for under the four stabilizing jacks and the hitch jack
• Wind down the stabilizing jacks
• Unhook the chains
• Unhook the spring bars and take care of it (after taking out the lynch pin –Elwyn’s not around the unhook it with the pin still in)
• Unhook the sway bar and take care of it
• Unhook the electric cable from the truck
• Adjust the hitch jack
• Hook up the electric cable to the pole (using a 50-amp to 30-amp converter and surge protector)

Tomorrow, I’ll have to finish the following steps:

• Hook up the water and water filter
• Hook up the sewer hose
• Move stuff from the the house to the camper and take care of it (I figure this will take about 2-3 weeks) if I can even find a place for everything

As the time shortens for when I’ll be leaving, I feel both excitement and a little trepidation for embarking on this new adventure, mostly excitement. So many places to go, so many things to do.

Well, it’s going to be another cold night. About 3 this morning, it was 38 outside and 60 inside. By 6 am it was still 38 outside, but inside it was 58. I caved in and turned the heat on. It got up to 70 within about 2 hours.

Right now, I’m in the middle of watching a Roy Rogers movie. As a kid, I never realized how unrealistic all of the gun-fighting was. Six-guns that shoot 25 or 30 rounds and marksmen that can hit the eye of a gnat from 200 yards WHILE RIDING A HORSE! I still love those old movies, though, and enjoy listening to Roy sing. Do you remember that Roy and Dale had a little girl named Robin who died at an early age of Downs Syndrome. Dale wrote a book about it called Angel Unaware. If you haven’t read it and can find a copy, I know you’ll enjoy it.

Well, back to my movie.

Until next time…